The Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change
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Academic Researchers

Researcher's Name

Email

 

Department

 

Field

General Area

Prof. Shimon Rachmilevitch - Head of the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change

rshimon@bgu.ac.il

Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Plant Ecophysiology

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Uri Abdu

abdu@bgu.ac.il

Department of Life Sciences

​Sustainability in agriculture (poultry), a genetic mechanism for determining color in chickens, species invasion

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Sigal Abramovich

sigalabr@bgu.ac.il

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Global Changes, Oceanography

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Muhammad Abu Tailakh

abutaila@bgu.ac.il

Department of Nursing

​Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases and Ethnic Differences​

Health and Environment

Prof. Nurit Agam

agam@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Micrometeorology, heat and mass transfer across the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Nurit Alfasi

nurital@bgu.ac.il

Department of Geography and Environmental Development

Urban Planning, Urban Dynamics

Policy, Management and Planning

Prof. Lital  Alfonta

alfontal@bgu.ac.il

Department of Life Sciences

Synthetic Environmental Biology

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Dr. Gilad Antler

giladantler@gmail.com

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Environmental Geochemistry, Stable Isotopes, Bio-geochemical cycles, Chemical Oceanography

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Shai Arnon

sarnon@bgu.ac.il

The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology

Hydrology, Water Quality in Streams, Movement of Pollutants in the Environment

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Chris Arnusch

arnusch@bgu.ac.il

The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology

Chemistry Materials

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Gilboa Arye

aryeg@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Soil and Water

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Nurit Ashkenazi

nurita@bgu.ac.il

Department of Materials Engineering

Bio-Derived Electronics

Engineering and Energy

Prof. Nir Avieli

avieli@bgu.ac.il

Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Anthropology​

Human, Society and Environment

Dr. Nir Barak

nirbarak@bgu.ac.il

Department of Politics and Government

Politics and Environmental Philosophy, Urban Politics, Political Theory

Human, Society and Environment

Prof. Simon Barak

simon@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Plant Molecular Responses to Environmental Stresses

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Dr. Shirli Bar-David

shirlibd@bgu.ac.il

The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research

Nature Conservation, Genetics of Nature Conservation

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Hillel Bar-Gera

bargera@bgu.ac.il

Department of Industrial Engineering & Management

Transportation

Policy, Management and Planning

Prof. Maya Bar-Sadan

barsadan@bgu.ac.il

Department of Chemistry

Development of Functional Materials Used to Produce Alternative Fuels in a Sustainble way

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Edo Bar-Zeev

edobarzeev@gmail.com

The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology

Aquatic Microbiology

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Dudy Bar-Zvi

barzvi@bgu.ac.il

Department of Life Sciences

Plant Genetic and Biochemistry, Response to Stress

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Dr. Muhammad Bashouti

Bashouti@bgu.ac.il

Alexandre Yersin Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics

Semiconductors, Devices, Sensors

Engineering and Energy

Prof. Avraham Beer

beera@bgu.ac.il

The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology

Physics

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Yaniv Belhassen

yanivbel@bgu.ac.il

Hotel and Tourism Management

Touristification and Commercialization of Natural and Cultural Resources, Spirituality and Pilgrimage, Sustainable Management, Pedagogy and Critical Thinking

Human, Society and Environment

Dr. Ron Ben-Tovim

ronbent@bgu.ac.il

Foreign literatures and linguistics

The relationship between humans and their natural environment during wartime

Human, Society and Environment

Prof. Orit Ben Zvi Assaraf

ntorit@bgu.ac.il

Science & Technology Education

Developing Skills of Systemic Thinking, Environmental Education, Learning in Informal Environments such as Science Museums and Zoos

Human, Society and Environment

Prof. Eran Ben-Elia

benelia@bgu.ac.il

Department of Geography and Environmental Development

Transportation and Travel Behavior

Human, Society and Environment

​Prof. Ben-zvi Anat

​anatbz@bgu.ac.il

​Department of Life Sciences​

​Impact of life history on control and operation of quality control systems and stress responses

​Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation​

Prof. Yoella Bereby-Meyer

yoella@bgu.ac.il

Department of Psychology

​​Risk, decision-making under conditions of uncertainty, behavioral economics​

Human, Society and Environment

Dr. Oded Berger-Tal

bergerod@bgu.ac.il

The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research

Animal behavior and nature conservation

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Ronen Berkovich

berkovir@bgu.ac.il

Department of Chemical Engineering

​Surface phenomena, pollutant suspension, biophysics, nanotribology

Water, Air and Earth; Engineering and Energy

Prof. Sigal Berman

sigalbe@bgu.ac.il

Department of Industrial Engineering & Management

Robotics, motor control, intelligent systems engineering

Engineering and Energy

Dr. Anat Bernstein

anatbern@bgu.ac.il

The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology

Degradation Processes of Organic Pollutants in the Environment​

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Natalya (Natasha) Bilenko

natalya@bgu.ac.il

Department of Public Health

Public Health, Environmental Epidemiology

Health and Environment

Dr. Michal Birkenfeld

birkemic@bgu.ac.il

Department of Bible studies, Archeology and the Ancient Near East

Prehistoric archaeology, The Early Neolithic of the southern Levant, Transition to Agriculture/Horticulture & Desert exploitation.

Human, Society and Environment

Prof. Dan Blumberg

blumberg@bgu.ac.il

Department of Geography and Environmental Development

Remote Sensing and Geomorphology

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Yuval Boneh

bonehyuv@bgu.ac.il

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

The Mantle Flow and Dynamics Associated with the Earth's Tectonic Evolution

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Amos Bouskila

bouskila@bgu.ac.il

Department of Life Sciences

Predator-Prey Interactions, Reptile and Mammal Ecology, Mathematical Models for Decision Making in Animals, Conservation, Reintroduction

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Orna Braun-Lewensohn

ornabl@bgu.ac.il

Conflict Management & Resolution Program

Conflict anagement and esolution

Human, Society and Environment

Prof. Asher Brenner

brenner@bgu.ac.il

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Water technologies

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Alex Brodsky

alexbrod@bgu.ac.il

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Building Behavior Under Extreme Conditions

Engineering and Energy

Prof. Daniel Chamovitz

president@bgu.ac.il

President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Plant Science

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Dr. Chen Cohen

chencohe@bgu.ac.il

Department of Public Policy and Management

Green Building, Recycling, Green Energy

Policy, Management and Planning

Dr. Odaya Cohen

odeyac@bgu.ac.il

Recanati School for Community Health Professions

Emergency preparedness and response

Health and Environment

Prof. Julie Cwikel

jcwikel@bgu.ac.il

Department of Social Work

Coping with Ecological Disasters, Chernobyl, Social Epidemiology of Climate Change, Biogas and Ecological Innovation

Human, Society and Environment

Prof. Ofer Dahan

odahan@bgu.ac.il

The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology

Hydrology

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Nadav Davidovitch

nadavd@bgu.ac.il

Health Policy and Management

Epidemiology, Health Policy, Health and Environment

Health and Environment

Dr. Maoz Dor

maozd@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and
Biotechnology of Drylands

Soil Science

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Jeff Dodick

jeff.dodick@gmail.com

Business Administration

Designing and Evaluating Business Models and Policy to Support Circular Economy

Policy, Management and Planning

​Dr. Eran Edri

​edrier@bgu.ac.il

​Department of Chemical Engineering

​Materials and devices for renewable energy

​Engineering and Energy

Prof. Moriah Ellen

ellenmo@bgu.ac.il

Health Systems Policy and Management

Evidence informed Decision Making, Implementation Science

Policy, Management and Planning

Prof. Evyatar Erell

erell@bgu.ac.il

Department of Geography and Environmental Development

Green Building, Urban Microclimate

Engineering and Energy

Prof. Aaron Fait

fait@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Food Security, Fruit and Seed Quality, Plant Stress Response, Grapevine Wine, Metabolism, Metabolomics

