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About Me

 

 

 

Education

 

 

 

 

PhD (Physics)

Tel-Aviv University  1980

 

BSc (Physics & Mathematics)

Hebrew University   1968

 

 

 

 

Vitae

 

 

 

 

Born on October 25, 1946

Walbrzych, Poland

 

Immigration to Israel (1958)

 

School years (1958-1965)

Holon, Israel

 

Undergraduate (1966-1968)

Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

 

Army service (1969-1973)

IDF Artillery (final rank: major)

 

Graduate (1974-1980)

Tel-Aviv University, Israel

 

Post-Doc (1980-1982)

University of Florida, Gainesville FL, USA

 

Academic staff (1983-

Research staff (2006-

Technion, Haifa, Israel (Professor from 96, Emeritus from 07)

Columbia University, NY, USA (Adjunct Senior Research Scientist)  

 

Long academic visits

Columbia University, NY, USA; Grenoble Observatory, France;  

Institut d'Astrophysique, Paris;  Rose Center, AMNH, NY, USA

 

 

 

 

Family

 

 

 

 

 

Spouse

Judy Vale

 

Children

Tamar (b. 1985),  Dani (b. 1987)

 

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Hobbies

 

 

Football (soccer)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv (Hebrew)

 

Basketball (NBA)

Baseball (MLB)

New York Knicks

 New York Yankees

 

Cinema

List of Movies

 

Gastronomy

Avoce Restaurant - New York, NY (2008 choice)

 

Opera

Mozart, Puccini, Verdi