Faculty

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Agriculture, Food and Environment
Faculty of Law
Mathematics & Natural Sciences

Prof. Yael Mishael

Soil and Water Department

Prof. Shahal Abbo

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

Dryland farming; Grain legumes

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. Nufar Avni

Dept. of Geography

Environmental policies; Urban autonomy; C40; ICLEI

Dr. Uri Banin

Faculty of Science, Institute of Chemistry

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

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. Yael Bar-Zeev

Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine

Health Promotion; Healthy Cities; Tobacco Control

Dr. Reut Barak Weekes

Glocal International Development Program

Sustainable agriculture; Technological adoption; Community Development

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. Shimshon Belkin

Institute of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Biosensors; Pollution; Water quality

Prof. Asher Ben-Arieh

Social Work

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

Prof. Ofra Benny

School of Pharmacy, Medicine

Biodegradable materials and nanomaterials; Polymers and organic materials

Prof. Guy Bloch

Natural Sciences; Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

Honey bees, Bumble bees, Pollination, Insect physiology

Prof. Ido Braslavsky

Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition

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

Prof. Tomer Broude

Law and International Relations

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

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

Prof. Galit Cohen Blankshtain

Public Policy and Government; Geography

Public participation; locality; NGOs

Dr. Moshe Coll

Agriculture, Entomology

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

Dr. Guy Dagan

Institute of Earth Sciences

Climate change; Cloud feedback; Aerosol-cloud interaction

Dr. Uri Davidovich

Archaeology, Humanities

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

Dr. Benjamin Drenger

Medicine

Volatile anesthetics; Elimination from the atmosphere

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. 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

Prof. Lioz Etgar

Chemistry

Solar cells and related materials

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

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. Omri Finkel

Institute of Life Science

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

Dr. Itay Fischhendler

Geogprahy

Water; Energy; Conflict resolution; Governance

Dr. Tamar Friedlander

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

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

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