Michael E. Lazar - CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal
| Name: |
Michael Eric Lazar |
| Date and place of Birth: |
July 27, 1971; St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Date of aliya: |
July 2, 1981 |
| Address: |
29/5 Brodetsky St. Second Entrance, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69051, Israel |
| Telephone: |
+972-3-643-8425 |
| Fax: |
+972-9-8995608 |
| E-mail: |
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Education
| 1993-1996 |
Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv |
| 1997 |
B.Sc. (with distinction - Summa cum laude) |
| 1996-1998 |
Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv |
| 1998 |
PhD candidate |
| 1999 |
M.Sc. (with distinction – Magna cum laude). Thesis: Comparison of Atmospheric Corrections for “CASI” Hyperspectral Images – Lake Kinneret, Israel. A Case Study. Supervisors: Prof. Zvi Ben-Avraham1 and Dr. Eyal Ben-Dor2
1Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences 2Department of Geography Tel Aviv University |
| 1999 |
PhD student. Thesis topic: Tectonic processes along the northern edges of pull-apart basins in the Dead Sea Rift: A case study from the northern Dead Sea. Supervisor: Prof. Zvi Ben-Avraham |
Experience
| 1995 |
Assistant to Prof. Akiva Flexer,
Tel Aviv University.Research area: Geology of Israel.Responsibilities included:
Review and analysis concerning relevance of current literature |
| 1995-1996 |
Research Assistant to Prof.
Dan Loewenthal Tel Aviv University. Research area: Theoretical geophysics
and oil exploration. Space-Time Theory and Dual Fields. Responsibilities
included: Computer analysis and applications of theoretical data. |
| 1996-1998 |
Teaching Assistant to Prof.
Zvi Ben-Avraham Tel Aviv University, The Dynamic Earth, Physics of the
Earth, Gas Hydrates, Introduction to Geotechtonics 2, Selected chapters
in Geodynamics. |
| 1996 |
Minerva Dead Sea Research Center, Expert on Remote Sensing. |
| 1997 |
Ground Crew, Compact Airborne Imaging
Spectrometer, Israel, Campaign Lake Kinneret and Dead Sea, Tel Aviv University. |
| 1997 |
Field Ground Penetrating Radar Survey
of Burial Caves, Abu Kabir, Israel, Geo-Sense Ltd, Even Yehuda, Israel. |
| 1997 |
Visiting Research Fellow, GFZ, Potsdam,
Germany, September 1 – October 31, Remote Sensing of Lake Kinneret and
Dead Sea, Calibration of Sensors. |
| 1997 |
Digital Airborne Imaging Spectrometer (DAIS) Campaign, Dead Sea, Israel. |
| 1998 |
Applied Spectral Imaging Ltd, Migdal Ha’Emek, Israel, ASI Spectral Imaging Camera Field Test, Lake Kinneret, Israel. |
| 1998 |
Ground Penetrating Radar and Magnetic survey to locate buried archeological ruins, Caesarea, Israel (September). Field crew, Department of Geophysics, Tel Aviv University
1998 - Field campaign to sample water wells for Isotopic study. Department of Geophysics, Tel Aviv University. |
| 1999 |
Correlation between SAR penteration and ground penetrating radar – field test. |
| 1999 |
Unit for Science Oriented Youth, Tel Aviv University. Instructor. Courses taught include – physics, astronomy, remote sensing, meteorology and experiments in physics. |
| 1999 |
Ground Penetrating Radar survey – Israeli Air Force. Geo-Sense Ltd, Even Yehuda, Israel. Classified. |
| 1999 |
Compact Airborne Imaging Spectrometer air crew, Haifa Bay. |
| 1999 |
Head of scientific team – “Delta” submarine survey of Dead Sea sea floor. |
Awards
| 1996 |
Dean’s List, Department of Geophysics, Tel Aviv University. |
| 1996 |
Award of Excellence. |
| 1997 |
Dean’s List, Department Award of Excellence in memory of Miriam Perstenburg. |
| 2000 |
“Friends of Cleveland” Award of excellence for Ph.D. work. |
Membership in Scientific Societies
| 1997 |
Geological Society of Israel. |
| 1999 |
American Geophysical Union. |
Active Participation at Scientific Meetings
| 1997 |
Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Israel, Kfar Giladi. |
| 1997 |
Digital Airborne Imaging Spectrometer-LSF Workshop Munich, Germany. |
| 1998 |
Compact Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
Workshop Ramat Gan, Tel Dor Navot. Lecture on the topic: Atmospheric Correction
of CASI Data: A Comparison.M. Lazar, Z. Ben-Avraham, E. Ben-Dor. |
| 1998 |
Annual Meeting of the Geological
Society of Israel, Mitzpe Ramon, M. Lazar, Z. Ben-Avraham, E. Ben-Dor.
