Professor Ofer Lahav is the Perren Chair of Astronomy and Head of Astrophysics at University College London

University College London

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He studied Physics

Physics

Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...

 at Tel-Aviv University (B.Sc., 1980), Physics

Physics

Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...

 at Ben-Gurion University (M.Sc., 1985) (supervisor: Jacob Bekenstein

Jacob Bekenstein

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) and earned his Ph.D. in Astronomy

Astronomy

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 from the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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 in 1988.

Among his major research interests are Cosmological probes of Dark Matter and Dark Energy. To date Lahav has written over 160 research articles in refereed journals and is Thomson ISI highly cited author.

Lahav is also Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

Royal Astronomical Society

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, Fellow of the Institute of Physics

Institute of Physics

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 (FInstP), Member of the American Astronomical Society

American Astronomical Society

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, Member of the International Astronomical Union

International Astronomical Union

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 and Member of the Astronomical Society of India

Astronomical Society of India

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