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Agriculture, Food and Environment
Public Health, Medicine & Dentistry
Faculty of Law
Humanities
Mathematics & Natural Sciences
Social Sciences, Social Work & Social Welfare

Prof. Yael Mishael

Soil and Water Department

yael.mishael@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Gali Fichman

Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment/The Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition

bioinspired materials, biomaterials, peptides, self-assembly, hydrogels, scaffolds, drug-delivery

gali.fichman@mail.huji.ac.il

Dr. Yehezkel (hezi) Resheff

Business School

hezi.resheff@gmail.com

Dr. Orit Gazit

Department of International Relations & Program in International Development Studies (Glocal)

Climate Refugees; Environmental Migration; Environmental Mobilities

orit.gazit@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Ronen Gottesman

Institute of Chemistry

ronen.gottesman@mail.huji.ac.il

Materials for energy production, solar energy conversion, green hydrogen, s

Prof. Tsfira Grebelsky-Lichtman

Communication and the Swiss Center for Conflict research, management and resolution

Persuasion; Effective communication; Negotiation; Conflict resolution; Conflict management

Tsfira.Grebelsky@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Zvi Hayouka

Institute of Biochemistry Food Science and Nutrition

Antibiotic resistance, non antibiotic antimicrobial agents, bioactive packaging

zvi.hayouka@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Carynelisa Haspel

Institute of Earth Sciences

Solar energy; Light pollution

carynelisa.haspel@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Tamar Avin-Wittenberg

Plant and Environmental Sciences

Plant yield, metabolomics, autophagy, abiotic stress

tamar.avin-wittenberg@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Zohar Kerem

The Institute of Biochemistry, Food and Nutrition

Plant protein; Drought resistant plants; Valorization waste; Food

zohar.kerem@mail. huji. ac.il

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Dr. Shilo Rosenwasser

Social Sciences, Geography and Institute of Urban and Regional Studies

Energy Policy; Urban Energy Transition; Renewables; Infrastructure Politics; Urban Renewal

shilo.rosenwaser@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Shahal Abbo

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

Dryland farming; Grain legumes

shahal.abbo@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Nufar Avni

Dept. of Geography

Environmental policies; Urban autonomy; C40; ICLEI

nufar.avni@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Eyal Pe'er

Public Policy and Government

Solar panels adoption; Multiuse products; Consumer behavior; Behavioral public policy

eyal.peer@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Eyal Ert

Department of Environmental Economics and Management

Household food waste; ESG (Environmental Social, Governance) investments; Social Dilemmas; Risk taking; Trust;

eyal.ert@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Aron Troen

The Institute of Biochemistry, Food and Nutrition

Food Security; Public Health; Nutrition; Nutrition Security; Food Systems; Policy

aron.troen@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Guy Dagan

Institute of Earth Sciences

Climate change; Cloud feedback; Aerosol-cloud interaction

guy.dagan@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Yifat Ben-David Kolikant

School of Education

Research on teaching and learning climate change

yifat.kolikant@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Sigal Kaplan

Department of Geography

Traffic safety; Green technology adoption; Electric vehicles; Mobility-as-a-service; Knowledge-economy; Sustainable transport

sigal.kaplan@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Sharon Schlesinger

Department of Animal Sciences

Cultured Meat

sharon.shle@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Ido Braslavsky

Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition

Food preservation; Cryopreservation and ice binding proteins; Food printing for alternative meat

ido.braslavsky@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Benny Chefetz

Soil and Water Sciences

Physico-chemical processes of organic pollutants occurring in water, reclaimed wastewater, soils and sediments

benny.chefetz@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Sharon Horsky

Business School

Consumer choice; Green Housing

sharon.horsky@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Assaf Hochman

Institute of Earth Sciences

Climate change projections; Extreme weather forecast; Climate change impacts

Assaf.Hochman@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Saul Burdman

Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology

Phytobacteriology; Basic and applied aspects of plant-microbe interactions; Novel environmentally-friendly approaches to promote plant health

saul.burdman@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Yaakov Nahmias

Grass Center for Bioengineering

ynahmias@cse.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Orly Sade

Business School

Crowdfunding and gender; financial inclusion

orlysade@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Orna Shemer

School of Social Work

Public participation; Community; Climate crisis; Participatory practice

orna.shemer@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Miriam Schwartz-Ziv

