Viviane Slon will be awarded the Wolf Foundation Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research

Dr. Viviane Slon will receive the Wolf Foundation Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research in a ceremony on May 3, 2023. 

Dr. Viviane Slon is a member of the Departments of Anatomy and Anthropology and Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry and affiliated with the Dan David Center for Human Evolution and Biohistory Research. Her PhD and post-doctoral research on ancient hominin DNA were conducted in the Department of Evolutionary Genetics of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig, Germany), with Prof. Svante Paabo, recent Nobel Prize Laureate. She has an MSc in Medical Sciences and a BSc in Medical and Life Sciences, both from Tel Aviv University. Dr. Slon is the recipient of the Dan David Prize Scholarship for Young Researchers, the Otto Hahn Medal, the Otto Hahn Award, and the Alon Fellowship. More information at: https://www.tau.ac.il/~viviane/