100 Years of Nobel Prizes 01 Edition (English, Hardcover, Baruch A. Shalev)
Book Details
Publication Year: 2003
Contributors
Authored By: Baruch A. Shalev
Author Info: Baruch Aba Shalev is an Isareli geneticist. Like many of the Nobel Laureates profiled in this book, he has been involved in multi-national study, research, teaching, and consultation during his distinguished career. After graduation from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, he earned a Master’s Degree at the University of California, Davis, and a Ph.D. at the University of Reading in England. He has published more than 200 scientific papers, most of them dealing with genetic selection in animals. In developing a method of selection under stress to force early maturation, he has been able to better evaluate the genetic capability of the animals. That began a process of wondering whether humans under stress also produce improved genetic products. He chose Nobel laureates as his target population to consider the question and this book is the result of his considerations. Dr. Shalev was born in Jerusalem in 1936 and served in the Israeli military between 1954 and 1957. During his years in the United States, he became a Senior Supervisor at Goldman’s Egg City in the Los Angeles area—a facility with 3 million laying hens. When he returned to Israel, he became a senior geneticist at the Ministry of Agriculture in Tel Aviv. While in government service and beyond his scientific investigations, Dr. Shalev was in charge of his Division’s first centralized computer unit. He also served as a principal investigator in a US/Israeli Bi-National Agricultural Research and Development project relating to the breeding, nutrition, reproduction, and management of geese; as Israel’s delegate to the European Breeding and Genetics Working Group; as a Food and Agriculture Organization advisor in Rome and Africa; and as a senior advisor to Israel’s poultry industry. He was awarded the Prize of Excellence for outstanding achievements during his government service. As a private consultant, he is currently advising China on waterfowl genetics and production.
