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AVNER RONEN

Senior Academic

Our research

The Ronen Research Group

The Ronen research group emphasizes the use of new nanomaterials and innovative approaches addressing quality and quantity issues related to Water-Energy-Health Nexus, and for developing and testing new and novel technologies. Our research is at the interface of several disciplines, including nanotechnology, microbiology, materials and separation science and addresses the following:

  • Membrane-based processes for energy-efficient destillation and wastewater reuse including membrane distillation and electricity conducting membranes
  • Environmental applications of nanomaterials including the use of carbon nanomaterials, nanoparticles and polymers
  • Removal and assessment of micropollutants, heavy metals and rare earth metal
  • Mitigating membrane limiring phenomena (fouling, concentration and temperature polarizing)
  • Recovery of resources (ammonia, phosphate) from waste stream.

 

For more information visit Zuckerberg Water Institute

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The Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies

Latest publications

2023
Mutagenesis and Genome Resequencing. The Chlamydomonas Sourcebook: Introduction to Chlamydomonas and Its Laboratory Use. Third Edition.Breker-Dekel M., Dutcher SK. & Tulin F. (2023) Chapter 15.


2023
Mutagenesis and Genome Resequencing. The Chlamydomonas Sourcebook: Introduction to Chlamydomonas and Its Laboratory Use. Third Edition.Breker-Dekel M., Dutcher SK. & Tulin F. (2023) Chapter 15.

More Publications

Dr. Avner Ronen

Department of Desalination and Water Treatment

The Zuckerberg Instisute for Water Research

Jacob Blaustein Institutes for desert Research

Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

 

Dr. Ronen received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the Technion in 2014.

He Joined UC Riverside as a BARD postdoctoral fellow in 2014 for two years.

In his first academic appointment, Ronen served as Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Temple University, PA, USA.

Upon coming to Ben-Gurion University in 2020, he founded The Ronen research group.

Collaborations and grants

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Areas of Research

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Fabrication of Electrocatalytic membranes
We are developing a range of electrocatalytic membranes based on carbon nanotube-polymeric composites and Mxenes suitable for most membrane-based water treatment applications.
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Improving advanced membrane processes
We mitigate limiting phenomena in membrane separation processes including temperature and concentration polarization, specifically addressing thermal membrane processes such as membrane distillation.
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Nutrients Recovery
We take advantage of the membrane's inherent electrical conductivity to drive a range of electrochemical reactions, which can be used to recover N and P from wastewater.
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Fate, transport and treatment of contaminants of emerging concern
PFAS are a group of more than 4700 registered per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which have been used in the formulations of thousands of consumer goods and are present in aqueous film-forming foam formulations used to suppress aviation fires in training scenarios. As a result, they have contaminated surface and groundwater near thousands of industrial and military installations and have been observed at elevated concentrations in the groundwater near landfills and the surface water receiving wastewater discharge. Soils and sediments have also been observed to contain PFAS, which at times has been associated with the application of biosolids (e.g., in agricultural settings). PFAS have been linked to cancers, liver damage, thyroid disease, reproductive disorders, and many other health issues. We assess the fate and transport of PFASs in water and solids (biosolids, soil) using targeted analysis (LC-MS-MS and Pyrolysis GC-MS-MS) and evaluate possible approaches to concentrate and eliminate them.