Background
Shani, Arnon was born on April 19, 1935 in Ramat-Gan, Israel. Son of Matityahu and Habiba (Katz) Shani.
Shani, Arnon was born on April 19, 1935 in Ramat-Gan, Israel. Son of Matityahu and Habiba (Katz) Shani.
Master of Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel, 1965.
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Chicago, 1965-1967;
research associate, Hebrew U., 1967-1969;
assistant professor, Ben-Gurion U., Be'er Sheva, Israel, 1969-1973;
associate professor, Ben-Gurion U., Be'er Sheva, Israel, 1973-1982;
professor of chemistry, Ben-Gurion U., Be'er Sheva, Israel, since 1982;
chairman chemistry department, Ben-Gurion U., Be'er Sheva, Israel, 1971-1973, 78-80;
deputy rector, Ben-Gurion U., Be'er Sheva, Israel, 1984-1986;
director applied research institute, Ben-Gurion U., Be'er Sheva, Israel, 1989-1993. Member 7th Council for Higher Education Israel, 1987-1991. Israeli national representative commission on teaching chemistry International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1983-1986.
Science consultant, Israel, 1971-1973, 80-84, 93-95.
Member International Society Chemical Ecology (councilor 1987-1990), Israel Chemical Society (member council 1984-1986, president since 1997), Science and Technology Education in Israel, others.
Married Mira Miriam Bar-Zur, September 28, 1955. Children: Osnath, Merav, Michal, Mati.