Background
Zak, Joshua was born on September 26, 1929 in Wilna, Poland. Son of Mendel and Tsima (Shabad) Zak. arrived in Israel, 1957.
Zak, Joshua was born on September 26, 1929 in Wilna, Poland. Son of Mendel and Tsima (Shabad) Zak. arrived in Israel, 1957.
Master of Science, Wilna University, 1955. Doctor of Science, Technion, Israel, 1960.
Visiting professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1968; visiting professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1968-1969; professor physics, Technion, Haifa, Israel, since 1970; director Solid State Institute, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1970-1973; Eric and Sheila Samson chair in physics, Technion, Haifa, Israel, since 1989. Visiting professor University of California, San Diego, 1974-1975, New York University, 1974-1975, University of Michigan, AnnArbor, 1978, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1979, U. Toronto, 1994-1995, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1981-1982, 89-90, Institute des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Bures-Sur-Yvette, France, 1985-1986.
With Soviet Red Army, 1945-1948. Member European Physical Society, Israel Physical Society.
Married Rita Lubliner, April 11, 1978 (divorced April 1995). Children: Ben-Zion, Shabad.