Short CV

Academic degrees

  • Ph.D.  Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry, Moscow, 1963.
  • D.Sc.  Institute of Electrochemistry, Moscow, 1969.

Academic appointments

  • Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, since 1975 (J. & B. Naiman Professor of Fluid Mechanics since 1993, Emeritus since 2005).
  • Senior Research Associate, Institute of Electrochemistry of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Theoretical Department, 1967–1973, Department of Fuel Cells, 1973–1975,

    Visiting positions

  • Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Department of Applied Mathematics and Engineering Science, Northwestern University, Evanston IL Mar–Jun 1999.
  • Visiting Professor, Laboratoire de Physique Statistique de l’Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, Aug–Sep 1998.
  • Visiting Professor, Institut Henri Poincare, Paris, Sep–Oct 1994.
  • Visiting Professor, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence R.I., Jan 1987–Jan 1988.
  • Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, The City College of the City University of New York, Sep 1978–Sep 1979, Feb 1986–Feb 1987.
  • Visiting Research Professor, Institute of Applied Chemical Physics, The City College of the City University of New York, Mar–Sep 1980, Jul–Sep 1981–1983.
  • Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Chemical Mechanics, Faculty of Mathematics and Me- chanics, Moscow State University, 1967–1971.

Awards

•  Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2015.

Public professional activities

  • Editor, European Physical J0urnal – Special Topics, 2009–present.
  • International Center For Mechanical Sciences (CISM), Udine, Italy, Member of the Academic Assembly and Board of Directors, 2002–2005, Member of the Scientific Council, 2006–2009.
  • Member of the Scientific Committee, PHYSBIO conference series, 2003–2007.
  • Vice-chairman of Organizational Committee, Continuing Education Center in Chemical Engineering Science for Advanced Technologies, Moscow, 1994–2005.
  • Head, Center for Research in Nonlinear Phenomena, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1992–1995.
  • Advisory Board of the S. Neeman Institute of Advanced Studies, Haifa, Israel, 1988–1991.