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Oded Hod (Hebrew: עודד הוד) is an Israeli chemist. He is a full professor at the School of Chemistry of Tel Aviv University, and is the Heinemann Chair of Physical Chemistry. In 1991-1994 Hod did his undergraduate studies at the Hebrew University in chemistry (major) and physics (minor) as part of the academic reserve officers' training corps (Atuda). Upon completing his degree, he commenced his army service in the IAF, where he served during 1994-1998. He then moved to the Ministry of Defense, continuing his service until 2000. In 2000-2005 Hod studied towards a Ph.D. degree in Theoretical Chemistry at Tel Aviv University under the supervision of Eran Rabani and Roi Baer. In 2005-2008 he was a post-doctoral fellow at Rice University, specializing in Computational Chemistry. In 2010-2012 he headed the Israeli CECAM node, based at Tel Aviv University. In 2012-2017 he was a member of the Israeli Young Academy.
