Invited Talks

2023

  • “Heavy-Ion Physics”, 
    NICA Days Workshop, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, October 2-3, 2023.
  • “Dileptons at low energies: prospects and challenges”, 
    Workshop - Exploring the QGP Through Soft and Hard Probes, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, May 29-31, 2023.

2022

  • “News from Israel”, 
    104th NuPECC Meeting, Vienna, December 1, 2022.
  • “Dileptons at NICA: challenges and opportunities”, 
    NICA-2022 Workshop, MEPhi, Moscow, December 15, 2022.”
  • “Heavy Ion Physics” 
    Lectures at ESHEP, Maale Adumim, December 5-6, 2022. 
  • “Dileptons at NICA: challenges and opportunities”, 
    Vladimir Kekelidze Fest, JINR, Dubna, October 21, 2022.
  • “The NICA Facility and the MPD Experiment”, 
    JPARC Evening Seminars, January 6, 2022.

2021

  • “The NICA Facility and the MPD Experiment”, 
    ECT* Workshop - Exploring High µB Matter With Rare Probes, Trento, October 11-15, 2021.

2020

  • “Nuclear Physics in Israel”, 
    97th NuPECC Meeting, Valencia, March 6, 2020.
  • “Quasimolecular x-rays and  super-critical fields: then and now”, 
    Boris Sharkov Fest, JINR, Dubna, 19 February 2020.

2019

  • “Dileptons: quo vadis?”, 
    QM Satellite Meeting, USTC, Hefei, November 11, 2019.
  • “Probing dense matter at low energies with dileptons: prospects and challenges”, 
    Seminar at Moscow State University, October 18, 2019.
  • “Quasimolecular x-rays: Then and Now”, 
    Horst-Schmidt Bocking Fest, Steinbach, May 10-11, 2019.

2018

  • “Probing dense matter at low energies with dileptons: prospects and challenges”, 
    European Nuclear Physics Conference, Bologna, September 2-7, 2018.
  • “25 years of Dilepton Experiments: what’s next”, 
    BJPJ Fest, LBNL, July 2-3, 2018.

2017

  • “Prospects of dilepton measurements at the NICA-MPD”, 
    NICA Days Workshop, WUT, Warsaw, November 6-10, 2017.
  • “Probing dense matter at NICA energies with dileptons: prospects and challenges”, 
    Scientific Council JINR, September 18, 2017.
  • “Dileptons at low energies:  Prospects and challenges”, 
    CPOD Conference, Stony Brook University, August 7-11, 2017.
  • “Dileptons at low energies:  Prospects and challenges” 
    Symposium in Memory of Walter Greiner, FIAS, Frankfurt, June 26-30, 2017.

2016

  • “25 Years of Dilepton Experiments”, 
    USTC Seminar, Hefei, September 21, 2016.
  • “The NICA project: challenges and opportunities” 
    Tsinghua University Seminar, Beijing, September 19, 2016.
  • “25 Years of Dilepton Experiments”, 
    PBM Fest, Schloss Waldthausen, August 25-26, 2016.
  • “25 Years of Dilepton Experiments”, 
    MEPhI Seminar, Moscow, June 17, 2016.
  • “QGP in small systems?”, 
    MEPhI Seminar, Moscow, February 15, 2016. 

2015

  • “QGP in small systems?”, 
    ICFNP Conference, Kolymbari, August 23-30, 2015
  • “From small to large systems: paradigm change?”, 
    EMMI Workshop, Heidelberg, April 16-17, 2015.
  • “PHENIX Highlights” 
    7th ICPAQGP Conference, Kolkata, February 2-6, 2015.

2014

  • “Heavy-ion collisions: achievements, challenges and perspectives”, 
    UE-Russia Year of Science Conference, ICTP Trieste, November 4-6, 2014.
  • “Dilepton Experiments – Overview”, 
    Workshop - Thermal Photons and Dileptons, BNL, August 20-22, 2014.

