Moshe Carmeli

Moshe Carmeli (Hebrew: משה כרמלי; 1933–2007) was the Albert Einstein Professor of Theoretical Physics, Ben Gurion University (BGU), Beer Sheva, Israel and President of the Israel Physical Society.

[2] He did significant theoretical work in the fields of cosmology, astrophysics, general and special relativity, gauge theory, and mathematical physics, authoring 4 books, co-authoring 4 others, and publishing 128 refereed research papers in various journals and forums, plus assorted other publications (146 in all).

In 1964, he received his Doctor of Science from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel under the supervision of Nathan Rosen.

[1][2] In 1979, he was made Albert Einstein Professor of Theoretical Physics, a title he held for the remaining 28 years of his life.

[1] Carmeli remained active in research in theoretical physics, as well as becoming involved in science on the world stage.

He was invited four times by the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences to nominate candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physics.