{"id":8,"date":"2013-11-25T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:51:39","slug":"prof-joshua-zak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Joshua Zak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-equal gb-columns-center aligncenter\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Born 1929 Wilno, Poland. Nationality &#8211; Israel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Died 2024 Haifa, Israel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D.Sc Technion 1960. Advisors Nathan Rosen; Giulio Racah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D.Sc Students: A. Rabinovitch, D. Litvin, J. Avron, A. Micelson, I. Dana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Known for:<\/strong> Magnetic Translation Group, Zak Transform, Zak Phase, Brown-Zak Fermions, Zak Space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Administrative position:<\/strong> Head, Solid State Institute 1970-1973.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fellowship and awards:<\/strong> Fellowship of the Royal Society, London 1967;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New England Academic Award 1967;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notable Wigner Medal 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column gb-is-vertically-aligned-top\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/zak-joshua.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47\" style=\"width:466px;height:413px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/zak-joshua.png 621w, https:\/\/phsites.technion.ac.il\/zak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/zak-joshua-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-8","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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