AVISHAY GAL-YAM
(list of minor-planet discoverers)
Avishay Gal-Yam Current address: Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel. Telephones: home: 972-8-9464749, work: 972-8-9342063, Fax: 972-8-9344477 e-mail: avishay.gal-yam@weizmann.ac.il Born: March 15, 1970, Israel Family status: Married + 3 Citizenship: Israeli Education 1997-2003: Ph.D., School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Advisor: Prof. Dan Maoz 1994-1996: B.Sc., Magna Cum Laude, in Physics and Mathematics, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. (1989-1993: Military service.) Positions 2013- : Head, Physics Core Facilities Unit, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. 2012- : Associate Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. 2008- : Head, Kraar Observatory Program, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. 2007- : Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology. 2007-2012: Senior Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. 2006-2007: Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology. 2003-2006: Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology. 1996-2003: Physics and Mathematics Research and Teaching Assistant, Tel Aviv University. Honors and Awards 2012: Kimmel Award for Innovative Investigation. 2010: Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research. 2010: Isreali Physical Society (IPS) Prize for a Young Physicist (shared with E. Nakar). 2010: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) ARCHES Prize. 2010: Levinson Physics Prize. 2008: The Peter and Patricia Gruber Award. 2007: European Union IRG Fellow. 2006: “Citta` di Cefalu`” Prize. 2003: Hubble Fellow. 2002: Tel Aviv U. School of Physics and Astronomy award for outstanding achievements. 2000: Colton Fellow. 2000: Tel Aviv U. School of Physics and Astronomy research and teaching excellence award. 1999: European Union grant (Training and Mobility of Researchers Programme). 1997: Tel Aviv U. School of Physics and Astronomy award for academic excellence. 1996: Tel Aviv U. School of Mathematics award for outstanding teaching assistants. 1994-1996: Tel Aviv University Physics Dean honor list. 1994-1997: Member of the Tel Aviv University outstanding student program. Grants At the Weizmann Institute: • EU FP7 Marie Curie IRG grant # 209205, 2007-2011: EURO 100,000 • Weizmann Institute MINERVA small grant, 2007-2010: EURO 75,000 • French-Israeli Astrophysics Networks, Israeli Ministry of Science, 2007-2009: EURO 112,000 (with Dr. J.-P. Kneib, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Marseille, France) • Israeli Science Foundation Personal Research Grant, 2008-2012: $210,000 • Israeli Science Foundation Equipment Grant for Young Faculty, 2008-2012: $150,000 • Gruber Young Scientists Research Award, 2008-2011: $90,000 • Weizmann-UK “making connections” research fund, 2008-2010: $100,000 (with Dr. Mark Sullivan, Oxford Univ., UK) • Binational Science Foundation (BSF) Grant, 2009-2013: $120,000 (with Prof. S. Kulkarni, Caltech, USA) • Yeda-Sela (YeS) Grant, 2010: $30,000 • German-Israel Foundation (GIF) Grant, 2010-2013: $160,000 (with Prof. E. Waxman, Weizmann Institute; Prof. N. Langer, Bonn Univ., Germany; Prof. M. Kowalski, Bonn, Univ., Germany) • Weizmann Institute MINERVA grant, 2010-2013: EURO 150,000 • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) ARCHES prize, 2010-2015, Euro 200,000 (with Prof. F. Roepke, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany) • Space Infrastructure Program, Israeli Ministry of Science, 2012-2014: NIS 400,000 (with Prof. E. Waxman, Weizmann Institute; Prof. D. Maoz, Tel Aviv University) • EU FP7 ERC starting grant # 307260, 2012-2017: EURO 1,499,302 • Israeli Science Foundation Personal Research Grant, 2012-2016: $180,000 • Kimmel Award for Innovative Investigation, 2012-2016: $1,000,000 • Preparations for the ULTRASAT Mission, Israeli Space Agency, 2013: NIS 600,000 (with Prof. E. Waxman, Dr. E. Ofek, Weizmann Institute) • “The Quantum Universe” I-Core Center member, 2013-2017: NIS 45,000,000 (divided among 18 members) • Weizmann Institute MINERVA grant, 2014-2016: EURO 300,000 • Weizmann-UK “Making Connection” grant, 2014-2015: $ 50,000 • Yeda-Sela (YeS) Grant, 2016: $50,000 • Foundations for Science with a UV space mission, Israeli Space Agency, 2016: NIS 600,000 (with Prof. E. Waxman, Dr. E. Ofek, Weizmann Institute) • Israeli Science Foundation Personal Research Grant, 2016-2020: $341,000 • EU ERC consolidator grant, 2017-2022 (to begin Sep. 1 2017): EURO 2,411,111 • Joint Weizmann-Texas A&M grant 2017 (with Prof. E. Ofek): $ 50,000 • Binational Science Foundation (BSF) “transformative science” grant 2017-2020 (with Prof. E. Ofek and Prof. P. Nugent, UC Berkeley): $ 300,000 At Caltech (all grants from NASA): • HST-HF-01158.01-A (Hubble Fellowship): $274,885 • HST-GO-10493: $118,302 • GALEXGI04-0026-0044: $35,000 • HST-GO-10793: $81,000 • GALEXGI06-0063: $88,000 • HST-GO-11104: $38,000 • GALEXGI07-0020: $94,000
