New faculty member at the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Asst. Prof. Renana Gershoni-Poranne arrived at Technion in October 2021 from ETH Zürich.
THE TECHNION FOR ME IS A HOME.
– Renana Gershoni-Poranne
The Poranne research group is working in the field of computational physical organic chemistry. The work focuses on polycyclic aromatic systems, ranging from fundamental investigation into molecular properties and structure-property relationships to use of machine-learning and deep-learning models for data-driven molecular design and discovery. The aim it to develop user-friendly pipelines and methods that help connect these abstract properties to real-world synthetic strategies.
Poranne’s group works closely with collaborators around the world to better understand the reactivity and behavior of polycyclic aromatic systems, and to leverage their unique properties for various applications.
The group believes in an inclusive and collaborative culture, where team-work and mutual respect are top priorities.
WE KNOW WHAT FUNCTIONS WE REQUIRE. BUT HOW CAN WE DESIGN MATERIALS TO PERFORM THEM?
– Renana Gershoni-Poranne
A renaissance scholar, Gershoni-Poranne studied classical poetry for many years. She served as a soloist in the IDF Orchestra and was called to the microphone at many of the ceremonies held at Technion during her undergraduate and graduate studies.
As a graduate student at Technion, Poranne received the Schulich Graduate Fellowship twice, as well as numerous awards for excellence in teaching; as a postdoc, she received a VATAT Fellowship for exceptional women postdocs. In 2019, Renana was awarded a prestigious Branco Weiss Fellowship to support her research into the discovery of novel materials using a combination of computational chemistry and deep learning.