Moises was a highly recognized and admired physicist whose main scientific impact was in ultrasonic measurements of metals, alloys, and superconducting materials. He was born in Concepcion, Panama, on April 8, 1930. Following a family move to California, Levy attended UCLA for a year and then transferred to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he received his BS. He was drafted into the US Army and returned to UCLA after that service, receiving his PhD in 1963. His thesis topic was “Superconducting Energy Gap of Ta, V, and Nb.” Following several post-docs, he obtained a tenured Professorship at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Moises continued studying ultrasonic properties in superconductors, including high-Tc superconductors, for decades. He was supported at UW-Milwaukee by Max Swerdlow of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Levy stayed at UW-Milwaukee for over 30 years, where he mentored over 20 graduate students and retired as Professor Emeritus in 1996.

Levy’s academic honors include:

Fellow of the American Physical Society

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America

Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Ultrasonics Society

IEEE UFFC-S Distinguished Service Award (2010)

IEEE CSC Max Swerdlow Award (2010) 

IEEE UFFC-S Rayleigh Award, (2013)