PERSONAL
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December 23, l941 Israel Married + 2 children 15 Him St., Afeka, Tel Aviv, Israel. Phone: 972 3 642l648 Major (retired) School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Phone: 972 3 640830l FAX: 972 03 6415850 |
EDUCATION
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Studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel B.Sc., Physics, Mathematics (with distinction) M.Sc., Physics (with distinction) Thesis: "Surface Properties of Cadmium Sulfide Crystals" Under the supervision of Prof. A. Many Ph.D. Physics Dissertation: "Electrical and Optical Properties of Boron Nitride Crystals" Under the supervision of Prof. A. Halperin |
EXPERIENCE
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The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Physics Dept. - Laboratory Instructor Israel Defense Forces - Res. Physicist Soreq Nuclear Res. Center, Yavne, Israel Solid State Physics Dept. - Res. Physicist Tel Aviv University, Israel Dept. of Physics - Teacher (part-time) - Assistant - Teacher (part-time) Calif. Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., USA Division of Applied Physics l974-l976 -- Res. Fellow l976-l977 -- Senior Res. Fellow Tel Aviv University, Israel, School of Physics and Astronomy l977-l980 -- Senior Lecturer 1980-1988 -- Associate Professor 1988 -- Full Professor Head, Applied Physics Group AT & T Bell Laboratories, N.J., USA - Visiting member of technical staff Visiting Professor, Boston University, Boston, Mass. Visiting Professor, MIT, Cambridge, Mass. |
AWARDS
| 1974 1989 1991-4 1994 |
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship Fellow of SPIE, The International Society of Optical Engineers Director, SPIE, The International Society of Optical Engineers Fellow of OSA, The Optical Society of America |
MEMBERSHIPS
- Israel Physical Society
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Inernational Society of Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
- International Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE)
SCIENTIFIC WORK
Supervised the research work of more than 50 MSc and PhD students, who
worked on more than 65 theses.
Published more than 200 scientific papers in refereed journals and more
than 100 papers in conference proceedings.
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
BOOKS
A. Katzir, Lasers and Optical Fibers in Medicine, Acadmic Press, N.Y.
(1993)
A. Katzir, Optical Fibers in Medicine, SPIE. Vol. MS 11 (1990)