Prof. Sara Beck

Star Formation: massive star birth, in the Milky Way and in other galaxies

Kinematics of Star Formation: high resolution spectroscopy of gas ionized by young stars and the  emergence problem

Radio-Infrared Supernebulae: very compact and dense embedded star clusters, their birth and evolution

Astro-Chemistry: the chemistry of starburst galaxies  

B.A. Physics, Princeton University, 1976

M.Sc. Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 1980

Ph.D. Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 1981

Research Fellow, Cornell University, 1981-1984

Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, 1984-1987

Senior Lecturer, Tel Aviv University, 1987-1999

Visiting Fellow, JILA 1993-1994

Associate Professor, Tel Aviv University, 1999-present

Visiting Scholar, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 2000-2001

Kusaka Prize of Princeton University, 1976

President's Fellow, Cornell University, 1981

University Lecturer, Northeastern University, 1985

Yigal Allon Fellow, 1988