Michael Bronstein

Michael Bronstein is a low-temperature physicist, a polyglot, and a man who manages to freeze atoms at work while melting his own brain cells trying to fund his countless hobbies.

Michael was born in the city of Herzliya to a family of Odessa natives who moved to Israel in the late nineties. He grew up in a unique linguistic chaos: his parents spoke to him in Russian, his grandparents masterfully mixed English with Hebrew, and Michael himself, while studying in the US, decided that wasn't quite enough and learned Chinese—as he jokes, “strictly just in case.” As a result, the young man gained not only a decent American education but also the ability to negotiate liquid nitrogen deliveries in four different languages.

Currently, Michael is engaged in serious academic science. However, fundamental science has one major downside: it stubborn refuses to fund his numerous and rather expensive passions. To avoid having to choose between groceries and new gear for his hobbies, Michael flipped on maximum multitasking mode. In his time away from absolute zero, he works as a webmaster, writes complex technical texts, and part-times as a Chinese tutor.

To us, Michael is a potent fusion of young talent, absolute systemic logic, and healthy real-world grit. He writes about quantum physics, cryogenics, and deep space in a way that makes sense even to the most obstinate humanities majors. His articles always deliver a flawless scientific foundation, presented with the effortless ease of someone who is well-accustomed to explaining Chinese characters to Israeli schoolchildren.