I was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1962.  I lived there until the age of 20, completing my schooling and first year of college at the University of the Witwatersrand.  I moved to Israel in 1982, and completed my undergraduate B.Sc. degree in Geophysics and Atmospheric Science, at Tel Aviv Universtiy, in 1985.  I continued on with a M.Sc. degree in Atmospheric Sciences at TAU working on cloud physics, sulfate aerosols, and acidic precipitation.  After the completion of my masters degree in 1988, I moved on to Columbia University in New York,where I completed my Ph.D. in Atmopsheric Sciences via the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and NASA's Goddard Institute for Space  Studies in  New York. My Ph.D. research dealt with global climate change, having a special  focus  on  global  lightning activity.  After getting my Ph.D. in 1993, I moved to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for a 2 - year postdoc in the Atmospheric  Sciences  Division.  My  postdoc  dealt  with  lightning - produced NOx and the implications for tropospheric chemistry.  Since 1995 I am a faculty member of the Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences at Tel Aviv University.  I am married and the proud father of three beautiful girls.  Besides sports I enjoy painting.

My Office Phone is:  972-3-6406029

My Fax is: 972-3-6409282

My E-mail is: cprice@flash.tau.ac.il
 

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
 

From - to	Institute	Degree	Specialization
1988-1993	Columbia University, New York	Ph.D.	Atmospheric Science, Climate Change
1985-1988	Tel Aviv University	M.Sc.	Geophysics and Cloud Physics
1982-1985	Tel Aviv University	B.Sc.	Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences
1981-1982	University of Witwatersrand, South Africa		Geology/Physics

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
 
 

From - to	Institute	Position	Specialization
04/2007-present	Tel Aviv University, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences	Full Professor	Lightning, Climate Change, Severe Weather, Natural Electromagnetic Radiation, ULF, ELF and VLF
09/2003 - 03/2007	Tel Aviv University, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences	Associate Professor	Lightning, Climate, Severe Weather, Natural Electromagnetic Radiation
09/2001 - 09/2002	Meteorological Service of Canada,  Downsview, Canada	Visiting Professor (Sabattical)	Lightning and severe weather, nowcasting
04/1998 - 09/2003	Tel Aviv University,  Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences	Senior Lecturer	Lightning, Thunderstorms, Climate Change
09/1995 - 03/1998	Tel Aviv University,  Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences	Lecturer	Climate Change, Global Lightning, El Nino
06/1993 - 07/1995	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, USA	Postdoctoral Research Scientist	Atmospheric Chemistry, Lightning, Climate Change
08/1988 - 05/1993	NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia University, NY	Graduate Research Assistant	Climate Modeling, Lightning, Fires

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society
Israel Meteorological Society
Sigma Xi (Research Scientists Honour Society)

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

2007            Discovery Magazine Top Science Stories of 2007 (ranked 25th in top 100 stories)

2007            Outstanding Referee Citation - Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union)

2008            TELFED Yakir Zion Award for South African Immigrants (Tel Aviv, Israel)