Business School, Finance Department

ESG, Finance

miriam.schwartz@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Meital Reches

Chemistry

Antifouling; Peptide-based materials

meital.reches@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Yitzhak Hadar

Plant pathology and microbiology

Biomass; Lignin; Mushroom, White rot fungi, Bioremediation

yitzhak.hadar@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Alexander Gural

Medicine

Teaching sustainability to medical students

gural@hadassah.org.il

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Dr. Tamar Friedlander

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

Climate change; Flowering regulation; Population genetics; Self-incompatibility; Mathematical modeling

tamar.friedlander@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Omri Finkel

Institute of Life Science

Plant-microbe interactions; Microbial ecology; Microbiome; Crop resilience

omri.finkel@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Leor Eshed

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

leor.williams@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Benjamin Drenger

Medicine

Volatile anesthetics; Elimination from the atmosphere

drenger@huji.ac.il

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Prof. Asher Ben-Arieh

Social Work

Children's definitions and interactions with their environment; Impact on children's subjective well-being

Asher@haruv.org.il

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Prof. Rubin Baruch

Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

Integrated Weed Management (IWM); Environmental fate of pesticides in plants, Soil and water; Environmentally friendly and novel herbicide formulations

rubin@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Amotz Agnon

Institute of Earth Sciences

Renewable energy; Energy security; Earthquake preparedness

amotz@huji.ac.il

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Prof. Efrat Morin

Earth Sciences

efrat.morin@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Sharoni Shafir

Institute of Environmental Sciences, Entomology, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Honey bees, behavioral ecology, pollination, nutrition, cognition

sharoni.shafir@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Jaime Kigel

The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Mediterranean terrestrial ecosystems; Biodiversity; Plant Ecology; Grazing; Productivity-diversity relationships;Desertification

kigel@agri.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Masha Niv

The Institute of Biochemistry, Food and Nutrition, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Food production in changing climate; Evolution of taste perception under changing conditions; Sensory attributes of alternative proteins

masha.niv@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Dalit Sela-Donenfeld

School of Veterinary Medicine, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Environmental pollution; Pharmaceutical residues; Wastewater, human and animal embryonic health

dalit.seladon@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Edouard Jurkevitch

Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Predation between bacteria; Insect-bacteria symbiosis; Soil microbiology

jurkevi@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Alexander Gural

Medicine

Teaching sustainability to medical students

gural@hadassah.org.il

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Dr. Benjamin Drenger

Medicine

Volatile anesthetics; Elimination from the atmosphere

drenger@huji.ac.il

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Prof. Ora Paltiel

Epidemiology, Medicine

orap@hadassah.org.il

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Prof. Raanan Raz

Public Health, Medicine

raanan.raz@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Yael Bar-Zeev

Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine

Health Promotion; Healthy Cities; Tobacco Control

yael.bar-zeev@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Ofra Benny

School of Pharmacy, Medicine

Biodegradable materials and nanomaterials; Polymers and organic materials

ofra.benny@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Stefan Rokem

Medicine, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, IMRIC

stefanr@ekmd.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Alon Livny

Dentistry

Dentistry; Waste Management; Single use and reuse

alonl@hadassah.org.il

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Dr. Hagai Levine

Medicine

Environmental Health Policy; Environmental Epidemiology

hagai.levine@gmail.com

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Dr. Michael Klutstein

Dental Medicine, Institute of Biomedical and Oral Research

Effect of foodborne toxins on human fertility; Effect of rising temp on fertility

michaelk@ekmd.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Yehezkel (hezi) Resheff

Business School

hezi.resheff@gmail.com

Dr. Sharon Horsky

Business School

Consumer choice; Green Housing

sharon.horsky@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Orly Sade

Business School

Crowdfunding and gender; financial inclusion

orlysade@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Miriam Schwartz-Ziv

Business School, Finance Department

ESG, Finance

miriam.schwartz@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Tomer Broude

Law and International Relations

Trade; Investment; Human rights; Fossil fuels; Corporate Social Responsibility

tomerbroude@gmail.com

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Prof. Sharon Shakargy

Law

Sharon.shakargy@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Guy Harpaz

Dean of Students, Law and Social Sciences

guy.harpaz@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Uri Davidovich

Archaeology, Humanities

Landscape Archaeology; Ancient subsistence strategies; Human-environment interactions; Agricultural systems; Past/present faunal diversity

uri.davidovich@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Lee Mordechai

History, Humanities

lee.mordechai@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Jan Gunneweg

Humanities and Archaeometry, Institute of Archaeology

jan.gunneweg@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Naomi Yuval-Naeh

History Department (Humanities) and Natural History Collections (Science)

British History; Environmental History; Natural History; Anthropocene; Industrial Revolution

naomi.yuval@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Gideon Shelach-Lavi

Asian Studies

Archaeology; climatic changes and their affect on ancient populations; China; Mongolia; Migration

Gideon.Shelach@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Erella Hovers

Institute of Archaeology

Paleo-environment; Pleistocene; Resistor archaeology

Hovers@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Ronen Gottesman

Institute of Chemistry

ronen.gottesman@mail.huji.ac.il

Materials for energy production, solar energy conversion, green hydrogen, s

Prof. Carynelisa Haspel

Institute of Earth Sciences

Solar energy; Light pollution

carynelisa.haspel@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Tamar Avin-Wittenberg

Plant and Environmental Sciences

Plant yield, metabolomics, autophagy, abiotic stress

tamar.avin-wittenberg@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Guy Dagan

Institute of Earth Sciences

Climate change; Cloud feedback; Aerosol-cloud interaction

guy.dagan@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Assaf Hochman

Institute of Earth Sciences

Climate change projections; Extreme weather forecast; Climate change impacts

Assaf.Hochman@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Yaakov Nahmias

Grass Center for Bioengineering

ynahmias@cse.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Meital Reches

Chemistry

Antifouling; Peptide-based materials

meital.reches@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Omri Finkel

Institute of Life Science

Plant-microbe interactions; Microbial ecology; Microbiome; Crop resilience

omri.finkel@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Amotz Agnon

Institute of Earth Sciences

Renewable energy; Energy security; Earthquake preparedness

amotz@huji.ac.il

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Prof. Efrat Morin

Earth Sciences

efrat.morin@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Daniel Mandler

Chemistry

daniel.mandler@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Nir Keren

Life Sciences

nir.ke@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Nathan Steiger

Institute of Earth Sciences

Climate; Drought; Hydroclimate

nathan.steiger@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Daphna Shimon

Chemistry

Carbon sequestration; weathering; magnetic resonance; NMR; DNP

daphna.shimon@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Einat Aharonov

Institute of Earth Science

Natural gas

einatah@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Yoni Goldmsith

Institute of Earth Sciences

yonig@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Gili Greenbaum

Natural Sciences, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

Conservation biology; Conservation genetics; Landscape fragmentation; Gene drive biocontrols; Ethics of conservation

gil.g@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Hagit Affek

Institute of Earth Sciences

Paleoclimate; Isotope geochemistry

hagit.affek@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Oded Navon

Faculty of Science, Institute of Earth Sciences

The deep carbon cycle. Diamonds and carbon-bearing fluids in the Earth's mantle

oded.navon@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Simon Emmanuel

Institute of Earth Sciences

Water resources; Carbon sequestration

simon.emmanuel@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Hezi Gildor

The Institute of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Mathematics & Sciences

Climate research; Oceanography

hezi.gildor@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Shlomo Magdassi

Chemistry

Energy harvesting- thermosolar; photovoltaics; piezoelectrics; Energy savings- smart windows; Sustainable materials- wood and related materials;Additive Manufacturing-3D printing

magdassi@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Guy Bloch

Natural Sciences; Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

Honey bees, Bumble bees, Pollination, Insect physiology

guy.bloch@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Boaz Shacham

National Natural History Collections (NNHC)

Herpetology; ecology; zoology; nature conservation; biodiversity; science communication

boazshacham@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Dmitri Gelman

Chemistry

Catalysis; Energy

dmitri.gelman@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Ovadia Lev

The Institute of Chemistry

Energy storage; Environmental Chemistry

Ovadia@huji.ac.il

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Prof. Shimshon Belkin

Institute of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Biosensors; Pollution; Water quality

shimshon.belkin@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Adi Torfstein

Institute of Earth Sciences and Inter-University Institute for Marine Science

Climate change, Oceans, Dust, Biogeochemistry, Anthropogenic Pollution, Heavy metals

adi.torf@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Uri Gat

Cell and Developmental Biology, Life Sciences

uri.gat@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Eli Kraisler

Fritz Haber Research Center and Institute of Chemistry

Computational description of photovoltaic materials; Simulation of exciton dynamics; Electronic structure of energy materials

eli.kraisler@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Uri Banin

Faculty of Science, Institute of Chemistry

Alternative energy; Solar fuels; Green hydrogen; Photocatalysis; Air and water purification

uri.banin@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Yeala Shaked

Institute of Earth Sciences, Inter-University Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat

