Education:
1961 B.Sc. University of California, Davis, Food Science and Technology
1963 M.Sc. University of California, Davis, Food Science and Technology
1967 Ph.D. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Microbiology, Prof. Arnold Brodie, Thesis Title: “Tritium Incorporation Into A Napthtoquinone and Its Relationship to Oxidative Phosphorylation
1967-1969 Post Doctoral Training, NIH, Bethesda, MD., Lab. of Molecular Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbial Genetics, Prof. Bruce Ames, Advisor.
Academic Appointments:
1967-1969 Senior Scientist, U.S. Public Health Service, NIH
1969-1975 Senior Lecturer, Dept. Microbiology, Tel-Aviv University
1976-1981 Associate Professor, Dept. Microbiology, Tel-Aviv University
1981-Present Full Professor, Dept. Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel-Aviv University
Other Experience:
1972 EMBO Fellow, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Amsterdam
1974-1975 Visiting Senior Scientist, Roche Institute of Technology, Nutley, New Jersey, H.R. Kaback, Host
1975 Invited Consultant, Bioenergetics, Boston Biomedical Research Laboratories, Boston, MA.
1983 Professor Dept. Biotechnology, Tel-Aviv University
1981-1982 Visiting Scientist and Director Biological R&D, Petroferm USA, Amelia Island, Fl.
1983-1992 Member of Scientific Board, Petroferm USA
1988-1989 Visiting Fogarty Scientist, Section on Microbial Genetics, Lab. of Molecular Biology, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD. Dr. Susan Gottesman host.
1991 Invited Expert in Environmental Biotechnology and Bioremediation, Transport Canada, Montreal, Quebec
1991 Visiting Scientist, Section on Biochemical Genetics, Lab. of Molecular Biology, NCI
1996 Visiting Professor ,Graduate School of Applied Science and Technology, Dept. of Environmental Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
2000 Distinguished Erskine Professor, Faculty of Biology, Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand
2000-2001 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, Prof. John Roth, host.
2000 and 2001 Visiting Consultant, Petrobras, Brazil Natl. Oil Company and Visiting Professor, National University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil
2003-Present Adjunct Professor of Biology, San Francisco State University
Visiting Professorships and Special Lectureships:
1974 University of Amsterdam
1978 University of Chicago
1979 M.I.T.
1985 Victor Cape Lecture, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
1988 Distinguished Lecture Series, Petroleum Microbiology, National Institute of Biotechnology, Cuernevaca, Mexico
1989 Invited Plenary Lecture, Canadian Society of Microbiology, Lake Louise, Alberta
1989 Lecture Series, Bioremediation, Institute for Marine Biology, Helgoland, Germany
1991 Plenary Lecture, Canmet, Canadian Bureau of Mines, Calgary, Alberta
1992 Invited Guest Lecturer of State of Niedersachsen, Goettingen University, Braunscweig University
1993, 1994 Distinguished Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
1994, 1995, 1996 Guest Scientist, Dept. of Biology, Broohaven National Laboratories, Upton, New York
1994 Keynote Speaker, Italian Society of Microbiology, Montesilvano, Italy
1995 Keynote Speaker, National Symposium Petroleum Microbiology, Madrid, Spain
1996 Distinguished Lecturer, National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2002, 2003 Invited Lecturer and Consultant Chinese National Petroleum University Network and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Wuhan, Fuchin, Shanghai
National and International Consultancies and Advisory Panels:
1980-1984 Israel American Binational Science Foundation, Microbiology
1986 National Committee for Biotechnology, Israel.
1988 Scientific Advisory Board National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Cuernevaca, Mexico
1978, 1992-1993 Israel Academy of Sciences Fund for Basic Research
Israel Academy of Sciences, Chairman, Biochemistry Panel
1987 Workshop Leader and Member Policy Agenda Committee, U.N. Institute of Biotechnology for Developing Countries, Trieste, Italy
1990-1998 Israel -German Advisory Committee on Biotechnology
1993-1998 Chairman
1995-1996 Member Ad-Hoc Committee, National Council for Higher Education
1994-Present Israel Academy of Sciences, National Committee on Microbiology
1994 Elected Member of European Environmental Research Organization
1997 Special Consultant to Bar Ian University on Transforming the Department into a Faculty
1996-2001 President of the Committee on Marine Microbiology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, International Commission for Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean
2001 Feasibility Study Group, Marine Biotechnology, Marine Board, Sardinia, Italy
2003-Present Chairman Committee to Validate the Granting of BSc degrees in Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering by Colleges, Israel Council for Higher Education
Professional Affiliations:
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Elected Member American Academy of Microbiology; Israel Society of Microbiology; American Society of Microbiology; European Environmental Research Organization; CIESM - Commission Internationale pour l’Exploration Scientifique de la mer Mediterranee
Israel Society of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry |
Editorial Board:
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Research in Microbiology; Biorecovery; J. Bioenergetics |