Ruth Knill Resume
Education
- 2020
- Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner - Graduated from the Boston III Feldenkrais Training Program
- 2016
- Yoga Alliance Yoga Teacher Training graduate RYT-200
- 2003
- M.A.O.M. New England School of Acupuncture
- 1989
- Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- Ph.D. Thesis:
- Local Effects in Accretion Flows and Thermonuclear Runaways
- 1985
- M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- M.Sc. Thesis:
- Accretion on to Compact Stars - Stream-Disk Interaction
- 1982
- B.A. in applied mathematics, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Professional Experience and Accomplishments
- 2020-present
- Practices Feldenkrais individual functional integration and private yoga classes.
- 2018-present
- Teaching Feldenkrais awareness through movement classes at The Arlington Center and online.
- 2016-present
- Teaching yoga classes at The Arlington Center and online.
- 2013-present
- Teaching on the prescription of herbal formulas at New England School of Acupuncture.
- 2004-present
- Practices Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine at Arlington Acupuncture Wellness (390 Mass Ave, Arlington, Massachusetts).
- 2004-2014
- Practices Chinese Herbal Medicine at Pathways to Wellness (1601 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts). From 2007-2014 she ran an intern herbal clinic there.
- 2002-2006
- Completed 420 hours of postgraduate herbal internship with Dr. Tao Xie at Pathways to Wellness (140 Berkley St., Boston, Massachusetts).
- 2002-2004
- Completed 5 levels (140 classroom hours) of Craniosacral Therapy at the New England School of Acupuncture Continuing Education Program.
- 2001-2003
- Worked in various clinics and settings as an intern, using Chinese needling techniques, electro Acupuncture, auricular Acupuncture and herbal medicine. Treated a large variety of conditions, among others: pain syndromes like sciatica, mood disorders like depression, MS, addiction disorders A.I.D.S., hepatitis.
- 2000-2001
- Assisted at Pathways, Boston, Massachusetts. Practiced moxibustion techniques: warming needles, direct moxa, cupping, and gua sha.
- 1999-2000
- Assisted with the Laser and Acupuncture needling techniques specialist Dr Jianhua Mu (Harbin School of Medicine) in the clinic of the Texas college of TCM. Learned laser, needling and moxibustion techniques.
- 1984-1999
- Published more than 30 research articles in peer refereed journals.
- 1994-1999
- Refereed research articles submitted to peer refereed Journals. American Astronomical Society member. Invited to give review talks in international conferences, and in astronomy departments of the University of Texas, the University of Washington, California Institute of Technology, the University of Amsterdam in Holland, and the Technion in Israel. Example talk
- 1997
- Member of the National Science Foundation Committee for grants for Astronomical research.
- 1996
- Instructor in Astronomy at the University of California at LA (UCLA).
Research and Teaching Experience
- 1996-1999
- McDonald Post Doctoral Fellow in UT, Austin, Texas ( archived personal website).
- 1995-1996
- Scientist in IPAC, Caltech, Pasadena, California and Instructor of Astronomy at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
- 1993-1995
- Swiss National Foundation fellow in IPAC, Caltech, Pasadena, USA.
- 1991-1993
- Research Postdoc in the Institute of Astronomy , ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
- 1989-1991
- Research Postdoc at Nikhef Amsterdam, Netherlands.