Re'em Sari

Prof. Re’em Sari

 

 

General

      Born on Feb. 19 1971 in Be'er-Sheva, Israel. Married, four boys. Israeli citizenship. US Green Card.

Education

Ph.D. in Astrophysics, September 1998, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Summa cum laude.
M.Sc. in Physics, October 1994, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. cum laude
B.Sc. in Mathematics, July 1992, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. With great distinction.
B.Sc. in Physics, March 1991, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. With great distinction

Positions

 
 
2007 -Professor of AstrophysicsHebrew University
Jerusalem, Israel
2010 - 2014

Chair of the Board  

Bloomfield Science Museum
Jerusalem, Israel

2008 - 2014

Head of Amirim Teva Program

Honors program for undergrads

Hebrew University
Jerusalem, Israel

2003 – 2009

Associate Professor of Astrophysics  & Planetary Science

Caltech
Pasadena, California

1998 – 2003

Sherman Fairchild Senior Research Fellow  

Faculty position in theoretical astrophysics

Caltech 
Pasadena, California

1989 – 1995

Research Position  

Research position in the Physics Department

Nuclear Research Center, Negev 
Be’er-Sheva, Israel 

Awards

2017 Sackler Lecture, Leiden Observatory, Leiden, Netherlands
2016 Radcliffe fellowship, Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
2015 Klachky Prize for the advancements of the frontiers of science. Hebrew University.
2014 Kavli Fellow. American National Academy of Science and The Kavli Foundation.
2013 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award - Alexander von Humbolt Foundation, Germany.
2012 Member of the Israeli Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
2011 Michael Bruno Memorial Award from Yad Hanadiv, Rothschild Foundation.
2011 Radcliffe fellowship.
2010 Guggenheim fellowship.
2009 Rector award for outstanding researcher from the Hebrew University.
2008 TheMarker Magazine 40/40, selected among the 40 most promising Israeli citizens under 40.
2008 European Research Council Starting Grant.
2007 Frenkiel Award from Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society.
2006 Warner Prize of the American Astronomical Society.
2004 Packard fellowship.
2004 Sloan research fellowship.
2003 Graduate Student Council Mentoring Award.
2002 Michelson Prize Postdoctoral Lectureship.
1999 Katzir prize for graduate students.
1998 Fairchild Fellowship at Caltech.
1998 Hubble Fellowship (declined).
1998 Harvard Junior Fellowship at the Society of Fellows (declined).
1998 Israel Physical Society award for outstanding graduate students.
1997 Clore Scholars Program.
1996 Wolf Scholarship.