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Star Formation: massive star birth, in the Milky Way and in other galaxies
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Kinematics of Star Formation: high resolution spectroscopy of gas ionized by young stars and the emergence problem
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Radio-Infrared Supernebulae: very compact and dense embedded star clusters, their birth and evolution
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Astro-Chemistry: the chemistry of starburst galaxies
Prof. Sara Beck

Research
Education
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B.A. Physics, Princeton University, 1976
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M.Sc. Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 1980
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Ph.D. Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 1981
Academic Appointments
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Research Fellow, Cornell University, 1981-1984
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Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, 1984-1987
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Senior Lecturer, Tel Aviv University, 1987-1999
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Visiting Fellow, JILA 1993-1994
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Associate Professor, Tel Aviv University, 1999-present
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Visiting Scholar, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 2000-2001
Awards and Prizes
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Kusaka Prize of Princeton University, 1976
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President's Fellow, Cornell University, 1981
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University Lecturer, Northeastern University, 1985
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Yigal Allon Fellow, 1988