Background
Shamir, Jacob was born on June 7, 1927 in Berlin. Son of Mordechai and Malka (Goldmann) Shamir.
Shamir, Jacob was born on June 7, 1927 in Berlin. Son of Mordechai and Malka (Goldmann) Shamir.
Master of Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1958.
Research associate Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1959-1961. Senior lecturer Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1961-1971, associate professor, 1971-1977, professor department inorganic and analytical chemistry, since 1977. Senior foreign scientist Memphis (Tennessee) State University, 1971-1972.
Associate visiting professor Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1972-1973. Senior scientist Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, 1985-1986. Visiting professor Technology University Denmark, Lyngy, 1976, Rijksuniversitair Centrum, Antwerp, Belgium, 1980, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Republic of Germany, 1981.
Visiting scientist Hahn-Meitner Institute, West Berlin, 1984, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1989, University Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1990, Fritz-Haber-Institute, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, 1991, University Hamburg, 1993, University Bordeaux, 1995, University Regensburg, 1995, Max-Planck-Institute, Stuttgart, 1996, University Melbourne, 1996, Technology University Delft, 1998, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1999-2000, University Cologne, since 2000.
Fellow Academy of Sciences. Member American Vacuum Society, Israel Chemical Society.
Married Anka Schorr, December 18, 1951. Children: Haggai David, Nitza Naomi, Ada Rachel.
