David
Polishook - CV
Personal
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Current address : |
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave.,
Cambridge, MA
02139, USA. |
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Office
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54-416 |
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E-Mail
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davidpol [at] mit.edu david.polishook [at] weizmann.ac.il (old but still active) david [at] wise.tau.ac.il (old but still active) |
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Telephones
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office/ +1-617-324-8132 fax/ +1-617-253-2886 |
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Born : |
February 1976 |
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Marital Status : |
Married + 2 |
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Languages
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Hebrew, English, basic
Spanish |
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Education
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2005-2010 |
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Ph.D. in planetary science, Tel-Aviv University. |
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2002-2005 |
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M.Sc. in planetary science, Tel-Aviv University. |
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1999-2002 |
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B.Sc. in Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, and in General
History, Tel-Aviv University. |
Positions
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2011-2014 |
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AXA Post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Earth, Atmospheric
and Planetary Sciences, |
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2010-2011 |
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Post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, |
Awards
& Scholarships
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2011-14 |
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The AXA post-doctoral
fellowship, by the AXA research fund. |
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2008-10 |
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Ilan Ramon scholarship for excellent Ph.D. students in space
sciences, by the Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport. |
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2010 |
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Hartmann student travel
grant to the DPS meeting at Pasadena, 2010, by the American Astronomical
Society (AAS). |
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2010 |
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Special prize for
excellent Ph.D. student by the faculty of Exact Sciences. |
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2009 |
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Annual prize for
excellent Ph.D. students in the department of geophysics and planetary
sciences. |
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2006 |
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Alix de-Rothschild scholarship for excellent Ph.D. students, at the
faculty of exact science. |
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2005 |
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M.Sc. Tel-Aviv
University, summa cum laudae. |
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2003 |
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B.Sc. Tel-Aviv
University, magna cum laudae. |
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2002 |
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Dean of exact sciences award
for excellence for undergraduate students. |
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2001 |
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The freshman student
award for excellence, the department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences,
Tel-Aviv University. |
Teaching
and Employment Experience
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2012-2014 |
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Guest lecturer of astronomy
at MIT. |
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2009-2010 |
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Lecturer of astronomy lab
for undergraduate students, Tel-Aviv University. |
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2007-2010 |
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Lecturer of astronomy and
astrophysics at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
(IDC). |
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2005-2008 |
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Lecturer of astronomy and
astrophysics at the Open University. |
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2005-2009 |
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Lecturer at the Science Oriented
Youth unit, Tel Aviv University. |
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1998-2001 |
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Software programmer, Tecnomatix Ltd. |
Scientific
Activities
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2013- |
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Scientific Organizing
Committee (SOC) of Asteroid IV
book, summarizing the last decade in asteroid research. |
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2012- |
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Reviewer and panelist for
NASA proposals. |
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2012- |
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Reviewer for the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science. |
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2012- |
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Reviewer for the Minor
Planet Bulletin. |
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2010- |
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Reviewer for the journal Icarus. |
Community
Activities
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2010-2011 |
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Writer for the Galileo
popular magazine for science and thought. |
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2003-2010 |