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Dr. Daniel Fuks

dfuks@bgu.ac.il

Department of Bible Studies, Archeology and the Ancient Near East

​Archaeobotany​

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Erez Gal

erezgal@bgu.ac.il

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Sustainability, Green Building, Computational Mechanics, Multi-Scale analysis

Engineering and Energy

Prof. Jiwchar Ganor

ganor@bgu.ac.il

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Environmental Geochemistry, Rock-Water Reactions

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Yaakov Garb

ygarb@bgu.ac.il

Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Environmental Studies, STS, Social Analysis of the Environment

Human, Society and Environment

Prof. Yaniv Gelbstein

yanivge@bgu.ac.il

Materials Engineering

​Alternative energy for converting heat to electricity (thermoelectricity) and converting chemical energy (hydrogen) to electricity and vice versa

Engineering and Energy

Dr. Ilya Gelfand

igelfand@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Biochemistry, Systemic Ecology

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Itamar Giladi

itushgi@bgu.ac.il

The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research

Ecology, Spatial Ecology, Dispersal, Conservation

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Osnat Gillor

gilloro@bgu.ac.il

The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology

Microbial Ecology

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Liran Goren

gorenl@bgu.ac.il

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Landscape Evolution, Fluvial Geomorphology, Flow in Porous Media, Landslides

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Gideon Grafi

gggrafi@gmail.com

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Plant Stress Response

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Roi Granot

rgranot@bgu.ac.il

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

​Magnetic field, plate tectonics

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Rafi Grosglik

rafig@post.bgu.ac.il

Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Sociology and Anthropology

Human, Society and Environment

Dr. Avner Gross

avnergro@bgu.ac.il

Department of Geography and Environmental Development

Climate Change, Biogeochemical cycles, tropical forests

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Amit Gross

amgross@bgu.ac.il

The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology

Water and Environmental Sciences

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Ilai Guendelman

guendelm@bgu.ac.il

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Climate dynamics

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Ofer Hadar

hadar@bgu.ac.il

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Video Image Analysis, Deep Neural Networks, Video Compression

Engineering and Energy

Dr. Hadas Hawlena

hadashaw@bgu.ac.il

The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research

Ecology and Evolution of host-parasite interactions,

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Moshe Herzberg

herzberg@bgu.ac.il

The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology

Desalination and Water Treatment, Microbial Biofilms

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Idan Hod

hodi@bgu.ac.il

Department of Chemistry

Design of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Materials for Sustainable Energy

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Shabtai Isaac

isaacsh@bgu.ac.il

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Construction anagement

Policy, Management and Planning

Prof. Raz Jelinek

razj@bgu.ac.il

Department of Chemistry

Nanotechnological Materials, Thin Surfaces and Films, Sensors and Biological Membranes

Water, Air and Earth

​Dr. Baraban Joshua

​jbaraban@bgu.ac.il

​Department of Chemistry

​Spectroscopy of reactive molecules

​Engineering and Energy

​Dr. Tehila Kalagy

​ kalagy@bgu.ac.il

​Department of Public Policy and Management

​Exploring Minority Policy in a Multidisciplinary Perspective / Culturally Adapted Public Policy

​Policy, Management and Planning

Dr.  Ronni Kamai

rkamai@bgu.ac.il

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Seismic Hazards and Soil Mechanics

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Nina Kamennaya

ninaka@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Ecology, Physiology and Biotechnology of Cyanobacteria

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Alexey Kamishny

kamyshny@bgu.ac.il

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Environmental Chemistry, Biochemistry, Oceanography