2013

  • “The quarkonium saga in heavy-ion collisions”, 
    Nuclear Physics Joint Seminar, WIS, October 28, 2013.
  • “The quarkonium saga in heavy-ion collisions”, 
    BITP Seminar, Kiev, September 21, 2013.
  • “The quarkonium saga in heavy-ion collisions”, 
    Conference New Trends in High Energy Physics, Alushta, Crimea, September 23-29, 2013.
  • “Jet quenching and in-medium effects in heavy-ion collisions”, 
    Eli Piasetzky Fest, TAU, July 1, 2013.

2012

  • “Future Dilepton Experiments”, 
    Workshop - Thermal Radiation, BNL, December 5-7, 2012
  • “Dileptons in Heavy-Ion Collisions”, 
    Lectures JINR School, Dubna, September 4-6, 2012.
  • “Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions” from RHIC to LHC”, 
    Trends in Ion Physics Symposium, Stockholm University, September 19-21, 2012.
  • “PHENIX low-mass dileptons and photons”, 
    XXIII Quark Matter Conference, Washington, August 13-18, 2012.
  • “The Strongly Interacting Quark Gluon Plasma: New Energy Frontier”, 
    ICFNP Conference, Kolymbari, June 10-16, 2012.
  • “The Strongly Interacting Quark Gluon Plasma in the LHC era”, 
    Judah Eisenberg Memorial Lecture, TAU, June 10, 2012.

2011

  • “From RHIC to LHC: First lessons”, 
    Nuclear Physics Joint Seminar, WIS, November 7, 2011.
  • “From RHIC to LHC: First lessons”, 
    EPIC Workshop, Bari, July 6-8, 2011.
  • “Dileptons as a Probe of the Quark Gluon Plasma”, 
    Purdue University Colloquium, April 28, 2011.
  • “Dileptons as a Probe of the Quark Gluon Plasma”, 
    Cape Town University Seminar, April 4, 2011. 

2010

  • “Dileptons: outstanding issues and prospects”, 
    INT 10-2A Workshop, Seattle, July 12-16, 2010.
  • “Dileptons as a Probe of the Quark Gluon Plasma”, 
    Lebedev Physical Institute Seminar, Moscow, June 24, 2010.
  • “The Hadron Blind Detector of the PHENIX Experiment at RHIC”, 
    VII RICH Workshop, Cassis, May 2-7, 2010.
  • “Dileptons as a Probe of the Quark Gluon Plasma”, 
    Yale University Physics Colloquium, February 1, 2010.
  • “The Hadron Blind Detector of the PHENIX Experiment at RHIC”, 
    Yale University Seminar, February 2, 2010.

2009

  • “Dileptons in Heavy Ion Collisions”, 
    NICA – Round Table IV, JINR, Dubna, 2009.
  • “Dileptons in Heavy Ion Collisions”, 
    National Center of Nuclear Research Seminar, Warsaw, July 13, 2009.
  • “Dileptons in Heavy Ion Collisions”, 
    EMMI Workshop and XXVI Max Born Symposium, Wroclaw, July 9-11, 2009.

2008

  • “Hot and dense matter: from RHIC to LHC”, 
    Workshop - Trends in Heavy-Ion Physics Research, Dubna, May 22-24, 2008.

2007

  • “Highlights from RHIC”, 
    Particle Physics Seminar, TAU, December 6, 2007
  • “Construction, Commissioning and Performance of a Hadron Blind Detector for the PHENIX Experiment at RHIC”, 
    IEEE NSS, Hawaii, October 28 – November 1, 2007.
  • “e+e- pair production at RHIC using the PHENIX detector”, 
    MINERVA Symposium, WIS, September 24, 2007.

