Ofer Lahav - Curriculum Vitae#

EDUCATION

• 1988 PhD in Astronomy (Supervisors: Prof. G. Efstathiou and Prof. D. Lynden-Bell) University of Cambridge, UK
  
• 1985 Master in Physics (Supervisor: Prof. J. Bekenstein) Ben-Gurion University, Israel

CURRENT POSITION

• 2004 Perren Professor of Astronomy Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London (UCL), UK
  

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS 383 research articles in refereed journals, including 10 invited review articles and book chapters. Thomson ISI ‘highly cited author’, h-index 88.

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

1990 - Supervised 30 PhD students, 17 MSc Students, and have mentored 28 Post-docs at UCL and Cambridge

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• 2017 - Co-Director, Centre for Doctoral Training in Data Intensive Science, UCL
  
• 2014 - 2011 Head of Astrophysics Group, UCL
  
• 2011 - 2015 Vice-Dean for Research, Faculty for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, UCL 2012 – Co-Founder (and co-coordinator of the neutrino Physics theme), Institute of Origins

REVIEWING ACTIVITIES / LEADERSHIP ROLES

• 2018 - Chair of Strategic Research Review Committee, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
  
• 2018 - Chair of the search committee for DES Director
  
• 2018 - Chair of STFC Computing and Particle Physics evaluation panels
  
• 2018 - Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Astro-Particle Physics European Consortium
  
• 2016 - Chair of the DES Advisory Board
  
• 2016 - Member of Science Board, STFC
  
• 2010 - 2012 Vice-President of the Royal Astronomical Society
  
• 2011 - Chair of the Awards Committee of the Royal Astronomical Society
  
• 2010 - 2011 Chair of the International Committee of the Royal Astronomical Society
  
• 2006 - 2009 Editorial Board, monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  
• 2005 - Editor, Journal of Cosmology and Astro-particle Physics