Water, Air and Earth

​Prof. Alina Karabchevsky

​alinak@bgu.ac.il

​School of Electrical and Computer Eng

Green energy

Engineering and Energy​

Prof. Arnon Karnieli

karnieli@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Image Processing

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Ron Kasher

kasher@bgu.ac.il

The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology

Desalination and Water Treatment, Polymer Membranes

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Khalil Kashkush

kashkush@bgu.ac.il

Department of Life Sciences

Genetics and Genomics of Populations, Transposons, Biodiversity of Wild Wheat

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. David Katoshevski

davidk@bgu.ac.il

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Air Quality, Aerosel Dynamics, Particles Deletion from Air and Water, Burning Processes

Engineering and Energy

Prof. Itzhak Katra

katra@bgu.ac.il

Department of Geography and Environmental Development

Soil Erosion, Dust Storms

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Eugene Katz

keugene@bgu.ac.il

The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research

Solar Energy

Engineering and Energy

Prof. Yaron Katzir

ykatzir@bgu.ac.il

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Geology, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Isotope Geochemistry

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Chen Keasar

keasar@bgu.ac.il

The Department of Computer Science

Spatial Ecology, Biodiversity, Agroecology, Ecoinformatics

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Inna Khozin-Goldberg

khozin@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Sustainable Production of Microalgal Biomass and Products on Waste Resources, Mechanisms and Deployment of Luxury P Uptake, Developing Natural Sustainable Treatments and Dietary Supplements

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Moshe Kiflawi

mkiflawi2@gmail.com

Department of Life Sciences

Ecology, Marine Environments, Reef fishes

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Dr. Oz Kira

ozkira@bgu.ac.il

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Sustainable Agriculture, Air Pollution, Environmental Sensing

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Meidad Kissinger

meidadk@bgu.ac.il

Department of Geography and Environmental Development

Sustainability Science, Environmental Policy, Envirionental Modeling and Accounting

Policy, Management and Planning

Prof. Itai kloog

ikloog@bgu.ac.il

Department of Geography and Environmental Development

Environmental Epidemiology, Exposure Assessment

Health and Environment

Prof. Tehila Kogut

kogut@bgu.ac.il

School of Education

​Pro-social behavior, decision-making​​

Human, Society and Environment

Dr. Max Kolton

MaxKolton@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Microbial Ecology of Drylands Ecosystems

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Carmi Korine

ckorine@bgu.ac.il

The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research

Ecological Physiology, Agroecology, Urban Influences, Biodiversity and Alternative Energies, Desert Mammals, Bats

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Burt Kotler

kotler@bgu.ac.il

Marco and Louise Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology

Evolutionary ecology

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Boris Krasnov

krasnov@bgu.ac.il

The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research

Ecology, Evolution, mammal Zoology, Mcroecology

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Ariel Kushmaro

arielkus@bgu.ac.il

Department of Biotechnology Engineering

Microbial Ecology, Biological Decomposition of Pollutants, Environment, Sewage Treatment

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Mark Last

mlast@bgu.ac.il

Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering

Data Sciences

Engineering and Energy

Prof. Naftali Lazarovitch

lazarovi@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Dryland Agriculture, Soil Science, Irrigation,

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Gunnar Lehmann

gunnar.lehmann@gmail.com

Department of Bible studies, Archeology and the Ancient Near East

Archaeology, Social Complexity and Decision Making in Past Pre-Industrial Societies

Human, Society and Environment

Dr. Elad Levintal

levintal@bgu.ac.il

Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology

​Gas, Water, and Biogeochemical Cycles at the Land-Atmosphere Interface ​

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Amalia Levy

lamalia@bgu.ac.il

Department of Public Health

Environmental Epidemiology

Health and Environment

Prof. Yotam Lurie

yotam@bgu.ac.il

Department of Management

Applied Ethics, Environmental Ethics and Theories of Sustainability

Human, Society and Environment

Dr. Tamar Makov

makovt@bgu.ac.il

Department of Management

Industrial Ecology, Sustainable Consumption, Sharing Sustainable Food Systems, Economy, Circular Economy

