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geophysicist researcher

Zvi Ben-Avraham, Israeli geophysicist, researcher. Recipient Grader prize Israel Geological Society, 1976, Freund prize, 1985. Fellow Geological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, Europaea Academia.

Background

Ben-Avraham, Zvi was born on November 16, 1941 in Jerusalem, Israel. Son of Mordechei and Yehudith (Greenfield) Ben-A.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973.

Career

Scientist Israel Oceanographic Institute, Haifa, 1973-1975. Associate professor Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel, 1975-1982. Professor geophysics Tel Aviv University, since 1982.

Achievements

  • Zvi Ben-Avraham has been listed as a noteworthy geophysicist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Geological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, Europaea Academia.

Connections

Married Rachel Ben-Yaacov. Children: Nili, Dan, Ruth.

Father:
Mordechei Ben-A.

Mother:
Yehudith (Greenfield) Ben-A.

Spouse:
Rachel Ben-Yaacov

child:
Dan Ben-Avraham

child:
Ruth Ben-Avraham

child:
Nili Ben-Avraham

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Awards

  • Recipient Grader prize Israel Geological Society, 1976, Freund prize, 1985.