B.Sc. Technion, 1964. M.Sc. Technion, 1968. D.Sc., Technion, 1971. Cambridge University, England, 1971-73. NMFS and University of California, San Diego, 1978-79. University of Michigan, 1982. NASA and Stanford University, 1984-85. UCLA 1985. Southwest Research Institute 1989-90.University of New South Wales 2005-2006.
At Technion since 1973. Professor since 1982. Distinguished Professor since 2002. Emeritus since 2011. Holder -Louis and Lyra Richmond Chair of Life Sciences. Dean of Aerospace Engineering 1987-1988. Director, Samuel Neaman Institute,1990-1995. Dean of Graduate School 1996-1998. Provost 1998-2000. Chairman, Israel National Committee for Space Research 2006-2015. Chief Scientist, Ministry of Science and Technology, Jerusalem 2010-2011. Chairman, Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences,Eilat 2013-2018. Head, Technion Autonomous Systems Program 2007-present. Israel National Representative to Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research 2020- present.
Member, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
International Member, US National Academy of Engineering.
Fellow of American Physical Society, Marine Biological Association, International Society for Bionic Engineering.
Honorary Doctorates: Ben Gurion University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
