My research interests are centered around theoretical nuclear and particle physics. AWARDS AND HONORS November 3, 2012, Fellowship in the American Physical Society upon the recommendation of the Division of Nuclear Physics, For his seminal contributions to understanding the structure and dynamics of strong color fields in nucleons and nuclei at high energies May 21, 2006, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences for outstanding research in the field of Theoretical or Experimental Nuclear/Hadron Physics, For a number of ground-breaking contributions to theoretical understanding of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) at very high energies and gluon densities, Tel Aviv University, Israel 1987 – 1990, a number of awards at various Math and Physics high-school olympiads in Moscow, Russia, including the 2nd place in Moscow Physics Olympiad