Quantitative Monitoring of Lake Kinneret Using High Resolution Spectral
Imaging Abstract: Israel Geological Society, p. 60. |
| 1998 |
Kinneret Symposium – Limnology &
Lake Management 2000+. Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research.
M. Lazar, Z. Ben-Avraham, E. Ben-Dor. Quantitative Monitoring of
Lake Kinneret Using High Resolution Spectral Imaging (Poster). |
| 1998 |
1st European Association
Remote Sensing Laboratories, Workshop on Imaging Spectroscopy. Remote Sensing
Laboratories, University of Zurich, Switzerland M. Lazar, Z. Ben-Avraham,
E. Ben-Dor. Comprehensive Comparison of Atmospheric Corrections of "CASI"
Hyperspectral Images Over Water – A Case Study. |
| 1998 |
Fifth International Conference Remote
Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, San Jose, Calif, USA. M.
Lazar. Atmospheric Corrections of Hyperspectral Images: Are Models
Really Necessary? (Abstract). |
| 1999 |
Annual Meeting of the Geological
Society of Israel Dead Sea. M. Lazar, Z. Ben-Avraham, E. Ben-Dor.
Using Hyperspectral Imaging for Quantitative Moderating of Lake Kinneret,
Israel. Abstract: Israel Geological Society, p. 47. |
| 1999 |
Annual Meeting of the Geological
Society of Israel Dead Sea. M. Lazar, Z. Ben-Avraham, D.G. Blumberg,
T. Neta, U. Basson. SAR Penetration and Its correlation to Shallow Geophysical
Methods (Poster). Abstract: Israel Geological Society, p. 46. |
| 2000 |
Annual Meeting of the Geological
Society of Israel, Ma'alot, M. Lazar, Z. Ben-Avraham. The Jericho
Fault: A Multi-Sensor Approach to Tectonic Problems in the Northern Dead
Sea Basin. Abstract: Israel Geological Society, p. 79. |
| 2000 |
Memorial meeting in memory of Professor
Dan Loewenthal – Invited lecture, "Evidence of Life and Active Tectonics
– Experiences from the Yellow Submarine", Department of Geophysics and
Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University. |
Publications
- M. Lazar, Z. Ben-Avraham. Remote
Sensing of Hydrocarbons for Petroleum Exploration. A Preliminary Report.Confidential
Report for Applied Spectral Imaging (ASI), April 1998.
- M. Lazar, Z. Ben-Avraham, E.
Ben-Dor. Comprehensive Comparison of Atmospheric Corrections of “CASI”
Hyperspectral Images Over Water – A Case Study Proceedings of the Workshop on Imaging
Spectroscopy. Remote Sensing Laboratories.
- Neta T., D. G. Blumberg, Lazar M.,
Mapping exposed and buried river channels using remote sensing techniques
with an example from Mubra channel, the Negev, Israel. Proceedings: The
EOS/SPIE Symposium on Remote Sensing, 20-24 September 1999, University
of Florence, Italy.
Also presented at: Israel Geographic Union
Conference, 15-16 December 98, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
International Conference on Drainage Basin
Dynamics and Morphology, 22-26 May 99, Jerusalem, Israel.
Languages
Fluent in Hebrew and English.
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