Ron Folman

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Born|  (1963-02-16) February 16, 1963 (age 62)

Tel Aviv

Nationality| Israeli
Citizenship| Israel
Alma mater| Weizmann Institute of Science
Occupation|

* Quantum physicist
* Social activist

Ron Folman (Born Feb 16th, 1963), is an Israeli quantum physicist and social activist. He works at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) where he heads the Atom Chip group.[1].

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 Activism
* 3 Science
* 4 Private Life
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Biography[edit]

Folman, born in Tel Aviv, is the son of Russian born Ahuva (Luba) Gordon and Polish born Yeshayahu Folman. Folman’s mother, who barely escaped with her family from the burning city of Minsk as the Nazi army advanced, tried to make it to the land of Israel on the famous SS Exodus refugee ship, only to be returned by the British to Germany.

In 1998, Folman received his PhD degree from the Weizmann Institute of Science (work conducted at CERN). Between the years 2000-2003, he worked as a Researcher at the University of Heidelberg (Marie Curie fellow), Germany, and before that in 1999-2000 as a post-doctoral fellow in Innsbruck[2]. He is an advocate of Human Rights, Animal Rights, Social justice, Peace and Environmental sustainability.

Folman’s father is a survivor of Auschwitz where he was numbered B-1367. Folman tattooed an exact replica on his arm [3] [4].

## Activism[edit]

Ron Folman, Chairperson of Amnesty International, Israel Section, is presenting the Amensty International annual report on Human Rights, to Shevah Weiss, Speaker of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), Jerusalem, June 1994

* Human Rights: Folman has been a member of Amnesty International (AI) and in the 90s he was the chairperson of the Israeli Section of the organization.
* Environmental Sustainability: Folman has been an active member of Greenpeace[5].
* Social Justice: Folman was a member of the board of the University center for the promotion of education and careers among the Bedouins of the Negev desert.

## Science[edit]

Folman[6] is a professor of quantum physics[7] at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) where he heads the Atom Chip group. He was the founder and first director of the BGU center for quantum science and technology since 2010[8], and the founder and first director of the center for nano-fabrication[9] since 2003. Folman is one of the inventors of the Atom Chip[10].

Folman is involved in anti-matter physics at CERN (GBAR) and in the searches for Dark Matter (GNOME). In 2011, he received the Willis Lamb award[11] and in 2013, he was a Miller visiting professor at Berkeley[12]

## Private Life[edit]

Folman has 4 girls and lives in Tel-Aviv. Folman has been piloting for 4 decades.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ "Meet the group head - Ron Folman". bgu.
2. ↑ "Ron Folman". orcid.
3. ↑ "Auschwitz Concentration Camp Tattoo Shared by Father and Son". soundcloud.
4. ↑ "Son gets Dad's Auschwitz tattoo on own arm" (PDF). bgu. Yair Ettinger.
5. ↑ "Activism". bgu.
6. ↑ "PROF. RON FOLMAN" (PDF). Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
7. ↑ Keil, Mark; Machluf, Shimon; Margalit, Yair; Zhou, Zhifan; Amit, Omer; Dobkowski, Or; Japha, Yonathan; Moukouri, Samuel; Rohrlich, Daniel; Binstock, Zina; Bar-Haim, Yaniv; Givon, Menachem; Groswasser, David; Meir, Yigal; Folman, Ron (2020). "Stern-Gerlach Interferometry with the Atom Chip". Cornell University. Mark Keil. arXiv:2009.08112.
8. ↑ "BGU center for quantum science and technology". bgu. bgu.
9. ↑ "Nano-Fabrication center at Ben-Gurion university". Ben-Gurion university.
10. ↑ "Fifteen Years of Cold Matter on the Atom Chip: Promise, Realizations, and Prospects" (PDF). bgu.
11. ↑ "The 2011 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics". lambmedal.
12. ↑ "Research explores magnetic fields of superconducting materials". dailycal. ROBIN SIMMONDS.

## External links[edit]

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