Updated: Dec. 2015
YUVAL BIRNBOIM - CURRICULUM VITAE
Contact Information:The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram Campus
Jerusalem, Israel
The Racah Institute of Physics.
115 Popick building
Phone +972-2-6586862
yuval.birnboim@mail.huji.ac.il
Higher education:
- 1991-1994: B.Sc. in physics and mathematics at Tel Aviv University, magna cum laude
- 1997-2000: M.Sc. in physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 2002-2007: Ph.D. in physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, summa cum laude
Employment:
- 2007-2008: Post-doctoral student at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Physics Department. Host: Prof. Avishai Dekel
- 2008-2009: Rothschild fellowship at Harvard Smithsonian Center for astrophysics
- 2009-2010: Institute of Theory and Computation fellowship at Harvard Smithsonian Center for astrophysics
- 2010-2018: Senior Lecturer at the Hebrew University
- 2018-present: Associate Professor at the Hebrew University
Honoraries:
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2006: The Goodmann Prize for excellent graduate student at the Racah Institute, The Hebrew university of Jerusalem
2008: Katzir award for excellent PhD Thesis, The Hebrew university of Jerusalem
Teaching at the Hebrew University:
- Mechanics for Medical Students – First year Med. Students
- The interstellar medium – Advanced degree physics Students
- Astrophysics and Cosmology - 3rd year Undergrad Students
Public Outreach:
- Public talk at 'Shumu Shamaim' lecture series. Watch me on Youtube here (in Hebrew).
- Public talk at Scientists' night ('leil hamadanim') 2013
Academic interests: Galaxy Formation, Galaxy Clusters, Structure formation, Hydrodynamics, Radiation-Hydrodynamics and Magneto-Hydrodynamics.