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As set out in the 1972 agreement between the United States and Israel that established the BSF, the Foundation is governed by a Board of Governors consisting of 10 members, five from each country, appointed by the respective governments. The Board is responsible for determining financial and managerial policies of the BSF, the subject areas for cooperative research and the research programs of the Foundation. The Board meets twice a year, once in Jerusalem and once in Washington D.C. The chair and vice chair of the BSF alternate annually between the two countries.
The following are the members of the Board for 2009-2010:
Dr. Shlomo Wald, Israel - Chair
Chief Scientist, Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructure
Dr. Shlomo Wald has served as Chief Scientist of Israel’s Ministry of National Infrastructures since 2007. This ministry is responsible for R&D and future planning for the State of Israel in the fields of energy, earth & ocean studies, national resources and other areas.
He previously spent 20 years as a research scientist at the Propulsion Physics Laboratory at the Soreq Nuclear Research Center, where he was involved in numerous initiatives such as the laboratory’s computerization, the search for new propellants for electro-thermal guns, invention of a new hazardous waste treatment system, and many others. He served as head of the Ballistics Group at Soreq from 1983 - 1989 and again from 1991 - 1997. He has served since 1997 as board member and head of the Plasma Applications subcommittee of the Israel Plasma Science & Technology Association.
Dr. Wald has extensive management and consultation experience in private sector infrastructure projects and industry.
Dr. Wald received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the Israel Physical Society and the Israel Plasma Science and Technology Association. He received the 1993 Propulsion Physics Division Excellence Award and the 2002 Israel Signals Corps Award. He has published numerous articles and technical reports and is the owner of five patents.
Dr. Clifford Gabriel, U.S.A. - Vice Chair
Senior Advisor, National Science Foundation
Dr. Clifford Gabriel is Senior Advisor in the Office of Integrative Activities within the Office of the Director at the National Science Foundation. In this position, he provides policy guidance on a range of issues including the Foundation’s treatment of transformative research. From 2005 - 2007, he was Director of the Office of Science Coordination and Policy in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. From 1996 - 2004, he served as Deputy to the Associate Director for Science in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. From 1993 to 1996, Dr. Gabriel was Executive Director of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. Additional past positions include: Principal Plant Pathologist with the USDA Cooperative State Research Service; Senior Program Officer at the National Research Council; and Research Plant Pathologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service. Dr. Gabriel received his Ph.D. in plant pathology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1983.
Prof. Thomas L. Crisman, U.S.A.
Professor of Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa
Dr. Thomas Crisman holds the position of Patel Professor of Environment jointly in the Patel Center for Global Solutions and the Division of Integrative Biology, Biology Department, University of South Florida in Tampa. Prior to assuming that position, he was Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences at the University of Florida for 30 years and Director of the Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands for 11 years. In 1992, he was named Teacher/Scholar of the Year, the highest honor bestowed on a faculty member at the University of Florida. His research focuses on the ecology, conservation and management of subtropical and tropical wetlands, lakes, estuaries and streams, and he has received over $11 million in research funding over the course of his career. His current research is being conducted in Greece, Uganda, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Florida. He has presented over 250 presentations at scientific meetings throughout the world and is the author of over 160 refereed journal articles, book chapters and books.
Dr. Michael P. Crosby, U.S.A.
Senior Vice President for Research at Mote Marine Laboratory
Dr. Michael Crosby has over 30 years of diverse research, teaching, science management and leadership endeavors. During much of the last 20 years, he played an active role in leading national and international multi-disciplinary research programs, as well as developing national policy for U.S. science programs.
Dr. Crosby is Senior Vice President for Research at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, FL. He came to this position following a two-year appointment as the Interim Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Hawai’i - Hilo. He is currently on a leave of absence from his federal Senior Executive Service position with the National Science Board where he had served as its Executive Director beginning in July 2003. Previously, he held several senior positions in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, most recently as Senior Advisor for International Science Policy. He has held numerous faculty positions with the Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research at the University of South Carolina, the Department of Marine Science at Coastal Carolina University, the Graduate Program at the University of Charleston, and Salisbury State University. He also had previous positions with the National Marine Fisheries Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Crosby has an MS in Biology, with honors, from Old Dominion University and a Ph.D. in Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences at the University of Maryland. He has been awarded research grants from NSF, NOAA, EPA, DOD, USAID and others. Dr. Crosby is a member of numerous scientific and academic associations and boards, and serves as reviewer and panelist for many scientific journals and national and international science panels and advisory committees. He has published over 40 scholarly articles, and co-chaired the development of a Hawai'i Statewide Science and Technology Strategic Plan.
Kenneth P. Ferguson, U.S.A.
