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Yakir Aharonov (; born 1932 in Haifa
Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
, Palestine) is an Israel
Israel

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i physicist
Physicist

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 specialising in Quantum Physics and holds a joint professorship at Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a large, public university, located in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of 2006, the Tel Aviv University has a student population of 29,000....
 in Israel
Israel

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 and the University of South Carolina
University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina is a state university , co-educational, research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States....
 in the United States
United States

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 since 1973. In the Fall of 2006, he joined the newly formed Center for Quantum Studies
Center for Quantum Studies

The Center for Quantum Science was established at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia in the Fall of 2008.The Center for Quantum Science is involved in research on a broad range of topics in condensed matter, atomic, and optical physics....
 at George Mason University
George Mason University

George Mason University is a large public university with a main campus in unincorporated area Fairfax County, Virginia, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the Fairfax, Virginia....
 in Fairfax, Virginia
Fairfax, Virginia

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. In honor of his arrival at Mason, the Aharonov Lecture Series was established. In 2006-2007, the series will feature Nobel Laureate William D. Phillips of NIST, as well as Roger Penrose
Roger Penrose

Sir Roger Penrose, Order of Merit , Royal Society is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College....
, and Paul Davies
Paul Davies

Paul Charles William Davies Order of Australia is a British-born physicist, writer and Presenter, currently a professor at Arizona State University as well as the Director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science....
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Yakir Aharonov (; born 1932 in Haifa
Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
, Palestine) is an Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i physicist
Physicist

A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many Physics#Major fields of physics spanning all length scales: from atom particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole ....
 specialising in Quantum Physics and holds a joint professorship at Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a large, public university, located in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of 2006, the Tel Aviv University has a student population of 29,000....
 in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 and the University of South Carolina
University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina is a state university , co-educational, research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 since 1973. In the Fall of 2006, he joined the newly formed Center for Quantum Studies
Center for Quantum Studies

The Center for Quantum Science was established at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia in the Fall of 2008.The Center for Quantum Science is involved in research on a broad range of topics in condensed matter, atomic, and optical physics....
 at George Mason University
George Mason University

George Mason University is a large public university with a main campus in unincorporated area Fairfax County, Virginia, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the Fairfax, Virginia....
 in Fairfax, Virginia
Fairfax, Virginia

This article refers to the independent city of Fairfax, Va. For the surrounding unincorporated area of Fairfax County with a Fairfax postal address, please see Fairfax County, Virginia...
. In honor of his arrival at Mason, the Aharonov Lecture Series was established. In 2006-2007, the series will feature Nobel Laureate William D. Phillips of NIST, as well as Roger Penrose
Roger Penrose

Sir Roger Penrose, Order of Merit , Royal Society is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College....
, and Paul Davies
Paul Davies

Paul Charles William Davies Order of Australia is a British-born physicist, writer and Presenter, currently a professor at Arizona State University as well as the Director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science....
. In the Fall of 2008, he left George Mason University to join the Schmid College of Science at Chapman University
Chapman University

Chapman University is a private, nonprofit university located in the city of Orange, California in Orange County, California, California, USA....
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His research interests are nonlocal and topological effects in quantum mechanics
Quantum mechanics

Quantum mechanics is a set of principles underlying the most fundamental known description of all physical systems at the microscopic scale . Notable amongst these principles are both a dual wave-like and particle-like behavior of matter and radiation, and prediction of probabilities in situations where classical physics predicts certaintie...
, quantum field theories
Quantum field theory

Quantum field theory or QFT provides a theoretical framework for constructing quantum mechanics models of systems classically described by field or of Many-body problem....
 and interpretations of quantum mechanics
Quantum mechanics

Quantum mechanics is a set of principles underlying the most fundamental known description of all physical systems at the microscopic scale . Notable amongst these principles are both a dual wave-like and particle-like behavior of matter and radiation, and prediction of probabilities in situations where classical physics predicts certaintie...
. In 1959, he and David Bohm
David Bohm

David Joseph Bohm was an United States-born Quantum mechanics physicist who made significant contributions in the fields of theoretical physics, philosophy and neuropsychology, and to the Manhattan Project....
 proposed the Aharonov-Bohm Effect
Aharonov-Bohm effect

The Aharonov?Bohm effect, sometimes called the Ehrenberg?Siday?Aharonov?Bohm effect, is a quantum mechanics phenomenon by which a charged particle is affected by electromagnetic fields in regions from which the particle is excluded....
 for which he co-received the 1998 Wolf Prize
Wolf Prize

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Education

Professor Aharonov received his undergraduate education at Technion University in Haifa
Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
, graduating with a BSc
BSC

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 in 1956. He continued his studies at Bristol University, UK together with David Bohm
David Bohm

David Joseph Bohm was an United States-born Quantum mechanics physicist who made significant contributions in the fields of theoretical physics, philosophy and neuropsychology, and to the Manhattan Project....
 receiving a PhD
PHD

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 degree in 1960.

Employment

1960-1961: Research Associate, Brandeis University, USA
Brandeis University

Brandeis University is a Private university research university with a liberal arts focus, located in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, nine miles west of Boston, Massachusetts....


1961-1964: Assistant Professor, Yeshiva University, USA
Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a leading research institution, ranked 50th in the United States among national universities in 2008.....


1964-1967: Associate Professor, Yeshiva University, USA
Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a leading research institution, ranked 50th in the United States among national universities in 2008.....


1967-1973: Joint professorship at the Tel Aviv University, Israel
Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a large, public university, located in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of 2006, the Tel Aviv University has a student population of 29,000....
 and the Yeshiva University, USA
Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a leading research institution, ranked 50th in the United States among national universities in 2008.....


1973-2006: Joint professorship at the Tel Aviv University, Israel
Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a large, public university, located in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of 2006, the Tel Aviv University has a student population of 29,000....
 and the University of South Carolina, America
University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina is a state university , co-educational, research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States....


2006-2008: Professor at George Mason University
George Mason University

George Mason University is a large public university with a main campus in unincorporated area Fairfax County, Virginia, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the Fairfax, Virginia....


2008-Present: Professor at Chapman University
Chapman University

Chapman University is a private, nonprofit university located in the city of Orange, California in Orange County, California, California, USA....


Honors

1981: Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

1984: Weizmann Price in Physics and Rothschild Price in Physics

1989: Israel National Price in Physics

1990: Elected to the National Academy of Science of Israel

1992: Honorary Doctor of Science, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

1993: Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA

1993: Honorary Doctor of Science, University of South Carolina, USA

1995: Hewlett-Packard Europhysics Price

1997: Honorary Doctor of Science, Bristol University, UK

1998: Wolf Prize in Physics

1999: Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

2006: EMET Prize in Exact Science
Exact science

The term exact science refers to fields of science that are capable of accurate quantitative expression or precise predictions and rigour methods of testing hypothesis, especially reproducible experiments involving quantifiable predictions and measurements....


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