HONORS AND AWARDS
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    ➤ 2010: Women in Science Prize, for outstanding Israeli PhD Graduates in the Exact and
                   Natural Sciences
    ➤ 2008: Chandra Fellow
    ➤ 2006: The John Bahcall Astrophysics Prize for Excellence in Research (at Tel-Aviv
                   University)
    ➤ 2006: Rector's Award for Excellence in Teaching
    ➤ 2006: School of Physics and Astronomy Award for Excellence in Teaching
    ➤ 2005: The Ilan Ramon Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievements (A National
                   Israeli Fellowship)
    ➤ 2005: School of Physics and Astronomy Award for Excellence in Teaching
    ➤ 2005: Dean's Commendation for Public Outreach Activity
    ➤ 1997: The Dean's Honor List
    ➤ 1996: The Dean's Honor List


PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
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    ➤ 2009: 'Astrophysics at the Extreme', Jerusalem, Israel.
    ➤ 2009: 'Missing Baryons, Accretion, and Feedback in Galaxies', Sydney, Australia
                   (contribution: Two Posters).
    ➤ 2009: 'Einstein Fellows Symposium', Boston, MA (contribution: Talk).
    ➤ 2009: 'Theoretical Astrophysics in Southern California 2009' – Los Angeles, CA
                   (Contribution: Talk).
    ➤ 2008: 'Chandra Fellows Symposium', Boston, MA (contribution: Talk).
    ➤ 2008: 'Theoretical Astrophysics in Southern California 2008' – Irvine, CA
                   (Contribution: Talk).
    ➤ 2008: 'Galaxy Evolution' Workshop – Jerusalem, Israel (Contribution: Talk).
    ➤ 2008: 4th Irvine Center for Cosmology Workshop: 'Galaxy Formation and Evolution as
                   Revealed by Cosmic Gas' – Irvine, CA (Contribution: Talk).
    ➤ 2007: AAS 210th meeting – Honolulu, Hawaii (Contribution: Talk).
    ➤ 2006: 'Theoretical Astrophysics in Southern California 2006' – UC Santa Barbara, CA,
                   (Contribution: Talk).
    ➤ 2006: 'Active Galactic Nuclei: From Atoms to Black Holes' – Tel Aviv, Israel.
    ➤ 2004: 'Extra-Planar Gas' – Dwingeloo, The Netherlands (Contribution: Talk).
    ➤ 2004: 'The Origin of Galaxies' winter school – Jerusalem, Israel.
    ➤ 2003: 'Galaxy Formation' Workshop – Jerusalem, Israel (Contribution: Talk).


SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA:
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    ➤ 2010: Non -Equilibrium Ionization Processes in Metal Ion Absorbers, The University of
                   Chicago, April 2010.
    ➤ 2009: Equilibrium Configurations of Synchronous Binaries and Applications to the Kuiper
                   Belt, Weizmann Institute of Science, December 2009.
    ➤ 2009: Equilibrium Configurations of Synchronous Binaries and Applications to the Kuiper
                   Belt, Tel-Aviv University, December 2009.
    ➤ 2009: Equilibrium Configurations of Synchronous Binaries and Applications to the Kuiper
                   Belt, The Technion, December 2009.
    ➤ 2008: Non -Equilibrium Ionization in Metal Ion Absorbers and in Post-Shock Cooling
                   Layers, UC Berkeley, August 2008.
    ➤ 2008: Non -Equilibrium Ionization in Metal Ion Absorbers and in Post-Shock Cooling
                   Layers, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, May 2008.
    ➤ 2008: Metal Ionization in Radiatively Cooling Gas and in Fast Shocks, The Technion,
                   December 2008
    ➤ 2007: Non -Equilibrium Ionization in Metal Ion Absorbers, Weizmann Institute of Science,
                   October 2007.
    ➤ 2007: Non -Equilibrium Ionization in Metal Ion Absorbers, California Institute of
                   Technology, September 2007.
    ➤ 2007: Non -Equilibrium Ionization in Metal Ion Absorbers, Institute for Theory and
                   Computation - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, May 2007.
    ➤ 2007: Non-Equilibrium Ionization in Metal Ion Absorbers, Space Telescope Science
                   Institute, May 2007.
    ➤ 2007: From High-Velocity Clouds to the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium: Non-
                   Equilibrium Ionization in Metal Ion Absorbers, Tel-Aviv University, January 2007.
    ➤ 2006: From High-Velocity Clouds to the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium: Equilibrium and
                   Non-Equilibrium Ionization in Metal Ion Absorbers, Institute for advanced Study,
                   Princeton, May 2006.
    ➤ 2004: Ionization of Metals in Low-Mass Minihalos, Tel-Aviv University, November 2004.
    ➤ 2004: Ionization of Metals in Low-Mass Minihalos, UC Berkeley, September 2004.


OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
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    ➤ Referee: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal
    ➤ Member, American Astronomical Society (AAS) 2007-2008
REFEREED JOURNALS
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   8. Gnat, O., & Sari, R., (2010), Equilibrium Configurations of Synchronous Binaries:
        Numerical Solutions and Application to Kuiper-Belt Binary 2001 QG₂₉₈, ApJ 719, 1602.

    7. Gnat, O., Sternberg, A., and McKee, C. F. (2010), Metal Absorption in Conductively
        Evaporating Clouds, ApJ 718, 1315.

    6. Simon, J. D.; Gal-Yam, A. Gnat, O., et al. (2009), Variable Sodium Absorption in a
        Low-extinction Type Ia Supernova, ApJ, 702, 1157

    5. Gnat, O. & Sternberg, A., (2008), Metal Absorption Column Densities in Fast Radiative
        Shocks, ApJ, 693, 1514.

    4. Chelouche, D., Ménard, B., Bowen, D. V., Gnat, O. (2008), On the Connection Between
        Metal Absorbers and Quasar Nebulae, ApJ 683, 55.

    3. Gnat, O. & Sternberg, A., (2007), Time-Dependent Ionization in Radiatively Cooling Gas,
        ApJS, 168, 213.

    2. Gnat, O. & Sternberg, A., (2004), Photoionized Gas in Dark Matter Minihalos in the
        Galactic Halo and Local Group, ApJ, 608, 229.

    1. Mazeh, T., Latham, D. W., Goldberg, E., Torres, G., Stefanik, R. P., Henry, T. J., Zucker,
        S., Gnat, O., Ofek, E. O. (2001), Studies of multiple stellar systems - IV. The triple-lined
        spectroscopic system Gliese 644, MNRAS, 325, 343

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING
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    2. Gnat, O. & Sternberg, A., (2007), Time-Dependent Radiative Cooling, in AAS Meeting
        Abstracts, 210, 113.08.

    1. Gnat, O. & Sternberg, A., (2005), Photoionized Gas in Dark Matter Minihalos in the
        Galactic Halo and Local Group, in APS Conf. Ser. 331: Extra-Planar Gas, 331, 97,
        Ed. Robert Braun.