Policy, Management and Planning

Prof. Shimrit Maman

tiroshs@bgu.ac.il

Earth and Planetary Image

Satellite technologies & application (remote sensing, GIS, OSINT) environmental ​​

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Ofer Marder

mardero@bgu.ac.il

Department of Bible studies, Archeology and the Ancient Near East

Archeology, Prehistoric, Issues Related to the Past Climate, Changes that Took Place during the Pleistocene, Adaptation of Man to the Environment

Human, Society and Environment

Dr. Itay Marienberg-Milikowsky

marienbe@post.bgu.ac.il

The Department of Hebrew Literature

Hebrew Literature, Digital Humanities, Environmental Humanities, Literary Theory

Human, Society and Environment

​Prof. Michael Meijler

​meijler@bgu.ac.il

​Department of Chemistry

​Chemical communication between species, and their effects on various habitats/ecosystems​

​Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Isaac Meir

sakis@bgu.ac.il

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Sustainable Planning, Green Building, Energy and Building, Intra-structural Environmental Quality, LCA

Engineering and Energy

Prof. Ehud Meron

ehud@bgu.ac.il

Alexandre Yersin Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics

Mathematical Models in Landscape and Community Ecology, Desertification, Evolutionary Dynamics

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Dan Mishmar

dmishmar@bgu.ac.il

Department of Life Sciences

Genetics, Genomics and Evolution of Mitochondria

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Itzhak Mizrahi

imizrahi@bgu.ac.il

Department of Life Sciences

Microbial Ecology

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Simon Moran

simone@bgu.ac.il

Department of Management

​Decision making, trust, ethical behavior, pro-social behavior​​

Human, Society and Environment

Prof. Jacob Moran-Gilad

giladko@post.bgu.ac.il

Department of Health Systems Management

One Health, Clinical Microbiology, Waterborne Pathogens, Metagenomics of Wastewater, Antimicrobial Resistance, Advanced Genomics, Epidemiology

Health and Environment

Dr. Oded Nir

odni@bgu.ac.il

The Department of Desalination & Water Treatment

Water Treatment Processes, Desalination and Resource Recycling

Water, Air and Earth

​Prof. Dorit Nitzan

doritni@bgu.ac.il​

​Department of Public Health

​Prevention, preparedness and emergency response, One health (human health, animal and plant health, environmental health)​

​Health and Environment

Prof. Victor Novack

victorno@clalit.org.il

Joyce & Irving Goldman Medical School

Epidemiology

Health and Environment

Dr. Lena Novack

novack@bgu.ac.il

Department of Public Health

environmental epidemiology, biostatistics, human biomonitoring, heavy metals

Health and Environment

Prof. Ariel Novoplansky

anovopla@bgu.ac.il

- Marco and Louise Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology

Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology, Evolution

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Dr. Leah Orlovsky

orlovsky@bgu.ac.il

The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research

Remote Sensing for Desertification Studies, Changes in Land Cover and Land Use, Impacts of Climate Change, Environment and Society

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Ofer Ovadia

oferovad@bgu.ac.il

Department of Life Sciences

Evolution, Community Ecology, Biodiversity, Conservation

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Doron Pappo

pappod@bgu.ac.il

Department of Chemistry

Organic Chemistry, Green Chemistry

Water, Air and Earth

​Dr. Tarin Paz-Kagan

​tarin@bgu.ac.il

​Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

​Remote sensing of soil and plant​

​Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. David Pearlmutter

davidp@bgu.ac.il

Department of Geography and Environmental Development

Urban microclimate, Energy efficiency in the built environment

Policy, Management and Planning

Prof. Alva Peled

alvpeled@bgu.ac.il

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Alternative Building Materials, Green Building

