CURRICULUM VITAE: DAN YAKIR (2011)
Environmental Sciences and Energy Research,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Phone: +972-8-9342549; FAX: +972-8-9344124; Email: dan.yakir@weizmann.ac.il
Education
| 1982-1987 | Ph.D. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 1978-1980 | M.Sc. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 1974-1978 | B.Sc. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Employment History
| 2003- | Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science. |
| 2003-2009 | Chairman, Dept. Environ. Sci. & Energy Res, Weizmann Institute. |
| 2001-2003 | Visiting Senior Res. Sci., Columbia University, Biosphere2 Center. |
| 1997-2002 | Assoc. Professor, Environ. Sci. & Energy Res, Weizmann Institute. |
| 1996-1997 | Senior NRC Fellow, NOAA-CMDL, Boulder CO. |
| 1991-1996 | Senior Scientist, Environ. Sci. & Energy Res, Weizmann Institute. |
| 1991 | Research Fellow, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Stanford. |
| 1989-1991 | Senior Research Scientist, Duke University. |
| 1987-1988 | Post-doc Fellow, Earth & Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1980-1981 | Research Assistant, University of California, Davis |
Other Academic activities
| Board member | Davidson Institute for Science Education |
| Board member | Israel Society of Ecological and Environmetal Sciences |
| Board member | Inter-University Institute of Marine Sciences (IUI), Eilat |
| Visiting comm. | Commissariat a l’Energie Attomique (CEA) |
| SSC member | iLeaps (integrated land ecosystem-atmosphere processes study) |
| Chair Nation. Comm. | IGBP (International Geosphere-Biosphere Program) |
| Science comm. | International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP, 2008-2011). |
| Advisory Board | Zukerberger Institute for Water Research, Ben-Gurion University (2008) |
| Director | The Sussman Center for environmental research (WIS, 2003-2009) |
| Handling Editor | Oecologia (Springer) |
| Associate Editor | Plant Cell & Environment (2002-2005) |
| Guest Editor | Israel Journal of Chemistry (2002). |
| Steering Comm. | GNIP, IAEA, Vienna |
| Steering Comm. | Biosphere—atmosphere stable isotopes Network (BASIN-IGBP, till 2006) |
| Advisory Comm. |
International Atomic Energy Assoc. (IAEA) Vienna (1999, 2003). Israel Academy of Science, Environ. Res. In Israel (1998-1999). |
Fellowships/Awards
| 2006 | Landau Prize for research in Environmental Sciences |
| 2005 | Earth Institute Senior Fellowship, Columbia University |
| 2004 | KKL Margarita Ravelo annual award |
| 1997 | US National Research Council, Senior Research Fellowship |
| 1996 | The Bergman Prize for Chemistry (Israel) |
| 1993-1996 | Rowland Schaeffer Career Development Chair |
| 1994 | British Council Fellowship |
| 1991-1993 | Alon Fellowship, the Council for Higher Education, Israel |
| 1987 | BARD, Post-doc Fellowship |
| 1986 | Lamas Post-doctoral Fellowship (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) |
| 1985 | British Council Fellow: Univ. of Sheffield, and Univ. of Essex, U.K. |
| 1985 | Scholar of the Year of the Brody Foundation (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) |
Patents:
(1) 1994, Bioreactor (Israel/USA/Aus.108321/5,958,761/6.
(2) US60/945,142, apparatus kit for emissivity.
Students and post-docs
|
MSc
Yoram Tekoah |
Ph.D.
Roni Ashkenazi |
Post-doc
Boaz Arieli |