Background
Lerman, Zafra Margolin was born on January 27, 1937 in Haifa, Israel. Came to the United States, 1969. Daughter of Lipa and Sara (Chervinsky) Jacobi.
public policy professor science educator
Lerman, Zafra Margolin was born on January 27, 1937 in Haifa, Israel. Came to the United States, 1969. Daughter of Lipa and Sara (Chervinsky) Jacobi.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 1960. Master of Science in Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1969.
Research associate, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1969-1972;
research associate, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1972-1976;
visiting scholar, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, 1976-1977;
member of faculty science and mathematics department, department chairman, Columbia College, Chicago, 1977-1991;
distinguished professor science & public policy, head Institute Science Education & Science Communication, Columbia College, Chicago, since 1991. Member organizing committee Albert Einstein Peace Prize Foundation, participant International Conference on Arid Lands, Corsica, France, 1981-1982, member Executive Committee, since 1981. Member Pyramid Conference on Science Education, 1984, Triangle Coalitionon Science Education, 1984-1985.
Symposia and seminar lecturer.
Board directors Committee Concerned Scientists, since 1989. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (board directors Chicago section 1983-1984, 87—, committee on international activities division chemical education since 1990), International Union Pure and Applied Chemistry, American Institute Chemists, National Science Teachers Association, American Society for Technion (board directors since 1986), Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Executives Club Chicago, Sigma Xi.
1 child, Yoav Margolin.