Education B.A. Chemical Physics, Columbia University 1974-1978 Ph.D. Chemical Physics, University of California, Los Angeles 1979-1983 Dissertation: "Time Dependent Formulation of Resonance Raman Scattering"; advisor: Eric J. Heller Post-doctoral fellow with Professors Stuart A. Rice and David Oxtoby, University of Chicago 1983-1986 Researched problems in time-dependent spectroscopy and relaxation in liquids. Work and Teaching Experience Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science Associate Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science Adjunct Professor, University of Notre Dame Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Visiting Professor, Columbia University, New York Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology Visiting Scientist, Argonne National Laboratories Visiting Scientist, James Franck Institute, University of Chicago Guest Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Theoretical Chemistry group (T-12) 2000- 1995-2000 1992-1995 1992-1993 1989-1992 1986-1989 1989 1986-1989 1982-1983 Awards and Honors Weizmann Institute Scientific Council Prize for Chemistry 2000 Rashi Foundation Guastella Award 1995-1998 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow 1991-1993 Jesse H. Jones Award, Notre Dame University 1999 Galvin Venture Award, Illinois Institute of Technology 1987 UCLA University Fellow 1979-1980 Courses Taught General Chemistry Physical Chemistry, Spectroscopy Graduate Quantum Mechanics I and II Time Dependent Quantum Mechanics Graduate Statistical Mechanics