Harold Basch

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Harold Basch
Bar Ilan University
Doctoral advisorHarry B. Gray

Harold Basch (

computational chemistry
.

Biography

Harold Basch[1][2] was born in 1940 in the Bronx, New York City. He obtained his B.A. from Yeshiva University (1962) and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University (1966) under the supervision of Harry B. Gray. He did a postdoctoral research at Bell Telephone Laboratories (1966-1968) and was a principal research scientist at Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan) (1968–1971). In 1970 he joined the chemistry department at Bar-Ilan University (BIU)[3][4] as an associate professor and became a full professor in 1977. He lived in Rehovot was married to Julia and had 5 children.

Administrative activities

His involvement in academic administration began early with an appointment as chairman of the department of chemistry at BIU (1973–1976).

University's Senate, he served on and chaired many committees. Between the years 1988 and 1990, he served as the dean of the faculty of sciences and mathematics[5] and held several tenures as a member of the executive board of the Senate.[6]
Among his others administrative activities, Basch served as the academic head of the Holon Institute of Technology (1978-1981), was a member of the Council for Higher Education in Israel (1985–1991), served on scientific grants committees of the Israel Science Foundation, was a member of the scientific board of the Israel Inter-University Computation Center, was appointed to the National Council for Research and Development (Prime Minister's Office)[7] and was a member of the computer grants committee of The Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC).[8] During the years 2005–2011, he served as the vice president for research at Bar-Ilan University.[2][9][10][11]

Scientific activities

His main research interest was in the field of

effective fragment potentials
. His latest research efforts were directed towards finding appropriate molecular
bridges that can serve as nano-conducting and switching elements in molecular electronics.[12]

During his career, Basch published more than 180 papers and book chapters.[12][21][22]

References

  1. ^ Harold Basch, Bar-Ilan University
  2. ^ a b Remembering Former Vice President for Research Prof. Harold Basch - Bar-Ilan University
  3. ^ a b Chemistry Department, BIU
  4. ^ Faculty of Exact Sciences, Department of Chemistry - BIU
  5. ^ Faculty of Exact Sciences, BIU
  6. ^ University Senate, Bar-Ilan University
  7. ^ National Council for Civilian Research and Development
  8. ^ The Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC)
  9. ^ The Bar-Ilan University (BIU) Research Authority
  10. ^ Bar-Ilan Office of the Spokesperson, November 2011
  11. ^ Bar-Ilan Office of the Spokesperson, November 2010
  12. ^ a b c Harold Basch's research works - full list of publications
  13. ISSN 0920-4652
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  14. PMID 11942853
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  18. PMID 15267455
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  19. PMID 15267456
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  20. PMID 16392941
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  21. ^ "Prof. Harold Basch - Research Authority, BIU". Archived from the original on 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  22. ^ dblp computer science bibliography

External links

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