1971                 B.Sc.                Physics - Mathematics                 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

1974                 M.Sc.                Physics and Astronomy               Tel Aviv University

1980                 Ph.D.                Astrophysics                                Tel Aviv University

1982 - 1983         Stanford University, CA, USA                                           Post - doc

1984 - 1986         Tel Aviv University / Dept. of Geophys. & Planet Sci.       Research Associate

1986 - 1988         Hebrew University / Racah Institute of Physics                Senior Lecturer

1989 - 1992         Tel Aviv University / Dept. of Geophys. & Planet Sci.       Senior Lecturer

1992 - 1998         Tel Aviv University / Dept. of Geophys. & Planet Sci.       Associate Professor

1998 - present     Tel Aviv University / Dept. of Geophys. & Planet Sci.       Full Professor

1994 - 2000         General Science Program / Faculty of Exact Sciences     Chairman

2001 - 2005         Department of Geophysics & Planetary Sciences             Head of Department

2005 - 2010         University Committee for Admission Policy                       Chairman

2006 - 2010         University Steering Committee                                          Senate Representative

2010 - 2015         Tel Aviv University                                                             Vice Rector

Vice President of the International Astronomical Union  (since 2012)

Research Consultant: Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA  (1991, 1994)

Research Consultant: American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA  (2001, 2003, 2007, 2008)

Visiting Scholar:
   Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton
   Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS)
   International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Switzerland
   Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
   National Central University, Taiwan

Active participation in over 80 international Workshops, Colloquia, Symposia, and Plenary Meetings                                           

Associate Editor: Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences  (since 2001)  

Member in review panels: DFG, GIF, ISF, NASA

Reviewer: Science, Nature, The Astrophysical Journal, MNRAS, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Icarus,
                 Planetary & Space Science, Space Science Reviews, Earth, Moon & Planets

Member of the International Astronomical Union

Member of the Meteoritical Society

Member of the American Astronomical Society

Teaching Excellence Award - Tel Aviv University

Asteroid 8881 named Prialnik

Research grants from the ISF, GIF, BSF, and the Ministry of Science