Ron Folman Explained

Ron Folman (Hebrew: [[:he:%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F %D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%9F|רון פולמן]]; (Born Feb 16th, 1963), is an Israeli quantum physicist and social activist. He works at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) where he heads the Atom Chip group.[1]

Biography

Folman, born in Tel Aviv, is the son of Russian born Ahuva (Luba) Gordon and Polish born Yeshayahu Folman. Folman’s mother, who barely escaped with her family from the burning city of Minsk as the Nazi army advanced, tried to make it to the land of Israel on the famous Exodus refugee ship, only to be returned by the British to Germany.
In 1998, Folman received his PhD degree[2] from the Weizmann Institute of Science (work conducted at CERN).[3] Between the years 2000-2003, he worked as a Researcher at the University of Heidelberg (Marie Curie fellow), Germany, and before that in 1999-2000 as a post-doctoral fellow in Innsbruck.[4] He is an advocate of Human Rights, Animal Rights, Social justice, Peace and Environmental sustainability.

Folman’s father is a survivor of Auschwitz where he was numbered B-1367. Folman tattooed an exact replica on his arm.[5] [6]

Activism

Science

Folman[8] is a professor of quantum physics[9] at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) where he heads the Atom Chip group. He was the founder and first director of the BGU center for quantum science and technology since 2010,[10] and the founder and first director of the center for nano-fabrication[11] since 2003. Folman is one of the inventors of the Atom Chip.[12] Folman is active in probing the interface between the general theory of relativity (gravity) and quantum mechanics.[13]

Folman is involved in anti-matter physics at CERN (GBAR) and in the searches for Dark Matter (GNOME). In 2011, he received the Willis Lamb award[14] and in 2013, he was a Miller visiting professor at Berkeley[15]

In 2021, Folman received the Falling Walls award for physics.[16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meet the group head - Ron Folman . bgu.
  2. Book: Folman, Ron . Search for the Higgs boson with the OPAL detector at LEP at [radical symbol]s=161-172 GeV ]. Weizmann Institute of Science . 1997.
  3. Web site: Ron Folman INSPIRE author profile . 2024-02-26 . inspirehep.net.
  4. Web site: Ron Folman . orcid.
  5. Web site: Auschwitz Concentration Camp Tattoo Shared by Father and Son . soundcloud.
  6. Web site: Son gets Dad's Auschwitz tattoo on own arm . bgu . Yair Ettinger.
  7. Web site: Activism . bgu.
  8. Web site: PROF. RON FOLMAN . Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
  9. Book: Stern-Gerlach Interferometry with the Atom Chip . Mark Keil. 2009.08112 . Keil . Mark . Machluf . Shimon . Margalit . Yair . Zhou . Zhifan . Amit . Omer . Dobkowski . Or . Japha . Yonathan . Moukouri . Samuel . Rohrlich . Daniel . Binstock . Zina . Bar-Haim . Yaniv . Givon . Menachem . Groswasser . David . Meir . Yigal . Folman . Ron . 2021 . 263–301 . 10.1007/978-3-030-63963-1_14 . 2021mbpc.book..263K . 978-3-030-63962-4 . 221761531 .
  10. Web site: BGU center for quantum science and technology . bgu . bgu.
  11. Web site: Nano-Fabrication center at Ben-Gurion university . Ben-Gurion university.
  12. Web site: Fifteen Years of Cold Matter on the Atom Chip: Promise, Realizations, and Prospects . bgu.
  13. Web site: Long-awaited magnetic interferometer might probe quantum gravity . physicsworld.
  14. Web site: The 2011 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics . lambmedal.
  15. Web site: Research explores magnetic fields of superconducting materials . dailycal . 18 March 2014 . ROBIN SIMMONDS.
  16. Web site: THE SCIENCE BREAKTHROUGHS OF THE YEAR: FALLING WALLS ANNOUNCES SHORTLIST . falling-walls.

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