Background
Svetitsky, Benjamin was born on September 11, 1955 in Jerusalem. Son of Shmuel and Sara (Rapoport) Svetitsky.
Svetitsky, Benjamin was born on September 11, 1955 in Jerusalem. Son of Shmuel and Sara (Rapoport) Svetitsky.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1980.
Research associate University California, Santa Barbara, 1980-1981, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1981-1984. Research scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1984-1988. Senior lecturer Tel Aviv University, 1988-1992, associate professor, 1992—2006, professor, since 2006, chairman department nuclear physics, 1998-2000, 2002—2005.
Visiting scientist Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1987-1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000-2001. Collaborator Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, since 1989. Foreign collaborator Center for Study of Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 1992.
Visiting associate professor University Colorado, Boulder, 1993-1994.
Member American Physical Society, Israel Physical Society.
Married Sara Beck, December 19, 1976. Children: Shulamit, Elisha, Batsheva.