Dan Yakir
Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Phone: +972-8-934-2549
Fax: +972-8-934-4124
Email: dan.yakir@weizmann.ac.il
Education |
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| 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 |
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| 2003- | Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science |
| 2003-2009 |
Chairman, Environmental Science & Energy Research, Weizmann Institute |
| 2001-2003 | Visiting Senior Res. Sci., Columbia University, Biosphere2 Center |
| 1997-2002 |
Assoc. Prof., Environmental Science & Energy Research, Weizmann Institute |
| 1996-1997 | Senior NRC Fellow, NOAA-CMDL, Boulder CO. |
| 1991-1996 |
Senior Scientist, Environmental Science & Energy Research, 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
Member, Subcom. for Environ. Sci.; Planning &Budgeting, Council for Higher Education
SSC member, Maarag (Israel’s National Ecosystem Assessment Program)
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. Research In Israel (1998-1999)
Fellowships & Awards |
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| 2014 | 2014 EAG Eminent Speaker Award (European Assoc. of Geochem) |
| 2012 | CIRES Visiting Fellow, Boulder CO (July-Oct) |
| 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) |
| 1993-6 | Rowland Schaeffer Career Development Chair |
| 1994 | British Council Fellowship |
| 1991-3 | 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