Background
Ronnie Kosloff grew up in Jerusalem and then moved to Haifa in Israel.
Ronnie Kosloff grew up in Jerusalem and then moved to Haifa in Israel.
He graduated Hebrew Reali School in Haifa in1966. He studied at the Hebrew University from 1969 to 1978 when he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy.
He joined the armoured corpus of the Israel Defence Force. From 1978-1980 he was a post doctoral fellow at the University of Chicago. Ronnie Kosloff joined the Hebrew University faculty at 1981 where he serves as a Sonoborn professor of theoretical chemistry.
Ronnie Kosloff contributed to the theory of quantum molecular dynamics.
He developed methods to follow the evolution of a molecular system by solving the time dependent Schrödinger equation. Together with David Tannor and Stuart A Rice they originated the pump-dump scheme for coherent control.
The idea of coherent control was extended to Unitary transformations, a key ingredient in quantum gates. More recent work is on coherent control of binary chemical reactions.
Ronnie Kosloff originated the dynamical study of quantum heat engines.
This study is part of the emerging field of quantum thermodynamics.
International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science]
Ronnie Kosloff is a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.