CURRICULUM VITAE
February 12, 2016
Personal Details
Name:
Levi A. Gheber
Date and place of birth:
May 14th, 1962, Romania
Immigration to ISRAEL:
August, 1974
Military Service:
1981-1985, I.A.F. - Electronics teacher
Family status:
Married, one child
Home address:
Ein-Gedi St. 16/9 Beer-Sheva 84810, Israel
Work address:
The Institute for Applied Bioscience
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
P.O.Box 653
Beer-Sheva, 84105
ISRAEL
Phone: +972-7-647-7183
Fax: +972-7-647-2983
email: glevi@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Education
1980-1981
Electronics & Microcomputers technician, Technical College, Tel-Aviv
1985-1988
B.Sc. Physics , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
1988-1990
M.Sc. Physics of condensed matter, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
Beer-Sheva, Israel. Title of thesis: "Investigation of metal islands by
means of STM", advisors Prof. V. Volterra and Prof. G.Gorodetsky.
1990-1995
Ph. D. Physics of condensed matter, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
Beer-Sheva, Israel. Title of thesis: "Characterization of metalsemiconductor systems with STM" advisors Prof. V. Volterra and Prof. G.
Gorodetsky.
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Employment
1999-
Lecturer, The Institute for Applied Bioscience, Ben-Gurion University of
the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
1998-1999
Associate Research Scientist, Biology Department, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
1995-1998
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Biology Department, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
1990-1995
Research Assistant / Instructor, Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
1988-1990
Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Teaching Experience
1.
Physics laboratory for first year undergraduate physics students.
2.
Physics laboratory for second year undergraduate physics students.
3.
Advanced Physics laboratory for third year undergraduate physics students.
4.
Course in classical mechanics for physicists.
5.
Course in thermodynamics for physicists.
6.
Course in statistical mechanics for physicists.
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Publications
1.
L.A. Gheber, G. Gorodetsky and V. Volterra, “Studies of sub-micron gold islands
on silicon by STM”, Thin Solid Films 238, 1-3 (1994).
2.
M. Hershfinkel, L.A. Gheber, V. Volterra, J. L. Hutchinson, L. Margulis, R.
Tenne “Nested polyhedra of MX2 (M=W, Mo; X=S, Se) probed by High-Resolution
Electron Microscopy and Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy”, J. Amer.Chem.Soc., 116,
1914-1917 (1994).
3.
L. A. Gheber, M. Hershfinkel, G. Gorodetsky and V. Volterra: “Scanning
Tunneling Spectroscopy Studies of the Au - H-terminated Si interface”, Appl. Phys.
Lett., 69, 400-402 (1996).
4.
M. Hershfinkel, L. A. Gheber, M. Homyonfer, R. Tenne and V. Volterra:
“Surface Modifications: Nano-Structures and Nested Polyhedra Generated by Pulsing
the STM Tip”, Surf. Rev. Lett. 4, 1015-1020 (1997).
5.
L. A. Gheber, M. Hershfinkel, G. Gorodetsky and V. Volterra: “Investigation of
the Composition and Electrical Properties of Gold - H-terminated Silicon(111)
Interface”, Thin Solid Films 320, 228-235 (1998).
6.
J. Hwang, L. A. Gheber, L. Margolis and M. Edidin: “Domains in Cell Plasma
Membranes Investigated by Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy”, Biophys. J. 74,
2184-2190 (1998).
7.
L.A. Gheber, J. Hwang and M. Edidin: “Design and Optimization of a Near-field
Scanning Optical Microscope for Imaging Biological Samples in Liquid”, Appl.
Opt.37, 3574-3581 (1998).
8.
K. Hsu and L.A. Gheber, “Tip-Sample interaction in a ‘shear-force’ Near-field
Scanning Optical Microscope”, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 70, 3609-3613 (1999).
9.
