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Itzhak Bars<\/h1>\n

ADDRESS:<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Physics and Astronomy
\nUniversity of Southern California
\nSSC-216B
\nLos Angeles, CA 90089-0484<\/p>\n

PHONE:<\/strong>
\n(213)-740-0047 (Office), (213) 740-6653 (Fax)<\/p>\n

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, DEGREES:<\/strong>
\nPh.D. Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, June 1971
\nM. Phil., Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, June 1969
\nBS, Physics, Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey, June 1967<\/p>\n

ACADEMIC POSITIONS<\/strong>
\nDirector, Caltech-USC Center for Theoretical Physics, 9\/1999 – 8\/2003
\nProfessor, Department of Physics, USC, 8\/1983 – present
\nAssociate Professor, Department of Physics, Yale University, 7\/1979-8\/1983
\nAssistant Professor, Department of Physics, Yale University, 9\/1975-6\/1979
\nAssistant Professor, Physics Department, Stanford University, 9\/1073-8\/1975
\nAsst. Research Physicist, Dept. Fellow,\u00a0Univ.of\u00a0California, Berkeley,9\/1971-8\/1973<\/p>\n

VISITING POSITIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visiting Professor, Perimeter Institute\u00a0Theor\u00a0Phys, Waterloo, ON, Canada, 12\/2010-5\/2011<\/p>\n

Visiting Professor, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 9\/2010 \u2013 11\/2010
\nScientific Associate, CERN, Theory Division, Geneva, Switzerland, 8\/1996-8\/1997
\nMember, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1\/1990-5\/1990
\nVisiting Professor,\u00a0Inst.for\u00a0Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara, 8\/1986-12\/1986
\nMember, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1\/1980-6\/1980
\nVisiting Assistant Professor, Harvard University, 9\/1978-12\/1978<\/p>\n

AWARDS & HONORS:<\/strong>
\nFellow, American Physical Society, 1988
\nFirst Award by Gravity Research Foundation, 1988
\nOutstanding Junior Investigator Award, DOE, 1983
\nA. P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, 1976-1980
\nJunior Faculty Fellowship, Yale University, 1978
\nDepartmental Fellow, U.C. Berkeley, 1971-1972.
\nIBM Graduate Fellowship 1969-1971, Yale University
\nGibbs Fellowship 1967-1969, Yale University
\nFulbright Scholarship 1964-1967, Robert College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-162","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBio - Itzhak Bars<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bars\/bio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bio - Itzhak Bars\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bars\/bio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Itzhak Bars\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-12T20:27:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bars\/bio\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bars\/bio\/\",\"name\":\"Bio - 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