Chava Lifshitz, nee Eva Wolf, was an Austrian-Israeli chemist who was best known for her contributions to mass spectrometry and the gas-phase chemistry of ions.
14 Facts About Chava Lifshitz
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Chava Lifshitz was awarded the Israel Chemical Society Prize for Outstanding Scientist in 2003.
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Chava Lifshitz was born to an upper middle class family.
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Chava Lifshitz performed well at school and had piano lessons with composer Paul Ben-Haim.
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Chava Lifshitz remained at the Hebrew University for doctoral studies, where she studied isotope effects in radiation chemistry.
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In 1963 Chava Lifshitz returned to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she established her own independent research group and was appointed Professor in 1976.
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Chava Lifshitz worked as a visiting scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, where she worked on VUV photoionisation mass spectrometry.
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Chava Lifshitz worked as a visiting scientist at Cornell University and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
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In 1986 Chava Lifshitz was appointed a Brotherton Research Professor at the University of Leeds, where she started working on biomolecules and reaction dynamics.
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Chava Lifshitz held various senior positions at the Hebrew University, including Chair of the Chemistry Division, head of the Mass spectrometry laboratory and member of the Israel Board of higher Education.
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Chava Lifshitz was named the Archie and Markorie Sherman Professor of Chemistry in 1989.
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Chava Lifshitz worked on mass spectrometry and the gas-phase chemistry of ions.
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Chava and Assa Lifshitz had three children, Ron, Donna and Orna Lifshitz.
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Chava Lifshitz held a long-term cancer diagnosis, which she lived with for over twenty years.