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Co-organizer of the
Tel-Aviv University astronomy club public lecture and activities. |
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2003-2010 |
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Public outreach in
astronomy: Lectures, Internet, media and education. |
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1999-2002 |
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"PERAH" -
Tutoring projects for children from disadvantaged families. |
Conferences
& Seminars
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2014 May |
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New-York City, USA |
American Museum of Natural History,
dept. for Astrophysics |
Seminar
Talk |
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2013
Oct |
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Denver,
USA |
DPS
2013 - Division of Planetary Sciences 45nd meeting |
Talk |
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2013
Jun |
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Hawaii,
USA |
Binaries in the Solar System
third workshop |
Talk |
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2013
Apr |
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Flagstaff,
USA |
Planetary
Defense Conference |
Invited Talk |
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2012
May |
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Niigata,
Japan |
ACM
2012 - Asteroids, Comets, Meteors |
Talk
& Posters |
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2012
Apr |
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Harvard,
USA |
A seminar talk |
Seminar
Talk |
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2012
Apr |
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MIT,
USA |
A seminar talk at the
Earth and Planetary Sciences department |
Seminar
Talk |
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2012
Jan |
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Meudon,
France |
MarcoPolo-R workshop |
Talk |
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2011
Oct |
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Nantes,
France |
DPS
2011 - Division of Planetary Sciences 43nd meeting |
Talk |
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2010
Dec |
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Tel-Aviv
University, Israel |
A
seminar talk at the Geophysics and Planetary Sciences department |
Seminar
Talk |
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2010
Oct |
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Pasadena,
USA |
DPS
2010 - Division of Planetary Sciences 42nd meeting |
Poster |
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2010 Jul |
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Poznan, Poland |
Binaries in the Solar
System second workshop |
Talk |
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2009 Dec |
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Bar-Ilan
University |
IPS 2009 - Israel Physics
Society. 55th annual meeting. |
Talk |
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2009 Apr |
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UCLA, USA |
A seminar talk at the Earth
and Planetary Sciences department |
Seminar Talk |
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2009 Apr |
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CalTech, USA |
A seminar talk at the
Astrophysics department |
Seminar Talk |
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2008 Dec |
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Ben-Gurion University,
Israel |
IPS 2008 - Israel Physics
Society. 54th annual meeting. |
Talk |
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2008 Jul |
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Baltimore, USA |
ACM 2008 - Asteroids,
Comets, Meteors |
Talk & Poster |
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2008 Apr |
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Wiezmann institute, Israel |
AsCoS 2008 - The Israeli Astrophysics & Cosmology Student
Conference Series. |
Talk |
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2008 Apr |
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Cairo, Egypt |
MEARIM - 1st
regional meeting of the IAU |
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2008 Feb |
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Hebrew University, Israel |
A seminar talk at the Racah institute of physics |
Seminar Talk |
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2007 Dec |
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Wiezmann institute, Israel |
IPS 2007 - Israel Physics
Society. 53rd annual meeting. |
Talk |
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2005 Aug |
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Buzios, Brazil |
ACM 2005 - Asteroids,
Comets, Meteors (IAU 229). |
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2005 Mar |
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Sde-Boker, Israel |
On Science and
Imagination - following Jules Verne. |
Talk |
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Astronomical
experience 10m Keck I telescope, LRIS, W.M.Keck Observatory, Hawaii USA. 6.5m MagellanŐs Baade telescope, FIRE,
Las Campanas Observatory, Chile. 6.5m MagellanŐs Clay telescope, LSSD3,
Las Campanas Observatory, Chile. 5m Hale telescope,
Palomar Observatory, California USA. 4.1m SOAR, Goodman, Cerro Pachon, Chile. 4.0m Mayall,
MOSAIC, Kitt Peak National Observatory, AZ, USA. 3m telescope, Infrared Telescope
Facility (IRTF), SpeX/Moris,
Hawaii USA. 1.3m CTIO, ANDICAM, Cerro Tololo Observatory, Chile. Queue mode. 1m telescope, PI/FOSC/SITe/Tek, Wise Observatory,
Israel. 0.46m telescope, SBIG, Wise
Observatory, Israel. MANOS - Mission Accessible Near-Earth
Objects Survey, on NOAO telescopes. PTF - Palomar Transient Factory survey on 1.2m Oschin telescope, Palomar Observatory – monitoring,
reduction, analysis. |
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Programming
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Languages and programming
environments: C, C++, Delphi, MATLAB, IRAF. |
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Software experience in astronomy: control
software for the Wise Observatory especially in its automatization;
writing pipelines for reduction and measurement of photometry and
spectroscopy in IRAF, for data obtained from wide-field surveys; writing
analysis code in MATLAB. |
