curriculum vitae - oRly Gnat
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PERSONAL
➤ Name: Orly Gnat
➤ Current Address: Racah Institute of Physics
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
91904, Israel
➤ Phone: +972-2-6586851
➤ Fax: +972-2-5684461
➤ email: orlyg at phys.huji.ac.il
POSITIONS & EMPLOYMENT
➤ 2013 - : Senior Lecturer,
Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
➤ 2011 - 2013: Postdoctoral Fellow,
Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
➤ 2008 – 2011: Chandra Fellow, Theoretical Astrophysics, Caltech
➤ 2005 – 2008: Visiting Graduate Student, California Institute of Technology
➤ 2002 – 2005: Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Teaching Assistant
➤ 1997 – 2002: Military Service
EDUCATION
➤ 2002 – 2008: Ph.D., School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
➤ 1994 – 1997: B.Sc., Magna Cum Laude, in Physics and Computer Science,
Tel Aviv University, Israel
GRANTS & OBSERVING-TIME AWARDED
➤ Israeli Science Foundation Grant 857/14, 2014-2018: $205,000
“Following the Footsteps of the Missing Baryons: A Theoretical Framework for
Interpreting UV and X-ray Observations of Intergalactic Shocks.”
➤ Israeli Center for Research Excellence (I-CORE) Young Faculty Grant, 2014-2019:
$230,000 “Galaxy Evolution as Traced by Circumgalactic Mixing: Interacting
Thermal Phases in and Around Galaxies.”
➤ HST AR-12655, 2011-2013: $57,690
“Detectable UV Absorption Signatures from the Missing Baryons: Shock Models for
Interpreting COS Observations.”
➤ HST GO-12614, 2011-2013: 23 orbits
“Are the Ultra-Compact High-Velocity Clouds Minihalos? Constraints from Quasar
Absorption Lines.”
➤ Palomar 200” P17 (Co-I), 2011: 2 nights
“A Search for Kuiper Belt Contact Binaries.”
➤ CXC PF8-90053, 2008-2011: $312,084 (Chandra Fellowship)
“The Observational Signatures of Diffuse Ionized Gas: Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium
Processes.”
HONORS AND AWARDS
➤ 2010: Women in Science Prize, for outstanding Israeli PhD Graduates in the Exact and
Natural Sciences
➤ 2008: Chandra Fellow
➤ 2006: The John Bahcall Astrophysics Prize for Excellence in Research (at Tel-Aviv
University)
➤ 2006: Rector's Award for Excellence in Teaching
➤ 2006: School of Physics and Astronomy Award for Excellence in Teaching
➤ 2005: The Ilan Ramon Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievements (A National
Israeli Fellowship)
➤ 2005: School of Physics and Astronomy Award for Excellence in Teaching
➤ 2005: Dean's Commendation for Public Outreach Activity
➤ 1997: The Dean's Honor List
➤ 1996: The Dean's Honor List
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
➤ Referee: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
The Astrophysical Journal