The Israel Prize for 2018 was awarded to Dr. Shlomo Havlin, on April 19, 2018. Dr. Havlin is one of the pioneers of a number of fields in statistical physics and its implications for complex systems in different areas. He deals with the application of knowledge in physics to the broadest disciplines such as social networks, technological networks, economic networks, physiological systems and DNA function. He is the most frequently cited scientist in Israel.

(From left, Dr. Shlomo Havlin)