Moris S. Eisen
Professor, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Chemistry Program
Prof. Eisen received his PhD from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem under the supervision of the late Prof. Jochanan Blum. In 1990 as a Weizmann Postdoctoral Fellow, he joined Prof. Tobin J. Marks’ group at Northwestern University. In 1993 he was awarded the State of Israel Alon Fellowship and joined the Department of Chemistry at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technolog (in 2007, changes its name to the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry). Since 2003 he has been a full Professor incumbent of the Samuel O. Friedlander Academic Chair in Chemistry.
Prof. Eisen is the Head of the Institute of Catalysis Science and Technology at the Technion – Israel Institute of technology. He is member of the Israel Chemical Society and the American Chemical Society. Since the year 2000, he has been invited to give courses in Germany, USA, Mexico, India and China. He served for seven years as the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry for Graduate and Undergraduate Teaching Affairs. He served as a member of the Advisory Board for the National Journal “The Chemist in Israel”, a member of the International Advisory Board for the Journal “Main Group Metal Chemistry” and a member of the International Advisory Board for the Journal “Reviews in Inorganic Chemistry”. He is a member of the Water Institute at the Technion. He served as a member of the National Committee for Chemistry at the Ministry of Education, and served as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Samuel Neeman Institute for Advanced Studies at the Technion.
His research interests include the organometallic chemistry of the actinide and group-4 metals and their use in catalytic processes, the use of hydrophobic-hydrophilic membranes for the treatment of polluted waters (a start-up company is based on his patent – Memtech), and the design of trapping polymers to clean the dialysis solution from a Weareable Artifitial Kidney (WAK). He has authored over 400 publications, including journal, patents, conference papers, and book chapters. Prof. Eisen has mentored over 50 students (Masters, Doctorate and Post-Doctorate).
- Organometallic Chemistry of the Actinide and Group-4 Metals and Their Use in Catalytic Processes
- the Use of Hydrophobic-hydrophilic Membranes for the Treatment of Polluted Waters
- the Design of Trapping Polymers to Clean the Dialysis Solution from a Weareable Artifitial Kidney (WAK)
Base-free transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes and ketones catalyzed by imidazolin-2-iminato actinide complexes. H. Deka, N. Fridman, M. Koneczny, M. Tamm, and M. S. Eisen. Catalysis Science & Technology (2022) ,13, 352-361.
Mono(imidazolin-2-iminato) Hafnium Complexes: Synthesis and Application in the Ring-Opening Polymerization of ɛ-Caprolactone and rac-Lactide. M. Khononov, H. Liu, N. Fridman, M. Tamm, and M. S. Eisen Catalysts, (2022) 12, 1201.
Rational design of aldimine imidazolidin-2-imine/guanidine nickel catalysts for norbornene (Co)polymerizations with enhanced catalytic performance. M. Li, Z. Cai, and M. S. Eisen, J. Catalysis (2023), 420, 58-67.
SNAP-targeted MRI-Fluorescent agents for multimodal imaging. E, Thankarajan, S. Oz, A. Saady, K. Kulbitski, M. O Kompanets, M. Eisen, and S.Berlin
Boosting CO2/N2 Separation from Cellulose Nanocrystals-Reinforced and Amine-rich Facilitated Transport Membranes Comprising Deprotonated Amino Acid Salt and Ultra-high-molecular-weight Polyvinylamine. Y. Li, M. Li, Z Lin, M S. Eisen, D R. Dekel, X He. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. (2023), 62, 11656–11665
Catalytic Regeneration of Metal-Hydrides From Their Corresponding Metal-Alkoxides via The Hydroboration of Carbonates to Obtain Methanol and Diols. H. Deka, I. Ritacco, N. Fridman, L. Caporaso, and M. S. Eisen Chem. Sci (2023), 14, 8369-8379.
Against All Odds, U & Th Iminato Complexes Enable the Cleavage of C=O Bonds in Isocyanates. K. Makarov, I. Ritacco, N. Fridman , L. Caporaso and M. S. Eisen, ACS Catalysis (2023), 13,11798-11814.
Recent advances in organo- lanthanides and actinides mediated hydroaminations. H. Liu, S Saha, and M S. Eisen, Coord. Chem. Rev. (2023) 493, 215284 (pages 1-32)
A review from material functionalization to process feasibility on advanced mixed matrix membranes for gas separations. Z. Lin, Z. Yuan, Z. Dai, L. Shao, M. S. Eisen, and X. He. Chem Engin. J. (2023) 475, 1, 146075.
Norbornene Copolymerization with Polar Monomers Catalyzed by Palladium Catalysts Containing Imidazolidin-2-imine/Guanidine Ligands. M. Li, Z. Cai and M. S. Eisen, Inorg. Chem., (2024) 63, 1774-1783.