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American astrophysicist

Gibor Basri is an American astrophysicist, now Professor Emeritus in the Astronomy department at U.C. Berkeley. His research focused on stellar magnetic activity, star formation, and low mass stars and brown dwarfs. He was also the founding Vice Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion at UC Berkeley.

Early life and family

Gibor Basri was born in New York City on May 3, 1951, the son of Saul Basri, professor of physics at the University of Colorado, and Phyllis Basri, a teacher of modern dance and ballet. His father was an Iraqi Jew who grew up in Basra and Baghdad and came to MIT in 1944, remaining in America since then. His mother was Jamaican, and came to New York just before WWII to study dance (she was in Martha Graham's troupe for a little while). They met while both graduate students at Columbia University. Gibor grew up in Fort Collins, Colorado, together with his younger brother David. The family lived for Gibor basri biography of barack gas!