Faculty

Hebrew University faculty members who have not yet joined the Sustainability Center are invited to register.

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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

Dr. Shlomo Magdassi

Chemistry

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

Prof. Yael Mandelik

Entomology, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Biodiversity conservation; Ecosystem services; Ecological monitoring; Ecological restoration

Dr. Yair Mau

Soil and Water Sciences

Soil degradation; Sustainable irrigation; Desertification; Plant water management

Prof. Efrat Monsonego-Ornan

The School of Nutrition, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Alternative protein; Ultra-processed food

Prof. Shai Morin

Entomology, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Developing Novel methods for pest control to improve food security; Reduce chemical control spaying in agriculture for enhancing biodiversity and ecological services

Prof. Menachem Moshelion

Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

Plant-environment interactions, Plant nutrient and water use, Precise irrigation

Prof. Oded Navon

Faculty of Science, Institute of Earth Sciences

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

Prof. Rachel Nechushtai

Alexander Silberman Life Science Institute

Photosynthesis; Artificial photosynthesis; photocurrent generation

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

Dr. Philippos Papathanos

Entomology

Insect genetics, Genetic control of insect pests, Gene drives, Synthetic Biology

Prof. Eyal Pe'er

Public Policy and Government

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

Prof. Zvi Peleg

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

Climate-resilient crops; Water-use efficiency; Wheat wild relatives; Root biology; Food security

Dr. Shira Peles

Geography, Glocal

Sustainable development; Food security; Agriculture; Education; Climate change

Dr. Ohad Raveh

Department of Environmental Economics and Management, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Natural resource economics

Prof. Meital Reches

Chemistry

Antifouling; Peptide-based materials

Prof. Stefan Rokem

Medicine, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, IMRIC

Prof. Gillad Rosen

Social Sciences, Geography and Institute of Urban and Regional Studies

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

Dr. Shilo Rosenwasser

Social Sciences, Geography and Institute of Urban and Regional Studies

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

Prof. Dorita Rostkier-Edelstein

The Institute of Earth Sciences

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

Prof. Zvi Roth

Department of Animal Sciences, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Environmental contamination; Fertility

Dr. Baruch Rubin

Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

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

Prof. Orly Sade

Business School

Crowdfunding and gender; financial inclusion

Dr. Sharon Schlesinger

Department of Animal Sciences

Cultured Meat

Prof. Nimrod Schwartz

Soil and Water Sciences, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Soil water; Root water uptake; Monitoring soil processes; Hydrogeophysics; Soil physics

Dr. Miriam Schwartz-Ziv

Business School, Finance Department

ESG, Finance

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

Dr. Boaz Shacham

National Natural History Collections (NNHC)

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

Dr. Sharoni Shafir

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

Honey bees, behavioral ecology, pollination, nutrition, cognition

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

Dr. Liron Shani

Faculty of Society, Sociology and Anthropology

Anthropology of Environment and Agriculture; Science and Technology; Rural areas; Alien species; Social impacts of the climate crisis

Dr. Roni Shapira

Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition

Recycle cultured meat media

Dr. Efrat Sheffer

Institute of Plant Science and Genetics in Agriculture, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Forest and woodland ecology; Climate change impacts on natural ecosystem; Ecosystem ecology and the biogeochmical nitrogen cycle; Anthropogenic effects on natural and managed ecosystems; Nitrogen fixation in legumes

Prof. Yael Mishael

Soil and Water Department

Prof. Shahal Abbo

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

Dryland farming; Grain legumes

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

Prof. Asher Ben-Arieh

Social Work

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

Prof. Ido Braslavsky

Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition

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

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

Prof. Benny Chefetz

Soil and Water Sciences

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

Prof. Yona Chen

Department of Soil and Water, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Waste water recycling; Solid waste recycling; Developmen of novel fertilizers

Dr. Moshe Coll

Agriculture, Entomology

Biological Control; Ecosystem Services; Integrated Pest management; Species diversity, sustainable pest control

Prof. Eyal Ert

Department of Environmental Economics and Management

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

Dr. Leor Eshed

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

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

Dr. Tamar Friedlander

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

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

Dr. José Grünzweig

Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Applied ecology, Biogeochemistry, Climate change ecology, Land management, Carbon sequestration, Forest ecology

