Personal | ||
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| Current address : |
Caltech, MS 105-24
Pasadena, CA 91125, USA | |
| E-Mail : | eran "AT" astro.caltech.edu | |
| Telephones : | office/ ++001-626-395-5928 fax/ ++001-626-568-9352 | |
| Family status : | Married | |
| Born : | March 17th, 1972 | |
Education | ||
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| 2005- present | : | Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech |
| 2000- 2005 | : | Ph.D. in astrophysics, Tel-Aviv University. Subject: Cosmological applications of gravitational lensing. i) Surveys for large separation gravitational lensing. ii) Lens monitoring, H0 and microlensing. iii) The lens redshift distribution in lensed quasars. iv) Arcs in cluster of galaxies. Other research interests: Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae. |
| 1997-2000 | : | M.Sc., Magna Cum Laude, in astrophysics, Tel-Aviv University. Subject: A survey for large separation gravitational lensing. |
| 1994-1997 | : | B.Sc., Magna Cum Laude, in physics, Tel-Aviv University. |
Employment and Activities | ||||||||
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| 1997- present | : | Teaching assistant, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University. | ||||||
| 2000- present | : | Co-organizer of the Tel-Aviv University astronomy club public lecture series. | ||||||
| 2000- present | : | Science writer for Ha'aretz daily. | ||||||
| 1983- present | : | Active in public promotion of astronomy.
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Awards | ||
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| 2005 | : | School of Physics and Astronomy award for outstanding achievements. |
| 2004 | : | Israel Physical Society Prize |
| 2004 | : | Special award for public outreach activity by the Dean of Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences |
| 2003 | : | The Dan David scholarship |
| 2002 | : | Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Scholarship |
| 2002 | : | School of Physics and Astronomy award for outstanding achievements. |
| 1998 | : | School of Physics and Astronomy award for outstanding achievements. |
| 1996 | : | The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Astronomy award for academic excellence. |