Engineering and Energy

Dr. Shai Pilosof

pilos@post.bgu.ac.il

Department of Life Sciences

Ecology, Evolution, Biological Networks

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Dr. Shmulik Pinkert

pinkerts@bgu.ac.il

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Soil Engineering, Geotechnics

Water, Air and Earth

​Prof. Gilad Ravid

​ rgilad@bgu.ac.il

​Department of Industrial Engineering & Management

​Information systems, computer-mediated communication, social networks, agriculture

​Engineering and Energy

Prof. Aviad Raz

aviadraz@bgu.ac.il

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Organizational Sociology

Human, Society and Environment

​Prof. Oren Regev

​oregev@bgu.ac.il

​Department of Chemical Engineering

​Polymer composite, thermal management, electron microscopy

​Engineering and Energy

Dr. Ido Regev

regevid@bgu.ac.il

The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research

Environmental Physics, Granular Materials, Wetting and Dehydration, Plant Growth

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Raziel Riemer

rriemer@bgu.ac.il

Department of Industrial Engineering & Management

Creating Energy From the Movement of People, Decision-Making Tools For Steps to Reduce Carbon, Waste and Other Refugees

Engineering and Energy

Dr. Yodan Rofé

yrofe@bgu.ac.il

Department of Geography and Environmental Development

Urban Planning, Urban Design, Sustainable Development

Policy, Management and Planning

Dr. Uri Roll

uriroll@bgu.ac.il

Marco and Louise Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology

Conservation Science, Spatial Ecology, Macroecology

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Dr. Avner Ronen

avnerr@bgu.ac.il

The Department of Desalination & Water Treatment

Water and wastewater treatment, electrically conducting membranes, micropollutants

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Zeev Ronen

zeevrone@bgu.ac.il

The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology

Environmental Microbiology

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Steven Rosen

rosen@bgu.ac.il

Department of Archaeology

Prehistory, Desert adaptations in the past, mobile pastoralism, environmental archaeology

Human, Society and Environment

Prof. Mosi Rosenboim

mmm@bgu.ac.il

Department of Management

Behavioral economics and financial decision making​

Human, Society and Environment

Dr. Benyamin Rosental

rosentab@post.bgu.ac.il

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Comperative Immunology

Health and Environment

Prof. Stav Rosenzweig

stavro@bgu.ac.il

Department of Management

Consumer Behavior, Marketing and Business Strategy

Policy, Management and Planning

​Prof. Tirza Routtenberg

​tirzar@bgu.ac.il

​​School of Electrical and Computer Eng

​Signal processing and optimization with power grid applications and energy systems

Engineering and Energy​

Prof. Ofir Rubin

orubin@bgu.ac.il

Department of Public Policy and Management

Energy economics; Environmental Economicsl and Energy policy; Rural development

Policy, Management and Planning

Prof. Amir Sagi

sagia@bgu.ac.il

Department of Life Sciences

Molecular Physiology of Aquatic Crustacea, Sustainable Aquaculture, Biological Control

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Moshe Sagi

gizi@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Acclimatization of Lopite Plants, Aging in Plants, halophytes plants

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Orly Sarid

orlysa@bgu.ac.il

Department of Social Work

​Mental and physical health, Crohn's, fertility problems, stress, resources​​​

Human, Society and Environment

Dr. Roiy Sayag

roiy@bgu.ac.il

The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research

Ice Sheet Dynamics

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Lynn Schler

lynnsch@bgu.ac.il

Department of Politics and Government

African Studies

Human, Society and Environment

Dr. Michal Segoli

msegoli@bgu.ac.il

The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research

Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology of Insects, Biological Control

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Merav Seifan

seifan@bgu.ac.il

The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research

Plant Ecology, Plant-Animal Relationships, Grazing, Pollination

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Danit Shahar

dshahar@bgu.ac.il

School of Public Health

Sustainable and healthy diet, Environmental Footprint, exposure to contaminants

Health and Environment

Prof. Menny Shalom

mennysh@bgu.ac.il

Department of Chemistry

Photoelectrochemistry, Hydrogen Production, Electrochemistry, Two-Layer Materials

