CV- Assaf Ben-Moshe (updated 22.10.13)
Personal information
Date of birth: 20.10.1983
Place of Birth: Rehovot, Israel
Marital status: Married to Ayelet Teitelboim.
Current address: Hanasi Harishon 29b/2 , Rehovot, Israel
Phone number: 0524429654(cell), 036405192 (office)
Research interests:
My studies involve optoelectronic effects in metallic and semiconductor
nanoparticles. Specifically, the geometric property of chirality and physical effects
associated with it at the nanoscale are addressed. First type of systems involves
inorganic nanocrystals with achiral crystal structures. In these systems chiroptical
effects are induced at plasmon and exciton resonances by interactions with chiral
molecules. The second type of systems includes intrinsically chiral materials. In these
systems chiral molecules are used to direct the synthesis of nanocrystals of materials
that crystallize in chiral space groups. The interaction with chiral molecules induces
high enantioselectivity in the nucleation and crystallization process. In all these
systems, chiroptical phenomena such as circular dichroism and optical rotatory
dispersion, associated with the electronic transitions of the nanocrystals (plasmons or
excitons) are studied. Scattering based effects such as Raman and Rayleigh optical
activity, as well as non linear chiroptical effects, are also studied extensively. Other
than optical effects, unique magnetic and transport effects related to the chiral
properties are addressed, such as electrical magetochiral anisotropy and spin
dependant transport.
Education
January 2011: PhD student at the department of chemical physics, school of
chemistry, Tel Aviv University, under supervision of Prof. Gil Markovich. Proposal
approved December 2011. Topic of research: "Chiroptical Effects Induced in Metallic
and Semiconductor Nanoparticles".
October 2009- January 2011: Masters student in the department of chemical physics,
school of chemistry, Tel Aviv University, under supervision of Prof. Gil Markovich.
Switched to direct PhD program (January 2011)
October 2006-September 2009: B.A, Double major program in Chemistry (Summa
cum Laude) and Biology (Cum Laude), Tel-Aviv University.
Academic awards and scholarships
1. February 2014- Israel chemical society award for an excellent graduate
student.
2. June 2013- "Young researcher award" at the "14th international conference on
chiroptical spectroscopy" held at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
3. October 2012- the Adams fellowship donated by Mr. Marcel Adams and
awarded by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
4. October 2009-October 2012 TAU nanocenter scholarship for excellent
research students in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology (scholarship
was given for Masters Degree period and was approved again for PhD period
at October 2011).
5. April 2009- A memorial award given in honor of Haim Langzam for
excellence in studies in the faculty of exact sciences.
6. January 2009: A prize for excellence in studies in the faculty of exact sciences,
given by "Wolf" foundation.
7. 2009/10 Dean's list of outstanding students, Faculty of exact sciences
2008/09- Dean's list of outstanding scholars, Faculty of exact sciences
2007/08-Dean's list of outstanding scholars, Faculty of exact sciences
Academic activities
November 2008-September 2009: Research project in the Chemical physics
department under supervision of Prof. Gil Markovich. Subject of research:" Surface
enhancement of CD and FDCD using Au, and Au-Ag core shell nanoparticles.
14.9.08-25.9.08: "Ulpanot Amos De-Shalit" for excellent students in Life sciences,
Weizmann institute of science".
31.8.08-11.9.08: Research workshop in the school of chemistry, Tel-Aviv University.
Work was done under supervision of Prof. Doron Shabat of the Organic chemistry
department. Subject of research: "Dendritic chain reaction".
Publications
1. Molotsky, T.; Tamarin, T.; Ben-Moshe, A.; Markovich, G; Kotlyar A.B "Synthesis
of Chiral Silver Clusters on a DNA Template", J. Phys. Chem. C., 114, 15951-15954
(2010). (special issue-"Protected metallic clusters, quantum wells and metalnanocrystal molecules symposium")
2. Ben-Moshe, A.; Markovich, G. "Synthesis of Single-Crystal Hollow Silver
Nanoparticles in a Fast Reaction Diffusion Process", Chem. Mater. ,23 , 1239-1245
(2011)
3. Ben-Moshe, A.; Swarczman, D.; Markovich, G. "Size Dependence of Chiroptical
Activity in Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Dots" ACS Nano 5, 9034-9043 (2011)
4. Maoz, B. M.; Ben-Moshe, A.; Vestler, D.; Bar-Elli, O; Markovich, G. "Chiroptical
Effects in Planar Achiral Oriented Nanohole Arrays" Nano Lett. 12, 2357-2361
(2012)
5. Ben-Moshe, A.; Markovich, G. " Chiral Ligand-Induced Circular Dichrosim in
Excitonic Absorption of Colloidal Quantum Dots" Isr. J. Chem. 52, 1104-1110 (2012)
6. Ben-Moshe, A.; Govorov, A. O.; Markovich, G. "Enantioselective Synthesis of
Intrinsically Chiral Mercury Sulfide Nanocrystals" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 12751279 (2013)
7. Layani, M. E.; Ben-Moshe, A.; Varenik, M.; Regev, O.; Zhang, H.; Govorov, A.
O.; Markovich, G. "Chiroptical Activity in Silver Cholate Nanostructures Induced by
the Formation of Nanoparticle Assemblies" J. Phys. Chem. C , 117, 22240-22244
(2013).
8. Ben-Moshe, A.; Maoz, B. M.; Govorov, A. O.; Markovich, G. "Chirality and
Chiroptical Effects in Inorganic Nanocrystal Systems with Plasmon and Exciton
Resonances" Chem. Soc. Rev. , 42, 7028-7041 (2013).
9. Ben-Moshe, A.; Wolf, S. G.; Bar-Sadan, M.; Houben, L.; Fan, Z.; Govorov, A. O.;
Markovich, G. "Enantioselective control of lattice and shape chirality in inorganic
nanocrystals using chiral biomolecules" Nat. Comm., 5, 4302 (2014).
Teaching experience:
October 2010- Instructor in General Chemistry laboratory for chemistry students, first
and second year.
November 2008- September 2009: Aiding a student in courses in physical chemistry
as part of "Leshem" project held by the university.
1999-2001 Volunteering to teach high school students mathematics, History and
literature in "Hakfar Hayarok" high school's learning center.
Oral and poster presentations
1. July 2014, Telluride, CO. TSRC meeting on "Electronic and magnetic
properties of chiral structures and their assemblies". Poster presentation:
"Chirality and chiroptical effects in semiconductor nanocrystals".
2. July 2014, Bryant university, RI. Gordon research conference on "Colloidal
semiconductor nanocrystals". Poster presentation: " Chirality and chiroptical
effects in semiconductor nanocrystals".
3. June 2013, "14th international conference on chiroptical spectroscopy". Poster
presentation: "Chiroptical activity in colloidal inorganic nanocrystals"
(received "Young researcher award" based on this presentation).
4. 2012 Tel-Aviv university nanocenter workshop, Title of the talk: "Chiroptical
Effects Induced in Semiconductor Nanoparticles"
5. 2012 MRS fall session (Boston), Title of the talk: "Chiroptical Effects Induced
in Semiconductor Nanoparticles"
Army service:
2001-2005 Field intelligence
Active reserves service, current ranking Captain.