Yossef H Hatzor

Senior Academic

Prof. Yossef H. Hatzor is the Lemkin Professor of Rock Mechanics at BGU. He is the head of BGU Rock Mechanics Laboratory and Director of Engineering Geology studies at the department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. He is the founding president of the International Society of Rock Mechanics commission on Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA) and the founding president of Israel Rock Mechanics Association (IRMA).

Jinping 500
Hatzor, Ma, and Shi. 2018. CRC Press.
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Keynote Lecture: International Frontier Forum on Geotechnical Engineering, Disaster Prevention & Mitigation. Chengdu, China Dec. 20, 2022​
Tunnel Through Green Covered Rocks
3rd ISRM European Rock Mechanics Debate. Nick Barton and Yossef H. Hatzor. Online. January 25, 2023.
Godman
Special online session hosted by ISRM-DDA commission and CSRME, March 30, 2025.

Contact details

Phone: 972-8-6472621 Fax: 972-8-6472997 mail: hatzor@bgu.ac.il​ Department of Earth​ and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B.653 ,Beer-Sheva, 84105, ISRAEL