Name: Alexander PALEVSKI
Faculty: School of Physics and Astronomy
Raymond and Beverly Sackler
Faculty of Exact Sciences
TelAvivUniversity, Ramat Aviv,
69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
tel. 03-640-9456, fax 03-642-2979; e-mail:
A. EDUCATION
1982 – 1986 Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
Ph.D studies. Thesis: “Localization in metallic thin films”
Supervisor: Prof. G. Deutscher
1986 - Ph.D in Physics - Cum Laude
1976 - 1979Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
Graduate studies.
Thesis: “I-V characterisics of Pb-Ge superconductor microbridges”
Supervisor: Prof. G. Deutscher
1980 - M.Sc. in Physics.
1972 - 1975Vilnius University, Lithuania. Undergraduate studies in Physics.
B. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008 - presentDirector of WolfsonCenter for Applied Materials Research
2006 - present.Tel Aviv University, Israel - Full Professor
1999 – 2000Visiting Professor at SUNY, USA
1998 - 2006.Tel Aviv University, Israel - Associate Professor
1992 - 1998Tel Aviv University, Israel - Senior Lecturer
1990 - 1991Physics Department, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ,USA - Visiting Scientist
1986 - 1989IBM Research Laboratories, Yorktown Heights, NY -Weizmann Post - Doctoral Fellow
1982 - 1986Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
Teaching Assistant and Instructor
1977 - 1979Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel - Teaching assistant
D. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
1995- FrancoIsraeli Meeting on Mesoscopic Physics and Chaos, Paris
1996- Memorial A. Aaronov Conference, Rehovot, Israel
1996- ICPS-23, Berlin
1997- XII International Conference EP2DS, Tokyo
1998- MinervaGIF Gentner Symposium, Jerusalem
1998- ICPS24, Jerusalem (Organizing Committee)
1999- Israel Physics Society Meeting, Tel Aviv
2000- ICPS-25, Osaka.
2000 – Japan-Israel Meeting on Physics of Nanostructures, Rikken, Japan
2001- EP2DS-14, Prague
2002- 2nd Indo-Israeli Meeting, Jerusalem
2003- FTM-IV: The Nano, the Giga, the Ultra, and the Bio, Corsica,France
2004- ISFCenter of Excellence Workshop on Interactions and Disorder in
Mesoscopic Systems, Eilat
2005- 3rd Indo-Israeli Meeting,Highly Correlated Systems,Puri, India
2006- FTM-V: Up the Nano creek, Crete, Greece
2006- Current Problems in SolidState Physics, International Seminar, Kharkov, Ukraine
2007-(QEAN), Leiden, Netherlands
2007-International workshop on Spintronics with superconductors, Bochum, Germany
2008- The 4th Indo-Israeli Conference in Condensed Matter Physics, Zfat, Israel
2009- FTM-VI:, Sardignia , Italy
2010-18 International Symposium on Nanoscience, St. Petersburg, Russia
2011- Conference on Interactions Among Nanostructures, Las Vegas, USA
1984-2010- (For more information see the attached list of the presentations
at the conferences)
E. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS (GRANTS)
1991 - 1994Alon fellow, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Administered by the National Council for Higher Education, Israel
1986 - 1988Haim Weizmann Fellow, Israel
1992- 1995IsraelAcademy of Sciences Foundation for Basic Sciences ($120,000)
1992- Israel Commission for Planning and Budgeting (VATAT) ($200,000)
1993-TelAvivUniversity Foundation for Basic Research ($5,000)
1993-Ministry of Absorbtion - Office for Science Absorption ($2,000)
1993- 1996United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation (B.S.F.) (together with Prof. S. Luryi (SUNY), my part $150,000)
All the investigators including myself are Principle Investigators.
1994- 1997Intel Electronics, Jerusalem ($75,000)
1996- 1999Ministry of Science ( together with Prof. Heiblum (WIS), my part $150,000)
All the investigators including myself are Principle Investigators.
1997- 2000German- Israel Foundation (G.I.F.) (together with Prof. K. von Klitzing (MPI Stuttgart), my part $120,000)
All the investigators including myself are Principle Investigators.
1999-2002Israel Academy of Sciences Foundation for Basic Sciences (Bikura) (together with Dr. G. Markovich (TAU) my part$20,000)
All the investigators including myself are Principle Investigators.
2001-2004Israel Academy of Sciences Foundation for Basic Sciences, Center of Excellence (together with Prof. O. Entin (TAU), Prof. A. Aharony (TAU), Prof. Y. Imry (WIS), Prof. A. Shiller (HU), Prof. Z. Ovadiyahu (HU), my part $280,000)
All the investigators including myself are Principle Investigators
2002-2006German- Israel Foundation-(GIF) (together with Prof. A. Gerber (TAU), Prof. K. Efetov (BochumUniversity), Prof. G. Schoen (Univ. of Karlsruhe) my part $90,000)
All the investigators including myself are Principle Investigators
2004-2007Israel Academy of Sciences Foundation for Basic Sciences, Center of Excellence (together with Prof. O. Entin (BGU), Prof. A. Aharony (BGU), Prof. Y. Imry (WIS), Prof. A. Shiller (HU), Prof. Z. Ovadiyahu (HU), my part $120,000)
All the investigators including myself are Principle Investigators.
2006-2008Ministry of Science, Ukraine-Israel Scientific Program (together with Prof. Krive (KharkovStateUniversity), my part $30,000)
All the investigators including myself are Principle Investigators
2006-2008Ministry of Science, Russia-Israel Scientific Program (together with
Prof. Ryazanov(Landau Institute, Chernogolovka), my part $35,000)
All the investigators including myself are Principle Investigators.
2007-2011 US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) (together with Prof. A. Kapitulnik,StanfordUniversity,my part $120,000)
2008-2011Israel Academy of Sciences Foundation (Bikura-FIRST) ($120,000)
2009-2012Israel Academy of Sciences Foundation ($100,000)
F. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1986-1994 American Physical Society
1990-1991 IEEE (USA)
1992-2011 Israel Physical Society
G. DOCTORAL STUDENTS SUPERVISED
1992-Y. BerkElectron Transport in Coupled Quantum WellsTAU
(Ph. D., graduated 1996)
1994 E. YahelCurrent Distrubution in IQHETAU
(Ph. D., graduated 1997)
1997A. TsukernikMagnetotransport in groved GaAs/AlGaAs…TAU
(Ph.D., graduated 2001)
1998Y. BlumProximity Effect in SFS junctionsTAU
(Ph.D. graduated 2004)
2004V. ShelukhinOdd triplet superconductivity
(Ph. D. graduated (2009)TAU
2005 M. EshkolPh. D. student TAU
2005E. LevyPh. D. studentTAU
2005I. SternfeldPh. D. studentTAU
2010 R. HevroniPh. D. StudentTAU
M.A./M.Sc. STUDENTS
1993A. TsukernikFermi Energy in Heavily Doped SemiconductorsTAU
(M. Sc., graduated 1995)
1994M. SlutzkyElectron-electron Interaction in CQWTAU
(M.Sc. graduated 1996)
2003 M. EshkolCoherence length in mesoscopic structuresTAU
(M. Sc. graduated 2004)
2003 E. LevyElectronic transport in 1D quantum wiresTAU (M. Sc. graduated 2005)
2003 I. SternfeldProximity effect in granular composite materials TAU
(M. Sc. graduated 2005)
2005 R.KoretSuperconductivity in NanocylindersTAU
(M. Sc graduated 2007)
2008D. Rakhmilevich Ferromagnet-Superconductor junctionsTAU
Date: 05/11