Yair Shokef


(formerly Srebro)

Postdoctoral Fellow

Soft Condensed Matter

Department of Physics & Astronomy

University of Pennsylvania

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Education:

 

 

 

 

 

2006

Ph.D., Physics, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Thesis: "Thermodynamic Analogies in Granular Materials"

Supervisor: Prof. Dov Levine

 

 

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

 

 

1996

B.Sc., Physics and Mathematics (Talpiot Program), Hebrew University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awards:

 

 

 

 

 

2006-2007

Rothschild Postdoctoral Fellowship

 

 

2006

Israel Physical Society graduate students prize

 

 

2004-2006

Technion outstanding teaching assistant award (4 times)

 

 

2005

Miriam and Aaron Gutwirth memorial scholarship

 

 

2004

Wolf Foundation excellence prize for graduate students

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching:

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Activities:

 

 

2008

Co-organizer of the 2nd Mid-Atlantic Soft-Matter Workshop, University of Pennsylvania

 

 

2003 - 2004

Founder and coordinator of the Graduate Students' Seminar, Department of Physics, Technion