Prof. Yitzhak Hadar

Plant pathology and microbiology

Biomass; Lignin; Mushroom, White rot fungi, Bioremediation

Prof. Zvi Hayouka

Institute of Biochemistry Food Science and Nutrition

Antibiotic resistance, non antibiotic antimicrobial agents, bioactive packaging

Dr. David Helman

Soil and Water Sciences, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Remote sensing; Crop modeling; Urban farming; Environmental impact assessment; Climate-conflict links;

Prof. Yael Helman

Microbiology, Agriculture

Dr. Ittai Herrmann

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture,

Precision agriculture; Plant phenotyping; Carbon long term fixation

Prof. Abigail Hurwitz

Department of Environmental Economics and Management, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Impact investments; ESG

Prof. Edouard Jurkevitch

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

Predation between bacteria; Insect-bacteria symbiosis; Soil microbiology

Prof. Iddo Kan

Department of Environmental Economics and Management, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Wastewater irrigation; Solid-waste management; Renewable energy

Prof. Zohar Kerem

The Institute of Biochemistry, Food and Nutrition

Plant protein; Drought resistant plants; Valorization waste; Food

Dr. Jaime Kigel

The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

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

Prof. Adam Lampert

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

Environmental Management; Environmental Economics; Bioeconomics

Prof. Yael Mandelik

Entomology, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Biodiversity conservation; Ecosystem services; Ecological monitoring; Ecological restoration

Dr. Yair Mau

Soil and Water Sciences

Soil degradation; Sustainable irrigation; Desertification; Plant water management

Prof. Efrat Monsonego-Ornan

The School of Nutrition, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Alternative protein; Ultra-processed food

Prof. Shai Morin

Entomology, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Developing Novel methods for pest control to improve food security; Reduce chemical control spaying in agriculture for enhancing biodiversity and ecological services

Prof. Menachem Moshelion

Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

Plant-environment interactions, Plant nutrient and water use, Precise irrigation

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

Dr. Philippos Papathanos

Entomology

Insect genetics, Genetic control of insect pests, Gene drives, Synthetic Biology

Prof. Zvi Peleg

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

Climate-resilient crops; Water-use efficiency; Wheat wild relatives; Root biology; Food security

Dr. Ohad Raveh

Department of Environmental Economics and Management, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Natural resource economics

Prof. Zvi Roth

Department of Animal Sciences, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Environmental contamination; Fertility

Dr. Baruch Rubin

Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

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

Dr. Sharon Schlesinger

Department of Animal Sciences

Cultured Meat

Prof. Nimrod Schwartz

Soil and Water Sciences, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Soil water; Root water uptake; Monitoring soil processes; Hydrogeophysics; Soil physics