Iron; bioavailability; biogeochemistry; oceanography; primary productivity; microbe-mineral interactions; uptake; phytoplankton

yeala.shaked@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Lioz Etgar

Chemistry

Solar cells and related materials

Lioz.etgar@mail.HUJI.ac.il

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Prof. Ronen Kadmon

Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

Biodiversity; Conservation; Grazing; Plant Ecology; Nature Reserve Design; Fragmentation; Habitat loss; Community Ecology

kadmon@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Micha Asscher

Institute of Chemistry

Global warming; Carbon dioxide recycling/hydrogenation; Heterogeneous catalytic reactions; Bimetallic and trimetallic nanoparticles catalysts

micha.asscher@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Dorita Rostkier-Edelstein

The Institute of Earth Sciences

Air pollution meteorology; Climate change, health related meteorology; Extreme events; Precipitation; Temperature

dorita.rostkier-edelstein@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Amir Erez

Racah Institute of Physics

Theoretical ecology; Biodiversity; Ecosystem collapse; Population dynamics; Evolutionary dynamics; Host-microbiome interactions; Environmental microbial communities; Consumer-resource models

amir.erez1@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Dror Hawlena

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

Desert ecosystem function; Restoration ecology; Endangered species; Species recovery plans; Animal-agriculture conflicts; Invasive species management

dror.hawlena@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Alon Angert

Exact Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences

Biogeochemistry; Carbon cycle; Soil Respiration; Plant productivity; Oxygen; Stable isotopes

angert@gmail.com

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Prof. Rachel Nechushtai

Alexander Silberman Life Science Institute

Photosynthesis; Artificial photosynthesis; photocurrent generation

rachel@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Orit Gazit

Department of International Relations & Program in International Development Studies (Glocal)

Climate Refugees; Environmental Migration; Environmental Mobilities

orit.gazit@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Tsfira Grebelsky-Lichtman

Communication and the Swiss Center for Conflict research, management and resolution

Persuasion; Effective communication; Negotiation; Conflict resolution; Conflict management

Tsfira.Grebelsky@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Shilo Rosenwasser

Social Sciences, Geography and Institute of Urban and Regional Studies

Energy Policy; Urban Energy Transition; Renewables; Infrastructure Politics; Urban Renewal

shilo.rosenwaser@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Nufar Avni

Dept. of Geography

Environmental policies; Urban autonomy; C40; ICLEI

nufar.avni@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Eyal Pe'er

Public Policy and Government

Solar panels adoption; Multiuse products; Consumer behavior; Behavioral public policy

eyal.peer@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Yifat Ben-David Kolikant

School of Education

Research on teaching and learning climate change

yifat.kolikant@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Sigal Kaplan

Department of Geography

Traffic safety; Green technology adoption; Electric vehicles; Mobility-as-a-service; Knowledge-economy; Sustainable transport

sigal.kaplan@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Orna Shemer

School of Social Work

Public participation; Community; Climate crisis; Participatory practice

orna.shemer@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Itay Greenspan

Social Work, Social Science

itaygree@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Galit Cohen Blankshtain

Public Policy and Government; Geography

Public participation; locality; NGOs

g.c.b@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Reut Barak Weekes

Glocal International Development Program

Sustainable agriculture; Technological adoption; Community Development

reut.barak1@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Eran Feitelson

Environmental Policy, Social Science

msfeitel@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Lior Herman

International Relations, Social Science

Lior.Herman@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Guy Harpaz

Dean of Students, Law and Social Sciences

guy.harpaz@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Itay Fischhendler

Geogprahy

Water; Energy; Conflict resolution; Governance

fishi@mscc.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Amit Tubi

Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences

Human dimensions of climate change; vulnerability; adaptation; climate migration; climate-conflict nexus

amit.tubi@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Daniel Felsenstein

Geography

Agent based modeling for public health; Pandemic containment; Spatio-temporal modeling of pandemic contagion; Evaluation of natural amenities in spatial hedonic house pricing

daniel.felsenstein@mail.huji.ac.il

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