astronomy

Sammy Boussiba

Sammy Boussiba is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Sammy Boussiba rather than just read about it. In short: Sammy Boussiba (Hebrew: סמי בוסיבה) is a professor emeritus at the French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Early life Sammy Boussiba was born in Fez, Morocco to a Jewish family.

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Reference excerpt

Sammy Boussiba (Hebrew: סמי בוסיבה) is a professor emeritus at the French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

Early life Sammy Boussiba was born in Fez, Morocco to a Jewish family. In 1956 he emigrated to Israel with his parents and two brothers. He began his academic path in 1969, and received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and from BGU. He moved on to his doctorate studies at BGU, focusing on the role of the biliprotein picocyanin C and the influence of environmental factors on its metabolism, under the supervision of Professor Amos Richmond. He completed his PhD in 1981 and continued to his postdoctoral studies at Cornell University, with scholarships from the Rothschild and Fulbright foundations. At Cornell he studied the uptake and metabolism of ammonia in cyanobacteria.

Academic career In 1984, upon completing his postdoctoral studies and returning to Israel, Boussiba joined the Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory (MBL) at Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research BIDR, BGU. He has served as the head of the lab since 1995. During the years 2001–2005 he also served as the substitute to the director of BIDR and during the years 2008–2015 he served as director of the French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands at BIDR.

Awards In 2003 Boussiba was awarded an honorary doctorate (honoris causa) from the University of West Hungary, which was the first European university to establish an agriculture faculty. He was bestowed with the economical botanics chair from BGU. Since 2004 he has served in the board of directors of the International Society of Applied Phycology. In 2005 he was elected as the president of the society, and also served as its president between 2008 and 2011. In a conference which took place in Australia in June 2014, Professor Boussiba received a special award of appreciation from this society, for his continual and outstanding contribution to the field of applied phycology research. Between 2009 and 2012 Boussiba served as a member of the board of directors at the Inter-University Marine Biology and Biotechnology Institute in Eilat. In 2009 he was elected for an ad-hoc committee nominated by the National Science Academy of the United States, aimed at examining the sustainable development of algal fuels and oils, in which he served for two years. The committee's conclusions were published in a report aiming to formulate the US government's policy on alternative fuels. Since 2009 Boussiba has also served as a member of the European Algae Biomass Association (EABA), and since 2014 he has served as the head of its scientific board.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Sammy Boussiba

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Sammy Boussiba claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Sammy Boussiba before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Sammy Boussiba ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Sammy Boussiba

In research: Sammy Boussiba appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Sammy Boussiba in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Sammy Boussiba is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1947 births, Academic staff of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev alumni, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sammy Boussiba outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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