During 2000 I worked for the Interdisciplinary Center for Technological Analysis and Forecasting (ICTAF), and enjoyed it. The Center has good people who produce insightfull analyses.
In 2000 I also did some work helping people to prepare and submit applications to the EU's fifth framework program (FP5) for European research and development.
My Ph.D. is in Astrophysics from the Tel-Aviv Astronomy and Astrophysics Department .
I completed my Ph.D. in 1998 and the degree granting ceremony was on June 1999.
In the course of my M.Sc. and Ph.D. studies I taught physics classes, and discovered that I like
teaching.
Since I got good reviews from the students,it seems the feeling was mutual.
| Ph.D. | The Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy
of Tel-Aviv University. Submitted October 1998, received June 1999. Ph.D. subject : Microwave Emission from Solar Flares Ph.D. supervisor : Professor Ben-Zion Kozlovsky |
| M.Sc. | The Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy
of Tel-Aviv University. Submitted January 1993, received with distinction. M.Sc. subject : Gamma-ray Lines from supernova SN1987A M.Sc. supervisor : Professor Ben-Zion Kozlovsky |
| B.Sc. | The Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy of Tel-Aviv University. Completed July 1987, received with distinction. |
During my Ph.D. studies I spent several months at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center,
with Dr. Reuven Ramaty, who was a friend and colleague
of my advisor Professor Kozlovsky,
and who sadly passed away on April 2001.
I was impressed with the Center, and with the activities of Dr. Ramaty and the
Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics.
The Center's homepage is also recommended.
During my Ph.D. I became interested in the subject of Solar effects on Earth, or
the Sun-Earth
connection as it is called.
This developed into an interest in Climate and in particular Global Warming.
There is now a general consensus in the scientific community that the world is getting warmer,
and even former opponents admit it.
Most researchers in the field also agree that the warming is a result of human activities
and greenhouse gases emission
( IPCC, globalchange.gov,
GISS, but see also
Opposition).
Of course, there have been many warming and cooling episodes in the past, and some people claim
that the present warming is just another such occurance.
The study of past climates is
called PaleoClimatology.
Paleoclimatology is crucial for trying to predict possible consequences of climate change, and
also for determining what are the possible causes of the present warming.
Even if most scientists are wrong, and it is not human activities which are causing
Global Change, the Warming has many harmful consequences.
For example, an increase in precipitation in one area causes destructive flooding, and a
concomitant decrease in another area causes a drought.
It is therefore imperative that we prepare for the warming, whatever the reason for it.
This calls for work on national and global scale.
My list of favourite S.F books
Contact : amnons@post.tau.ac.il