Born
October 18, 1927 - London, England.
Status
Widower, two daughters, two granddaughters, two great-granddaughters.
1950
B.Sc. (Chem. Eng.) - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (Cum Laude).
1950‑1951
South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Post-M.Sc. Research Bursar.
1953
Ph.D. - University of the Witwatersrand (physical chemistry of macromolecules in solution).
1952‑1954
Research Officer, National Chemical Research Laboratory, South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Johannesburg and Pretoria.
1954‑1956
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Senior Research Fellow, National Chemical Laboratory, Teddington, England.
1956‑1959
Senior Scientific Officer, National Chemical Laboratory, Teddington.
1959‑1961
Visiting Scientist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
1961‑1962
Weizmann Memorial Fellow, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel.
1963‑1965
Research Associate, Weizmann Institute.
1965‑1966
Instructor in Biophysics, Biophysical Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
1966‑1969
Assistant Professor of Biophysics, Department of Physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
1967‑1972
Research Career Development Awardee, U.S. Public Health Service.
1969‑1973
Associate Professor of Biophysics, Department of Physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
1971‑1972
Guest Scientist, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel (on Sabbatical leave from Harvard Medical School). Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
1973‑1977
Associate Professor, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel.
1973‑1979
Visiting Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1976‑1979
Head, Department of Membrane Research, Weizmann Institute.
1977-1992
Professor, Weizmann Institute.
1979‑1980
Visiting Scientist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda (on Sabbatical leave).
1984‑1987
Head, Department of Membrane Research, Weizmann Institute.
1988
Visiting Associate, Rowland Institute for Science at Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts (on Sabbatical leave).
1993-1995
Professor on Extension of Service, Department of Membrane Research and Biophysics, Weizmann Institute.
1995
Visiting Scientist, Rowland Institute for Science at Harvard, Cambridge, Mass.
1996
Professor Emeritus, Department of Membrane Research and Biophysics, Weizmann Institute.
1997
Visiting Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
1998
Visiting Professor, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
2002-2010
Adjunct Professor, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
MEMBERSHIPS OF TECHNICAL SOCIETIES
- Royal Society of Chemistry (Chartered Chemist)
- Biophysical Society
- Bioelectrochemical Society
- Salt and Water Club (Emeritus)
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SERVICE BODIES ABROAD
- Founding Member, International Study Group for Biothermokinetics
- Editorial Board, Biophysical Chemistry (retired)
- Editorial Board, Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes (retired)
AWARDS
- Medal for Biochemistry, Societe de Chimie Biologique (Paris), 1972
- H. Dudley Wright Achievement Prize, Weizmann Institute, 1990