Jeffrey Gerst, at The Blogs

Jeffrey Gerst

May 3, 2015, 12:51 PM

For the record, I'm a big fan of space exploration and fully support this endeavor. It challenges and excites our minds, stimulates and thrills our imagination. And most people feel the same. But as of late it appears that...

Jan 22, 2015, 4:38 PM

Plutocracies, Darwin, and the inequitable distribution of wealth

Making headlines is a report from Oxfam, based upon Credit Suisse accrued data (2000-2014), showing what we all seem to know (or heard) – that the rich are getting richer and the poor, poorer. Incredibly, the wealthiest 1% of...

About Me

Jeffrey Gerst grew up in the New York area and has lived off and on in Israel for over 30 years; He obtained his M.Sc. from Hebrew University and Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute, where he has been a senior scientist/professor in the Dept. of Molecular Genetics since 1994