2006

  • “Open and hidden charm”, 
    INT06 Workshop - From RHIC to LHC, Seattle, October 30 – November 3, 2006.
  • “Chiral Symmetry Restoration”, 
    PHENIX Focus Seminar, BNL, April 4, 2006.
  • “Wolfgang Gentner and the German-Israeli Scientific Cooperation”. Symposium honoring the 100th birthday of Wolfgang Gentner, DPG, Frankfurt, March 15, 2006.

2005    

  • “Relativistic Heavy-Ion Physics: Highlights from RHIC”, 
    IPS Annual Meeting, Carmiel, December 29, 2005.
  • “Report on the Hadron Blind Detector for the PHENIX Experiment at RHIC”, Workshop TRDs for the 3rd Millenium, Ostuni, September 7-10, 2005.
  • “Experimental Conference Summary and Outlook”, 
    XVIII Quark Matter Conference, Budapest, August 4-9, 2005.
  • “The PHENIX HBD Upgrade”, 
    ECT* Workshop on Electromagnetic Probes, Trento, June 3-10, 2005.
  • “Relativistic Heavy-Ion Physics: New Form of Matter at RHIC?”, 
    Kamag Physics Colloquium, Dimona, March 2, 2005.
  • “Relativistic Heavy-Ion Physics: New Form of Matter at RHIC?”, 
    HUJ Physics Colloquium, Jerusalem, February 22, 2005.

2004

  • “Cherenkov Counters in Heavy-Ion Physics”, 
    V RICH Workshop, Cancun, November 30 – December 5, 2004.
  • “Probing Hot and Dense Matter with Dileptons and Photons”, 
    Hard Probes Conference, Lisbon, November 4-20, 2004.
  • “Relativistic Heavy-Ion Physics: New Form of Matter at RHIC?”, 
    TAU Physics Colloquium, Tel Aviv, October 24, 2004.
  • “Relativistic Heavy-Ion Physics: Experimental Overview”, 
    CERN SPSC@Villars, Villars-sur-Ollon, September 22-28, 2004.

2003

  • “Penetrating Probes: from SPS to RHIC”, 
    Workshop - QCD@Work, Conversano, June 14-18, 2003.
  • “What is behind the BNL Press Release on RHIC Results?”, 
    Nuclear Physics Joint Seminar, HUJ, June 2, 2003. 
  • “Studying high density matter with relativistic heavy-ion collisions”, 
    BGU Physics Colloquium, Beer Sheva, February 27, 2003.

2002

  • “Measurement of Low-Mass e+e- Pairs at  SPS and  RHIC”, 
    Workshop - Physics of QCD Many Body Systems-Future perspectives based on RHIC, RIKEN, Tokyo, November 5-6, 2002.
  • “Studying high density matter with e.m. probes: from SPS to RHIC”, 
    Workshop - QCD and Experimental Physics Program at RHIC, CCAST, Beijing, August 29-31, 2002.
  • “Dilepton and Photon Production: from SPS to RHIC”, 
    LBNL Seminar, April 15, 2002.
  • “Summary of SPS Results : Dilepton and Photon Production”, 
    Workshop - QCD in the RHIC Era, ITP, Santa Barbara, April 8-12, 2002.

2001

  • “Relativistic Heavy-Ion Physics: Experimental Overview”, 
    4th ICPAQGP Conference, Jaipur, November 26-30, 2001.
  • “Overview of Relativistic Heavy-Ion Physics”, 
    XXXI ISMD, Datong, September 1-7, 2001.
  • “Global observables at RHIC”, 
    222nd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, August 26-30, 2001.
  • “Global Observables at RHIC”: an experimental overview”, 
    RHIC-INT Workshop, LBNL, May 31- June 2, 2001.
  • “Low-mass dilepton pairs in PHENIX”, 
    PHENIX Workshop, Montaux, March 20-23, 2001.
  • “First Results from RHIC”, 
    SBU Workshop, Stony Brook, January 15-20, 2001.

