Prof. Boris Rybtchinski
Prof. Boris Rybtchinski was born in Kiev, Ukraine, in 1971, and earned his B.Sc. from Kiev State University in 1992 before immigrating to Israel. He began his graduate studies at the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1993, completing his M.Sc. and later his Ph.D. under Prof. David Milstein in 2002. Following postdoctoral research at the Northwestern University with Prof. Michael Wasielewski, he joined the Weizmann Institute as a principal investigator in 2005. He was promoted to Full Professor in 2020 and, since December 2024, has served as Head of the Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science.
Prof. Rybtchinski’s research integrates molecular chemistry with materials and energy technologies, focusing on the development of recyclable and adaptive nanomaterials as well as self-assembled systems for energy applications such as organic solar cells and batteries. Sustainable plastics are also a major research focus of the Rybtchinski group. Advanced electron microscopy plays a central role in this work, providing insights into self-assembly and crystallization processes that guide rational materials design.
Prof. Rybtchinski is the recipient of the Israel Chemical Society Adama Prize (2025), the Gutwirth Prize (2020) and the Weizmann Institute Scientific Council Prize (2012), and held the Werdelmann-Stiftung Lectureship at the University of Essen in 2013.