Lev Abram Kofman

Background

Kofman, Lev Abram was born on June 17, 1957 in Dudinka, Russia. Son of Abram M. and Tamara G. Kofman. came to the United States, 1992.

Education

Master of Science in Physics, Tartu U., Estonia, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics, Institute for Astrophysics, Tartu, Estonia, 1983.

Career

Research fellow, Institute of Astrophysics, Tartu, Estonia, 1979-1987; sabbatical leave, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow, Russia, 1980, 85; research senior fellow, Institute of Astrophysics, Tartu, Estonia, 1987-1990; research associate, Canadian Institute Theoretical Astrophysics, Toronto, 1991; lecturer, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1992; university research fellow, Canadian Institute Theoretical Astrophysics, Toronto, 1992-1993; associate professor, Institute for Astronomy, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, since 1993.

Achievements

• Lev Abram Kofman has been listed as a noteworthy Astrophysicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Physical Society (head advising committee on Estonia of task froce on former Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics 1992-1993), American Astronomy Society (member committee of task force on former Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics since 1993), Canada Institute for Advanced Research (associate, scholarship in cosmology 1992).

Connections

Married Anna S. Shandarin, July 12, 1991. 1 child, Maria.

Father:

Abram M. Kofman

Mother:

Tamara G. Kofman

Spouse:

Anna S. Shandarin

child:

Maria Kofman