Agriculture, Food and Environment | Hebrew University Center for Sustainability

Agriculture, Food and Environment

Prof. Yael Mishael

Soil and Water Department

yael.mishael@mail.huji.ac.il

Prof. Shahal Abbo

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

Dryland farming; Grain legumes

shahal.abbo@mail.huji.ac.il

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dr. Moshe Coll

Agriculture, Entomology

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

moshe.coll@mail.huji.ac.il

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

Dr. Leor Eshed

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

leor.williams@mail.huji.ac.il

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. Tamar Friedlander

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

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

tamar.friedlander@mail.huji.ac.il

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

Prof. Yitzhak Hadar

Plant pathology and microbiology

Biomass; Lignin; Mushroom, White rot fungi, Bioremediation

yitzhak.hadar@mail.huji.ac.il

Prof. Zvi Hayouka

Institute of Biochemistry Food Science and Nutrition

Antibiotic resistance, non antibiotic antimicrobial agents, bioactive packaging

zvi.hayouka@mail.huji.ac.il

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;

david.helman@mail.huji.ac.il

Prof. Yael Helman

Microbiology, Agriculture

yael.helman@mail.huji.ac.il

Dr. Ittai Herrmann

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture,

Precision agriculture; Plant phenotyping; Carbon long term fixation

ittai.herrmann@mail.huji.ac.il

Prof. Abigail Hurwitz

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

Impact investments; ESG

abigail.hurwitz@mail.huji.ac.il