David Avnir

Prof. (emeritus) David Avnir (; born 12 June 1947; St. Ottilien, Germany) is an Israeli Professor of chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

His scientific activities include sol-gel materials, molecularly doped metals, chirality and symmetry in experiments and theory. Earlier interests included fractals in chemistry and far-from-equilibrium phenomena. Current interests include also astrochemistry and geochemistry. He has authored and co-authored 420 papers (2025), many of which are highly cited, with an h-index of 87 and over 42,000 citations. Co-founder of the International Sol-Gel Society and its first chairman of the board. A "Highly Ranked Scholar - Lifetime" (in the top 0.05% of all scholars worldwide) according to the most recent (2024) ScholarGPS rankings. Awarded the Israel Chemical Society Gold Medal in 2024. Provided by Wikipedia