Joseph (Yosi) Avron
Date and place of birth: 1948, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Citizenship: Israel
Status: Married to Gabriela, father to Maayan, Jonathan and Yoav
Academic degrees:
B.Sc. Technion (1970)
D.Sc. Technion (1976)
Academic positions:
Chair, Department of physics, 2007-; Professor, Technion, IIT 1988-; Visiting Assoc. Prof., Caltech, Pasadena 1987-1989; Associate Professor, Technion, IIT 1983-1988; Senior Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology 1982; Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, Caltech 1980-1982; Assistant Professor, Princeton (on leave) 1980-1981; Senior Research Fellow, Technion, Haifa 1979; Research Fellow, Technion, Haifa 1978; Research Scientist, Nuclear Research Center Negev 1975-1978; Wigner Fellow, Princeton University 1976-1977
Research interest:
I do research in “quantum engineering”: application of the quantum mechanics. I do theory, and like to use elegant mathematics geometry, and animations.