Curriculum Vitae

Name:
Yonatan Ben-Simhon
Birth date:
July 14 1976
Address:
520 E Buffalo st, apt 4
Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
Tel:
(607) 255-5431
Email:
bensimho@cs.cornell.edu
HomePage: www.cs.cornell.edu/~bensimho



Education:
present PhD student in computer science, computational biology and medicine program,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
2001-2003 MA in applied mathematics, bioinformatics course,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
1997-2001 BSc with honors in computer science, bioinformatics course,
Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
1994-5 Studies mathematics, physics and computer science, as part of
I.D.F. air forces 'Talpiot' project, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
1993-4 Parallel to high school, studies geophysics,
Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
1994 Finishes matriculation exams, gifted project, Eilon high school,
Holon, Israel.


Matriculations average grade: 105.3.
Psychometric exam: 773 (99th percentile).
BSc avarage: 91.2 (out of 100).
MA average: 3.52 (out of 4).
Toefl score: 287.  Listening: 30; Structure/Writing: 28; Reading: 28; Essay: 5.5.
GRE scores: Verbal: 540 (71%); Quantitative: 800 (99%); Analytical: 760 (95%).


Activities, Competitions and awards:
2003-Present Tri-Institutional Fellowship in Computational Biology and Medicine,
Cornell University, Rockefeller University, Sloan Kettering Institute.
2003-2004 Presidential Genomic Fellowship, Cornell University.
2001-2003 Fulbright Doctoral Fellow.
2003 Teaching Assistant For Professor W. Proskurowski
in the course Calculus II, USC.
2002 Teaching Assistant For Professors W. Proskurowski and H. Von Bremen
in the course Calculus for Business, USC.
2002 Summer fellowship award, USC.
2001-2002 Research Assistant, USC.
2000-2001 'The Best to the Industry' scholarship,
awarded by the ministry of Industry and Trade, Israel.
1999-2001 'Eshkol' scholarship in applied mathematics,
awarded by the ministry of Science, Israel.
1999 Excellence prize (dean prize) for scholarly achievements
in the natural sciences faculty, Ben Gurion University, Israel.
1997-9 Excellence prize from the Rector's office,
Ben Gurion University, Israel.
1993 Semi finalist of the Israeli physics Olympiad.
  Participant of the preparation camp of the Israeli team for
the international physics Olympiad.
  Sent to Poland as an information delegate to represent
Israel in behalf of the ministry of foreign affairs.


Army service:
1995-7 Serves in an R&D group at a technological unit in the I.D.F.
1994-5 Appertain in the I.D.F. air force's 'Talpiot' project.


Social & community activities:
1998-2001 Tutor for Bedouin, immigrant and learning disabled students,
through the student's dean.
1998-9 Instructor for a child suffering from cerebral palsy,
through 'Perach' project.
1997-8 Instructor for a deaf, challenged and mentally ill teen-ager,
through 'Perach' project.
1991-2 Volunteer at a mentally ill club, though 'Enosh' foundation.



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