!!Ali Mehmet Alpar - Curriculum Vitae
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__Education__
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*BS in Physics, 1972, Middle East Technical University (High Honours, 1st in class).\\
*PhD in Physics, 1977, University of Cambridge, supervisor: P.W. Anderson.\\
*Visiting graduate student, Physics Dept., Princeton University, 1975-1977.\\
*Undergraduate Science Scholarship, 1969-72; scholarship for graduate study abroad, 1972-75, TÜBİTAK. \\
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__Membership:__\\
*The Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA; founded 1993), Member, 1993-2011, (Resigned from TÜBA in response to a decree empowering government agencies to appoint Academy members –Nov. 2011)\\
*Founding member (November 2011- ) and chairman (January 2012-), The Science Academy (an independent academy set up as an NGO)\\
*Turkish Astronomical Society, member; chairman, 1992-1994; 2006-\\
*European Astronomical Society\\
*International Astronomical Union
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__Duties:__ \\
*Member of the Science Board of  TÜBİTAK, 1993-97.\\
*Member of the Advanced Study Institutes Panel, NATO, 1993-95.\\
*Member of the Council of TÜBA, 1993-97.\\
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__Visiting Scientist:__\\
*Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, July-Aug.1978\\
*Max-Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Oct.-Dec.1986\\
*Institute of Theoretical Physics, U. of California at Santa Barbara, June 1991\\
*Department of Physics, U. of Hong Kong, July 1992\\
*Rikkyo University, Tokyo, February 1994\\
*Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, U. of Amsterdam, Aug. 1994; Oct. 2010- Jan. 2011\\
*Physics Dept., U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, many times, most recently in 1994\\
*Associate, ICTP, Trieste, 1992-97\\
*UNAM- Mexico City & Escuela Mexicana de Astrofisica, 2002 \\
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__Publications:__
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*73 papers.\\
*31 contributions in conference proceedings\\
*2 conference proceedings edited\\
*1 conference proceeding in honor of M.A. Alpar