2000

  • “The CERN Heavy-Ion Program and RHIC Opportunities”, 
    International Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Mumbai, December 18-22, 2000.
  • “The CERES Experiment: Probing Hot and Dense Hadronic Matter with Dileptons”, 
    MPI Physics Colloquium in honor of Peter Wurm, Heidelberg, November 30, 2000.
  • “Probing High-Density Hadronic Matter with Dileptons and Photons: From SPS to RHIC”, 
    CRIS2000 3rd Catania Relativistic Ion Studies, Acicastello, May 22-26, 2000.  

1999

  • "The CERES Experiment: Probing Hot and Dense Nuclear Matter with Di-electrons".
    Symposium in memory of Judah M. Eisenberg, TAU, April 14-16, 1999.
  • "Dilepton and Photon Production: what have we learned and open issues".
    ECT* Workshop - Electromagnetic probes of in-medium effects in strongly interacting systems, Trento, March 15-26, 1999.

1998

  • "Leptons as probes of dense matter".
    XXVIII International Seminar on Relativistic Nuclear Physics and Quantum Chromodynamics, Dubna, August 17-22, 1998.
  • "Low and intermediate mass dileptons and photons - experimental status".
    Gordon Research Conference on Nuclear Chemistry, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, June 14-19, 1998.
  • "Electromagnetic observables: Review of SPS Results and Perspectives".
    Workshop - Particle Distributions in Hadronic and Nuclear Collisions, University of Chicago, June 11-13, 1998.
  • "Results from the dilepton and photon experiments at the CERN SPS". Workshop - Probes of Dense Matter in Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions, INT, Seattle, April 19-27, 1998.

1997

  • "Highlights on Dilepton and Photon Observables".
    XIII Quark Matter Conference, Tsukuba, December 1-5, 1997.
  • "Dilepton and Photon Capabilities at RHIC and LHC" (not delivered due to illness).
    Workshop - Soft Dilepton Production, LBNL, Berkeley, August 20-22,1997
  • “Dileptons and Photons in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions at the CERN SPS" (not delivered due to illness).
    Gordon Research Conference, QCD in Nuclear Physics, Rhode Island, July 27-Aug. 1, 1997
  • "Electromagnetic Signals".
    Workshop - The Physics of Heavy Ion Collisions, Kyoto, June 9-12, 1997.
  • "Electromagnetic probes".
    International School on the Physics of Quark Gluon Plasma, Hiroshima, June 2-6, 1997.
  • "Results from the CERES experiment: Probing hot and dense nuclear matter".
    IPS Annual Meeting, Ben Gurion University, April 17, 1997.
  • "Opening talk: Overview of Experimental Developments"(not delivered due to illness).
    3rd ICPAQGP, Jaipur, March 10-14, 1997.

1996

  • "Review of dilepton and photon results from the CERN SPS".
    NuPECC Workgroup meeting, Torino, October 4-5, 1996.
  • "Low mass Dileptons and Photons".
    APS, Nuclear Physics Division Fall Meeting, MIT Cambridge, Oct. 2-5, 1996.
  • "Low-mass dilepton and photon production at the CERN SPS".
    XXVI ISMD, Faro, September 1-5, 1996.
  • "Recent lepton and photon results".
    PHENIX Collaboration Meeting, Santa Fe, July 21-26, 1996.
  • "Review of dilepton experiments from CERN".
    RHIC Workshop on Electromagnetic probes of quark-gluon plasma, INT, Seattle, January 24-27, 1996.

1995

  • "Enhanced dilepton production in Sulphur-nucleus collisions at 200 GeV/nucleon".
    INPC, Beijing, August 21-26, 1995.
  • "Heavy Ion Collisions".
    International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics, Brussels, July 27-August 2, 1995.
  • "Enhanced dilepton production in sulphur induced reactions at 200 GeV/nucleon".
    Recontres de Moriond on QCD and High Energy Hadronic Interactions, Les Arcs, March 19-26, 1995.
  • "Summary of low-mass dilepton and direct photon results".
    XI Quark Matter Conference, Monterey, January 9-13, 1995.