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Amir Shani

shaniam@bgu.ac.il

Hotel & Tourism Management

Tourism, Ethics, Environment

Human, Society and Environment

Dr. Stav Shapira

stavshap@bgu.ac.il

School of Public Health

Preparedness and Response to Emergencies and Disasters, Vulnerable Populations in Routine and Emergency

Health and Environment

Prof. Andrei Sharf

asharf@bgu.ac.il

The Department of Computer Science

Geometry processing, visual computing, deep learning, shape modeling​

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Nadav Shashar

nadavsh@bgu.ac.il

Department of Life Sciences

Marine Ecology, Sensory Ecology, Conservation and Restoration of Marine Environments

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Arnon Shlomi

shlomi@bgu.ac.il

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Wireless and satellite communication, free space optics, environmental monitoring

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Assaf Shmerling

assafs@bgu.ac.il

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Building Reconstruction for Earthquak

Engineering and Energy

​Dr. Eyal Shochat

​eyal.shochat1@gmail.com

​Department of Life Sciences

​Anthropogenic effects on biodiversity​​

​Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Dr. Tomer Shushi

tomershu@bgu.ac.il

Department of Business Administration

​Risk management, extreme scenarios, environmental financial risks, environmental physics

Water, Air and Earth; Human, Society and Environment

Prof. Yaron Sitrit

sitrit@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Desert Mycorrhizal Fungi, Fruit Ripening, CAM Plants

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Orit Sivan

oritsi@bgu.ac.il

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Chemical Oceanography

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Tal Svoray

tsvoray@bgu.ac.il

Department of Geography and Environmental Development

Ecohydrology, Soil Degredation, Geo-informatics, Environmental Psychology

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Refael Tadmor​

tadmor@gmail.com

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Taking Control of Marine Pollution

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Noemi Tel-Zur

telzur@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Plant Science, Cytogenetics and Plant Genetics, Physiology, New Crops, Fruit trees

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Dr. Naama Teschner

naamate@bgu.ac.il

Department of Geography and Environmental Development

Environmental Policy, Agroecology Climate and Energy policy

Policy, Management and Planning

Dr. Ran Tivony

rantiv@bgu.ac.il

Department of Chemical Engineering

Mechanisms of drug transport across membranes of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the use of microfluidics to construct artificial cells

Biology, diversity and conservation of nature, health and environment

Prof. Eran Treister

erant@cs.bgu.ac.il

Computer Science

​Scientific computing, machine learning, physics and computational geophysics​

Engineering and Energy

Prof. Michael Tsesarsky

michatse@bgu.ac.il

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Modification of Engineering Properties of Soil by Bacterial Activity

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Tuvia Turkeltaub

tuviat@bgu.ac.il

Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research

​Surface and subsurface hydrology​

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Vered Tzin

vtzin@bgu.ac.il

Albert Katz Department of Dryland Biotechnologies

Plant-Insect Interaction, plant metabolism, plant molecular biology, chemical ecology

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Shlomy Vainer

vshlomy.bgu.ac.il

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Surface processes and landscape design

Water, air and Earth

​Dr. Netta Vidavsky

​nettav@bgu.ac.il

​Department of Chemical Engineering

​Mineralization and formation processes​

​Engineering and Energy

Prof. Iris Visoly-Fisher

irisvf@bgu.ac.il

The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research

Materials and devices for solar energy conversion and storage

Engineering and Energy

Prof. Tamar Wainstock

wainstoc@bgu.ac.il

Department of Public Health

Prenatal and Environmental Epidemiology

Health and Environment

Prof. Noam Weisbrod

weisbrod@bgu.ac.il

The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology

Hydrology

Water, Air and Earth

Prof. Yossi Weizmann

yweizmann@bgu.ac.il

Department of Chemistry

Nanotechnology, