Background
Piestun, Rafael Iser was born on July 26, 1963 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Son of Simon Ruben Piestun and Gladys Rosa Malinow. arrived in Israel, 1991.
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Rafael Iser Piestun, Uruguayan electrical engineering researcher, consultant. Recipient El-Op prize for research in electrooptics, 1997, Minerva award Max-Planck-Institute Heidelberg, Germany, 1996; Eshkol fellow Israel Ministry Sciences, 1996-1998; Fulbright fellowship, since 1998; recipient Gutwirth Foundation prize, Israel, 1994.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University of the Republic, Montevideo, 1983; Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of the Republic, Montevideo, 1985; diploma in electrical engineering, University of the Republic, Montevideo, 1988; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1994; (honorary) professor engineering, University of the Republic, Montevideo, 1994; Doctor of Philosophy, 1998.
Career
Physics teacher, Montevideo, 1985-1986; teaching and research assistant, University of the Republic, Montevideo, 1986-1991; teacher, researcher, Technion, 1992-1998; researcher, Stanford University, California, since 1998. Freelance consultant, Uruguay, 1990-1991, Isreal, 1998.
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Elected member university council University of the Republic, Montevideo, 1987-1989. Member Optical Society of America (editorial committee Journal-Magazine Optics and Photonics News since 1996).
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Uruguayan -
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Education
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1983
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1985
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1988
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1994
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1994
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1985 - 1986
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1986 - 1991
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1992 - 1998
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1992 - 1998
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1998
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Recipient El-Op prize for research in electrooptics, 1997, Minerva award Max-Planck-Institute Heidelberg, Germany, 1996. Eshkol fellow Israel Ministry Sciences, 1996-1998. Fulbright fellowship, since 1998. Recipient Gutwirth Foundation prize, Israel, 1994.Recipient El-Op prize for research in electrooptics, 1997, Minerva award Max-Planck-Institute Heidelberg, Germany, 1996. Eshkol fellow Israel Ministry Sciences, 1996-1998. Fulbright fellowship, since 1998.
Recipient Gutwirth Foundation prize, Israel, 1994.