L. A. Gheber and M. Edidin, “Simulation of lateral diffusion of particles in the
presence of barriers, delivery and intake” , Biophys. J. 77, 3163-3175 (1999)
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Presentations
-L.A. Gheber, G. Gorodetsky and V. Volterra: "Studies of Submicron Gold Islands on
Silicon by STM", STM '91 International Conference on STM, Interlaken, August 12-16,
1991.
-L.A. Gheber, M. Hershfinkel, G. Gorodetsky and V. Volterra: "Surface Modification of
WSe2 by STM", NANO II Second International Conference on Nanometer Scale Science
and Technology, Moscow, August 2-6, 1993.
-M. Hershfinkel, L.A. Gheber, G. Gorodetsky and V. Volterra: "Scanning Tunneling
Microscopy of Polyhedral Structures", NANO II Second International Conference on
Nanometer Scale Science and Technology, Moscow, August 2-6, 1993.
-L.A. Gheber, M. Hershfinkel, G. Gorodetsky and V. Volterra: "Surface Modification of
WSe2 by STM", 27th Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Microscopy, Rehovot,
May 23-24, 1993.
-M. Hershfinkel, L.A. Gheber, V. Volterra and G. Gorodetsky: "Scanning Tunneling
Microscopy of Polyhedral Structures on MoS2", 27th Annual Meeting of the Israel
Society for Microscopy, Rehovot, May 23-24, 1993.
-V. Volterra, L.A. Gheber and M. Hershfinkel: "Scanning Tunneling Microscope Studies
of Semiconductors in Ambient Conditions", 27th Annual Meeting of the Israel Society
for Microscopy, Rehovot, May 23-24, 1993.
-L.A. Gheber, M. Hershfinkel, V. Volterra and G. Gorodetsky: “A STS Study of the
Au/Si Interface”, Symposium on Surfaces: Characterization and Dynamics, The
Weizmann Inst., Rehovot, Jan 14, 1996.
-M. Hershfinkel, L. A. Gheber, M. Homyonfer, R. Tenne and V. Volterra: "Inducing
Nano-Structures and Nested Polyhedra with the STM Tip", The Israeli Physical Society
meeting, Jerusalem, April 1, 1996.
-M. Hershfinkel, L. A. Gheber, M. Homyonfer, R. Tenne and V. Volterra: "Surface
Modifications: Nano-Structures and Nested Polyhedra Generated by Pulsing the STM
Tip", ICSOS-5 in France, July 8-12, 1996.
- L. A. Gheber, J. Hwang and M. Edidin: "Imaging Rough Biological Samples in Liquid
with Fluorescence Near Field Scanning Optical Microscope", Scanning Microscopy 1996
meeting, Bethesda, MD, USA, May 11-16, 1996
- L. A. Gheber, J. Hwang and M. Edidin: "High Resolution Imaging of Cell Membranes
in Liquid Using a Fluorescence Near Field Scanning Optical Microscope", 6th
International Congress on Cell Biology & 36th ASCB meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA,
December 7-11, 1996.
-L. A. Gheber, J. Hwang and M. Edidin: "Fluorescence and Morphological Imaging of
Cells in Liquid Using a Near Field Scanning Optical Microscope", NFO-4, Jerusalem,
Israel, 1996.
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-L. A. Gheber and M. Edidin: "Plasma membrane domains may be created by vesicle
traffic to and from the cell surface". 37th ASCB annual meeting, Washington, DC, USA,
December 13-17, 1997.
-L.A. Gheber and M. Edidin: "Vesicle traffic and barriers to lateral mobility create microdomains in the plasma membrane - a simulation". Biophysical Society 42nd Annual
Meeting, February 22-26, 1998, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
-L.A. Gheber and M. Edidin: "Tip-sample interaction in NSOM". SXM 3, 3rd Conference
on development and Technological Application of Scanning Probe Methods, September
14 –17, 1998, Basel Switzerland.
-L.A. Gheber: “Imaging Biological specimens in liquid with a Near-field Scanning
Optical Microscope (NSOM)”, The Israeli Vacuum Society meeting, The Weizmann
Institute, Rehovot, Israel, 1999
Last update 11 November 1999
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