BGU And Soreq To Partner In Nat’l Photonics And Electro-Optics Research Center

September 22, 2014 | The Ben Gurion University in the Negev and the Soreq Nuclear Research Center won a tender to create a National Photonics and Electro-Optics Research Center with a budget of NIS 175 million ($47 million). The tender was offered by The Research and Development of Armaments and Technological Infrastructure Administration (MAFAT), which is part of the Ministry of Defense, on behalf of the Telem Forum, which includes MAFAT, the Office of the Chief Scientist, the Planning and Budget Committee of the Council for Higher Education and the Budgets Branch of the Finance Ministry. The BGU team will be led by Prof. Gabby Sarusi of the Electro-Optics Engineering Unit who will partner with Dr. Rafi Lavi, the head of Soreq NRC in Yavne.