Prof. Akiva Bar-Nun Late

• Laboratory simulations of cometary ices. Member of the teams of ROSINA and ALICE instruments on board the ROSETTA spacecraft.

• The chemistry of Titan’s atmosphere and aerosols. Member of the HASI team on the HUYGENS spacecraft which landed on Titan.

• Lightning on Jupiter, Saturn and in Earth‘s primitive atmosphere.

• Processes which led to the emergence of life on Earth

• MSc Chemistry and Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1962

• PhD Physical Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1962

• Lecturer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1970

• Senior Lecturer, Tel Aviv University, 1976

• Associate Professor, Tel Aviv University, 1980

• Prof. of Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 1987

Other Appointments (in bullets):

• Director General, The Israel Space Agency, 1989-1993

• Vice Chairman, The Israel Space Agency, 1993-1995