Moshe Carmeli

Moshe Carmeli was an Israeli theoretical physicist at Ben-Gurion University, known for his work on gauge theory and for developing cosmological general relativity.

1933 to 2007Cosmological general relativityWork on gauge theoryPhysics at Ben-Gurion University

Born: 15 June 1933, Baghdad
Died: 27 September 2007, Beersheba
Occupation: physicist, university teacher
Education: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Moshe Carmeli was born in 1933 in Baghdad

Moshe Carmeli was born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1933. He spent most of his life and career in Israel and the United States.

He earned a master's degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1960. In 1964 he received a Doctor of Science from the Technion in Haifa, under Nathan Rosen.

He then worked in the United States until 1972, at Temple University, the University of Maryland and the Aerospace Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio. In 1972 he joined the new Physics Department at Ben-Gurion University, which he chaired from 1973 to 1977. In 1974 he became its first full professor.

In 1979 he was named Albert Einstein Professor of Theoretical Physics. He led the university's Center for Theoretical Physics until 1989 and was president of the Israel Physical Society through 1985. In the 1990s he developed cosmological general relativity, which adds the velocity of galaxies as a fifth dimension.

He held visiting posts at universities in several countries. He died in Beer-Sheva in 2007.

Milestones in Moshe Carmeli's life

1933
Born in Baghdad, Iraq.
1964
Received a Doctor of Science from the Technion.
1972
Joined Ben-Gurion University and became a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
1974
Became the first full professor in the university's Physics Department.
1979
Named Albert Einstein Professor of Theoretical Physics.
1982
Became president of the Israel Physical Society.
1997
Published a book on cosmological special relativity.
2007
Died in Beer-Sheva.