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Eshel Ben-Jacob (full name Eshel Refael Ben-Jacob Breslav; Hebrew אשל רפאל בן-יעקב ברסלב), is a theoretical and experimental physicist at Tel Aviv University, holder of the Maguy-Glass Chair in Physics of Complex Systems, and Fellow of the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP) at Rice University. During the 1980s he became an international leader in the theory of self-organization and pattern formation in open systems, and later extended this work to adaptive complex systems and biocomplexity. His specialization in self-organization of complex systems yielded the breakthrough of solving the long standing (since Kepler) snowflake problem. In the late 1980s, he turned to study of bacterial self-organization, believing that bacteria hold the key to understanding the larger biological systems. He developed new pattern forming bacteria species, became a pioneer in the study of bacterial intelligence and social behaviors of bacteria, and has been an influential figure in establishing the now rapidly evolving Physics of Living Systems (Biological Physics and Physical Biology) disciplines. He is an adviser to the Microbes Mind Forum.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Eshel Refael Ben-Jacob Breslav
Birth date	April 13, 1952
Birth place	Haifa , Israel
Nationality	Israel
Residence	Israel , United States
Education	Tel Aviv University
Known for	Self-organization Swarm intelligence Systems neuroscience Biocomplexity Pattern formation Social IQ score of bacteria

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