Background
Halpern, Yeheskel Shraga was born on December 4, 1926 in Krakow. Arrived in Israel, 1947.
educator molecular biologist bacteriologist
Halpern, Yeheskel Shraga was born on December 4, 1926 in Krakow. Arrived in Israel, 1947.
Master of Science, Hebrew University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Hebrew University, 1956.
Senior assistant Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1955-1958. Research fellow Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1958-1959. From lecturer to associate professor Hebrew University, 1959-1971, professor, since 1971.
Head teaching division microbiology Hebrew University, 1963-1964, 70-73, 90-93, chairman department molecular biology, 1974-1976, 83-87, institute microbiology, 1975-1979. Visiting associate professor biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1967-1968, visiting professor, 1987-1988, 93-94. Visiting scientist National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1982-1983.
Sergeant major Israeli Defense Force, 1948-1949, Palestine. Member Israeli Bio-chemical Society, Israeli Society Microbiology, American Society Microbiology.
Parents Usher Shaye and Hannah (Frankel) H. Married Rivka Kreppel, January 3, 1952. Children: Jonathan Shalom, Ohad Haim, Ithai Eliezer.