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About Dr. Yuval Tal

Short CV: 

Education 

2012 – 2017 Ph.D. Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  

2009 – 2011 M.Sc. Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.  

2006 – 2009 B.Sc. (Summa Cum Laude), Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. 

 

Employment History 

2019 – present Lecturer, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel. 

2017 – 2019 Postdoctoral scholar, Seismological Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, California, USA. 

 

 

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CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Research Team

  • Tom Gabrieli

    PhD students

    Team member

    Tom Gabrieli

    PhD students

    tomgab@post.bgu.ac.il

    Tom uses laboratory experiments that combines ultrahigh-speed photography and image processing to study the effect of fault roughness on the dynamics of earthquake ruptures.

  • Lior Wise

    Undergraduate students

    Team member

    Lior Wise

    Undergraduate students

    liorwise11@gmail.com

    Lior uses numerical simulations to explore the effect of roughness on fault resistance and near field stresses

  • Avi Buskila

    Undergraduate students

    Team member

    Avi Buskila

    Undergraduate students

    avibuski@post.bgu.ac.il>

    Avi develops a method to coat the frictional interfaces of plastic sheets with rock materials, such that we can use ultrahigh-speed photography to study the frictional behavior of rocks.