Senior Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State
Ken Ferguson is Senior Foreign Affairs Officer with the Department of State in the Office of Science and Technology Cooperation of the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. He is responsible for developing, negotiating and implementing science and technology agreements and related activities in the Middle East, South Asia and the Russian Federation. He served as chair of the BSF in 2007 - 2008, and is a member of the Board of Governors of the BIRD Foundation. Previously he was Chief of International Technology Programs with the Office of Technology Policy in the Technology Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), where he managed programs and commitments within the framework of international agreements and presidential initiatives with the Middle East, the Balkans, selected African nations and the Russian Federation. He has extensive experience in helping to establish locally owned high-tech businesses in developing countries. He has been active since 1974 in introducing, promoting and marketing remote sensing and GIS technology in developing countries. Prior to joining the DOC he was Director of Marketing and Business Development in Africa and the Middle East for the Earth Observation Satellite Company. He was Director of Operations for air-mobile earth observation receiving stations in Kenya and Alaska. He designed and directed an earth observation research and training center in Saudi Arabia for the U.S. Geological Survey, and served as a research and applications scientist with the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan. Mr. Ferguson holds an MA in Geography from the University of Texas and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Mr. Danny Glushenkov
Budget Division, Israeli Ministry of Finance
Danny Glushenkov is an official in the Budget Division of the Israeli Ministry of Finance, responsible for the formulation and administration of the higher education and ministry of science budgets.
He earned his BA in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he completed the integrative PPE (Philosophy, Economics, Political Science) program.
He also graduated from the public service cadets honors program in the Federman school of public policy at Hebrew University. Mr. Glushenkov served as a field combat officer in the Israeli Defense Forces, completing his service with the rank of Lieutenant.
Prof. Yosef Shiloh, Israel
Professor of Human Genetics, Tel Aviv University
Prof. Yosef Shiloh is Myers Professor of Cancer Genetics in the Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry at the Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, of which he served as chair from 2002 - 2005. He earned his Ph.D. in Human Genetics at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and trained further at Harvard Medical School, the University of Michigan and the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Most of his work concerns the DNA damage response in mammalian cells. His work stems primarily from his interest in the human genetic disorder, ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T), caused by a defect in one of the central axes of the DNA damage response.
Prof. Shiloh has received numerous Israeli and international prizes, awards and fellowships, including the EMET Prize in Life Sciences, one of Israel’s most prestigious awards for scientific achievement. He is a member of 15 academic societies, and in 2005 was appointed member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He has served on the editorial boards of seven scientific journals, and has been an invited lecturer at dozens of scientific meetings worldwide. He has served on numerous public, national, international and institutional committees.
Prof. Shiloh has published over 180 articles in refereed journals and 25 book chapters and monographs. He is the holder of four patents.
Prof. Benjamin Sredni, Israel
Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health
Prof. Benjamin Sredni is Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Health and the Head of the Safdie Cancer AIDS and Immunology Research Institute at Bar-Ilan University. A prominent immunologist, Prof. Sredni was the first to develop a method of inducing large numbers of lymphocytes from a single cell. These lymphocytes play a major role in the human immune system. This development heralded a new era in immunological research, paving the way for Professors Sredni and Michael Albeck to develop a new synthetic immunomodulator, AS101, which significantly stimulates immune functions, which is now in advanced clinical trials in patients with tumors and with neurodegenerative diseases.
Prof. Sredni has extensive collaboration research projects with various medical institutions in Israel and abroad, mainly with the National Institutes of Health in Maryland.
Originally from Mexico, Prof. Sredni graduated from Bar-llan University where he completed his M.Sc. Cum Laude in chemistry and his Ph.D. with Highest Distinction in Microbiology. He later worked as a visiting scientist at the NIH. He has received numerous scientific honors and awards, has published more that 160 papers in refereed journals and is the owner of over 20 patents.
Dr. Albert Teich, U.S.A.
Director of Science and Policy Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Albert H. Teich has served since 1990 as Director of Science & Policy Programs at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington, DC. AAAS, founded in 1848, is a professional organization with over 130,000 members and is the publisher of the journal Science. Dr. Teich is responsible for the Association's activities in science and technology policy and serves as a key spokesman on science policy issues. He also serves as director of the AAAS Archives.
Dr. Teich received a B.S. degree in physics and a Ph.D. in political science, both from M.I.T. Prior to joining AAAS in 1980, he held positions at George Washington University, the State University of New York and Syracuse University. He is the author of numerous articles and editor of several books, including Technology and the Future, a widely used textbook on technology and society, the eleventh edition of which will be published by Cengage Learning in 2008.
Prof. Mina Teicher, Israel
Professor of Mathematics, Bar-Ilan University
Prof. Mina Teicher has been a faculty member of the Department of Mathematics at Bar-Ilan University since 1982, and served as department chair from 1997 - 2001. She was appointed Vice President for Research at the university in 2001, and held that position until 2005. She served as Israel’s Chief Scientist from 2005 – 2007.
Prof. Teicher is a member of various international boards and committees. She is director of the Emmy Noether Research Institute, chair of the Education Committee of the European Mathematical Society, and chair of the National Council for the Advancement of Women in Science and Technology. She is the elected Vice President of the International Commission for Mathematical Instruction (ICMI).
Prof. Teicher earned her Ph.D. in mathematics from Tel Aviv University and received a postdoctoral fellowship from Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study. She has published over 100 articles in refereed journals, 40 manuscripts and one book. Prof. Teicher serves as an editor for three journals, referee for 14 mathematical journals and as an evaluator for four scientific foundations. She has supervised 15 postdoctoral fellows, 25 Ph.D. and 15 M.Sc. students. Prof. Teicher has organized and lectured at numerous conferences and seminars in both Israel and abroad.
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