Keren Sharon - Curriculum Vitae

Personal

Current address : 301D West Hall, 1085 S. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
E-Mail : kerens @ umich.edu
Telephones : office/ (734) 936 7904


Employment

2013-present : Assistant Professor, Astronomy Department, the University of Michigan
2012-2013 : Uniersity of Michigan's President's Fellow, Astronomy Department, the University of Michigan
2012 : Assistant Research Scientist, Astronomy Department, the University of Michigan
2011-2012 : Visiting Scholar, Astronomy Department, the University of Michigan.
2009-2012 : KICP Fellow, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago.


Education

2003- 2008 : Ph.D. student in astrophysics, Tel-Aviv University,
under the supervision of Prof. Dan Maoz
Subject: Evolution of baryons and dark matter in clusters of galaxies.

2001-2003 : M.Sc. in astrophysics, Tel-Aviv University.
under the supervision of Prof. Dan Maoz
Subject: Supernova counts in deep Hubble Space Telescope fields.

1998-2001 : B.Sc. in physics, Tel-Aviv University.


Employment and Activities

2001- 2006 : Teaching assistant, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University.
2001- 2008 : Co-organizer of the Tel-Aviv University astronomy club public lecture series.
2003- 2006 : Lecturer at the Science Oriented Youth unit, Tel Aviv University.
2004- 2006 : Scientific manager of the Israeli Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad for youth,
in memory of Prof. Dror Sadeh
(Military service : 1994-1998)

Awards

2012 : University of Michigan's President's Postdoctoral Fellowship
2009 : Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics Fellowship.
2008 : Kersten Visiting Fellowship (at the University of Chicago).
2007 : Kersten Visiting Fellowship (at the University of Chicago).
2005 : School of Physics and Astronomy award for outstanding achievements.
2003 : The Commercial and Industrial Club award for outstanding achievements.
2002 : School of Physics and Astronomy award for outstanding achievements.

Publications