CURRICULUM  VITAE

EDUCATION

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1986 – 1990

B.Sc. in Computer Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Computer Sciences.

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B.Sc. in Geology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Earth Sciences.

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1991 – 1992

M.Sc. in Geology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Earth Sciences.

Title of thesis: Paleomagnetism in Mount Sedom, Israel: a method to determine the structure of the salt body and to reconstruct its emergence from the subsurface.

Advisers: A. Agnon and H. Ron

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1993 – 1998

Ph.D. in Structural Geology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Earth Sciences.

Title of thesis: Rock deformation associated with dike emplacement and non-linear behavior of rocks

Advisers: A. Agnon, G. Baer, G. Shamir, Z. Garfunkel

POSITIONS HELD AND ACADEMIC STATUS

1998 to date

Senior Scientist, Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem

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2013 - 2014

President, Israel Geological Society

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2012 to date

Adjunct Assoc. Professor, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

2010 - 2014

Head, Division of Geological Mapping, Geological Survey of Israel

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