Joseph Seckbach

Professor J. Seckbach is a retired senior academician at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He earned his MSc. & Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and did a post doctorate in the Division of Biology at Caltech, in Pasadena, CA. He led a group researching exobiology (extraterrestrial life) at UCLA. Seckbach was appointed to the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (as a senior Lecturer) and spent sabbaticals at UCLA and Harvard University. Dr. Seckbach enjoyed his DAAD-sponsored (The German...See more

Professor J. Seckbach is a retired senior academician at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He earned his MSc. & Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and did a post doctorate in the Division of Biology at Caltech, in Pasadena, CA. He led a group researching exobiology (extraterrestrial life) at UCLA. Seckbach was appointed to the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (as a senior Lecturer) and spent sabbaticals at UCLA and Harvard University. Dr. Seckbach enjoyed his DAAD-sponsored (The German Academic Exchange) periods in Tübingen, Germany, and at LMU, Munich. He served at Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA, USA, as the first selected Chair for the Louisiana Sea Grant and Technology transfer. Professor Joseph Seckbach has edited over 35 scientific books by various publishers (Springer, Elsevier, Wiley-Scrivener, World Scientific, Kluwer, Nova Hedwigia, U. of Freiburg and Geneva). Seckbach has published approximately 150 scientific articles on the topics of plant ferritin-(phytoferritin), cellular evolution, acidothermophilic algae, life in extreme environments, and astrobiology. Recently he co-edited with Professor Richard Gordon several new series of Diatom books and with Professor Helga Stan-Lotter the volume of Extremophiles as Astronomical Models. In addition, to editing academic volumes, He also edited and translated several popular books and reviewed several chapters and volumes. His recent interest is in the field of enigmatic and extremophilic microorganisms and life in extreme environments and Astrobiology and is currently editing a few new volumes. See less