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Curriculum Vitae

Positions

2015– Professor, Department of Environmental Physics, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
2010–2014 Associate Professor, Solar Energy & Environmental Physics, BIDR, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
2007–2010 Senior Lecturer, Solar Energy & Environmental Physics, BIDR, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
2004–2007 Lecturer, Solar Energy & Environmental Physics, BIDR, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
2003–2004 Post-doctorate, Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Adviser: Prof. Eli Tziperman.
2001–2003 Post-doctorate, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. Adviser: Prof. Peter H. Stone.
1999–2001 Research Associate, Polymer Center, Physics Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. Adviser: Prof. H. Eugene Stanley.

Education

1995–1999 Ph.D., Physics Department, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. Thesis: The Quantum-Classical Relation Through Chaos Theory. Adviser: Prof. Lawrence P. Horwitz.
1994–1995 M.Sc., Physics Department, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. Thesis: Calculation of a Fractal Dimension From a Time Series. Advisers: Prof. Jacob Levitan and Dr. Meir Lewkowicz.
1992–1994 B.Sc., Physics and Computers, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

Honors and Awards

2009 Toronto Prize
2004–2007 Complexity Fellowship
2001–2002 Bikura Fellowship, Israel Science Foundation
1999, 1995 Dean Prize for Excellence in Ph.D. Studies, Bar-Ilan University
1998 The Sharbat Foundation
1998 Namdar Family Foundation
1994 Rector Prize for Excellence in M.Sc. Studies, Bar-Ilan University
1992, 1993, 1998 The Nachamson Scholarship (including active research in Denmark)