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

Dr. Sharoni Shafir

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

Honey bees, behavioral ecology, pollination, nutrition, cognition

Dr. Yael Bar-Zeev

Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine

Health Promotion; Healthy Cities; Tobacco Control

Prof. Ofra Benny

School of Pharmacy, Medicine

Biodegradable materials and nanomaterials; Polymers and organic materials

Dr. Benjamin Drenger

Medicine

Volatile anesthetics; Elimination from the atmosphere

Dr. Alexander Gural

Medicine

Teaching sustainability to medical students

Dr. Michael Klutstein

Dental Medicine, Institute of Biomedical and Oral Research

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

Dr. Hagai Levine

Medicine

Environmental Health Policy; Environmental Epidemiology

Prof. Alon Livny

Dentistry

Dentistry; Waste Management; Single use and reuse

Prof. Ora Paltiel

Epidemiology, Medicine

Prof. Raanan Raz

Public Health, Medicine

Prof. Stefan Rokem

Medicine, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, IMRIC

Prof. Tomer Broude

Law and International Relations

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

Prof. Guy Harpaz

Dean of Students, Law and Social Sciences

Dr. Sharon Horsky

Business School

Consumer choice; Green Housing

Dr. Yehezkel (hezi) Resheff

Business School

Prof. Orly Sade

Business School

Crowdfunding and gender; financial inclusion

Dr. Miriam Schwartz-Ziv

Business School, Finance Department

ESG, Finance

Prof. Sharon Shakargy

Law

Dr. Uri Davidovich

Archaeology, Humanities

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

Prof. Jan Gunneweg

Humanities and Archaeometry, Institute of Archaeology

Dr. Erella Hovers

Institute of Archaeology

Paleo-environment; Pleistocene; Resistor archaeology

Dr. Lee Mordechai

History, Humanities

Prof. Gideon Shelach-Lavi

Asian Studies

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

Dr. Naomi Yuval-Naeh

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

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

Prof. Hagit Affek

Institute of Earth Sciences

Paleoclimate; Isotope geochemistry

Prof. Amotz Agnon

Institute of Earth Sciences

Renewable energy; Energy security; Earthquake preparedness

Prof. Einat Aharonov

Institute of Earth Science

Natural gas

Prof. Alon Angert

Exact Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences

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

Prof. Micha Asscher

Institute of Chemistry

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

Dr. Tamar Avin-Wittenberg

Plant and Environmental Sciences

Plant yield, metabolomics, autophagy, abiotic stress

Dr. Uri Banin

Faculty of Science, Institute of Chemistry

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

Prof. Shimshon Belkin

Institute of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Biosensors; Pollution; Water quality

Prof. Guy Bloch

Natural Sciences; Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

Honey bees, Bumble bees, Pollination, Insect physiology

Dr. Guy Dagan

Institute of Earth Sciences

Climate change; Cloud feedback; Aerosol-cloud interaction

Prof. Simon Emmanuel

Institute of Earth Sciences

Water resources; Carbon sequestration

Dr. Yehouda Enzel

Institute of Earth Sciences

Geomorphology; Fluvial change; Dead Sea; Dust and loess; Landform evolution

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

Prof. Lioz Etgar

Chemistry

Solar cells and related materials

Dr. Omri Finkel

Institute of Life Science

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

Prof. Uri Gat

Cell and Developmental Biology, Life Sciences

Prof. Dmitri Gelman

Chemistry

Catalysis; Energy

Dr. Hezi Gildor

The Institute of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Mathematics & Sciences

Climate research; Oceanography

Dr. Yoni Goldmsith

Institute of Earth Sciences

Dr. Ronen Gottesman

Institute of Chemistry

Dr. Gili Greenbaum

Natural Sciences, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

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

Prof. Carynelisa Haspel

Institute of Earth Sciences

Solar energy; Light pollution

Dr. Dror Hawlena

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

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

Dr. Assaf Hochman

Institute of Earth Sciences

Climate change projections; Extreme weather forecast; Climate change impacts

Prof. Ronen Kadmon

Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

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

Prof. Nir Keren

Life Sciences

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

Prof. Ovadia Lev

The Institute of Chemistry

Energy storage; Environmental Chemistry

Dr. Shlomo Magdassi

Chemistry

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

Prof. Daniel Mandler

Chemistry

Prof. Efrat Morin

Earth Sciences

Prof. Yaakov Nahmias

Grass Center for Bioengineering

Prof. Oded Navon

Faculty of Science, Institute of Earth Sciences

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

Prof. Rachel Nechushtai

Alexander Silberman Life Science Institute

Photosynthesis; Artificial photosynthesis; photocurrent generation

Prof. Meital Reches

Chemistry

Antifouling; Peptide-based materials

Prof. Dorita Rostkier-Edelstein

The Institute of Earth Sciences

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

Dr. Boaz Shacham

National Natural History Collections (NNHC)

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

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

Dr. Daphna Shimon

Chemistry

Carbon sequestration; weathering; magnetic resonance; NMR; DNP

Dr. Nathan Steiger

Institute of Earth Sciences

Climate; Drought; Hydroclimate

Dr. Nufar Avni

Dept. of Geography

Environmental policies; Urban autonomy; C40; ICLEI

Prof. Rotem Bar-Or

Faculty of Social Sciences, Dept. of Geography

Urban climate change and mitigation; Smart Sustainable Cities; Technology and Urban Well-being

Dr. Reut Barak Weekes

Glocal International Development Program

Sustainable agriculture; Technological adoption; Community Development

Prof. Tomer Broude

Law and International Relations

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

Prof. Galit Cohen Blankshtain

Public Policy and Government; Geography

Public participation; locality; NGOs

Prof. Eran Feitelson

Environmental Policy, Social Science

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