Faculty

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Agriculture, Food and Environment
Mathematics & Natural Sciences

Prof. Gillad Rosen

Social Sciences, Geography and Institute of Urban and Regional Studies

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

gillad.rosen@mail.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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Prof. Alon Livny

Dentistry

Dentistry; Waste Management; Single use and reuse

alonl@hadassah.org.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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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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Prof. Simon Emmanuel

Institute of Earth Sciences

Water resources; Carbon sequestration

simon.emmanuel@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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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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Dr. Moshe Shenker

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

Plant nutrition; Fertilizer efficiency; Precise fertilization; Treated wastewater

moshe.shenker@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. Stefan Rokem

Medicine, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, IMRIC

stefanr@ekmd.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Rotem Bar-Or

Faculty of Social Sciences, Dept. of Geography

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

baror@huji.ac.il

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Dr. Hagai Levine

Medicine

Environmental Health Policy; Environmental Epidemiology

hagai.levine@gmail.com

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Prof. Guy Harpaz

Dean of Students, Law and Social Sciences

guy.harpaz@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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Dr. Moshe Coll

Agriculture, Entomology

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

moshe.coll@mail.huji.ac.il

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Prof. Menachem Moshelion

Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

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

menachem.moshelion@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. 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. Itay Fischhendler

Geogprahy

Water; Energy; Conflict resolution; Governance

fishi@mscc.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Ohad Raveh

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

Natural resource economics

ohad.raveh@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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Prof. Noam Levin

Geography

GIS; Remote sensing; Conservation planning

noamlevin@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. Jan Gunneweg

Humanities and Archaeometry, Institute of Archaeology

jan.gunneweg@mail.huji.ac.il

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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

nimrod.schwartz@mail.huji.ac.il

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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

yona.chen@mail.huji.ac.il

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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

shai.morin@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. 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

efrat.sheffer@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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Dr. Shira Peles

Geography, Glocal

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

Shira.Peles@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. Ovadia Lev

The Institute of Chemistry

Energy storage; Environmental Chemistry

Ovadia@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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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

jose.gruenzweig@mail.huji.ac.il

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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

rubin@mail.huji.ac.il

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