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Yair
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Postdoctoral Fellow |
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Education: |
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2006 |
Ph.D.,
Physics, Technion - Israel Institute of
Technology. Thesis:
"Thermodynamic Analogies in Granular Materials" Supervisor: Prof. Dov Levine |
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2000 |
M.Sc.,
Physics, Ben-Gurion University Thesis:
"The Effect of Laser Imprint on Perturbation Growth in Inertial Confinement
Fusion" Supervisors: Prof. Dov Shvarts and Prof. Reuben
Thieberger |
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1996 |
B.Sc., Physics and Mathematics (Talpiot Program), Hebrew University |
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Awards: |
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2006-2007 |
Rothschild Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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2006 |
Israel Physical Society graduate students prize |
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2004-2006 |
Technion outstanding teaching assistant award (4 times) |
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2005 |
Miriam and Aaron Gutwirth memorial scholarship |
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2004 |
Wolf Foundation excellence prize for graduate students |
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Teaching: |
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2002-2006 |
Teaching assistant,
Department of Physics, Technion, in the courses: - Modern Physics for Biology
Students (Physics 3B) - Analytical Mechanics - Statistical and Thermal Physics - Statistical Mechanics 1 -
Statistical Mechanics 2 |
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Activities: |
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2008 |
Co-organizer of the 2nd Mid-Atlantic Soft-Matter
Workshop, University of Pennsylvania |
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2003 - 2004 |
Founder and coordinator of the Graduate Students'
Seminar, Department of Physics, Technion |
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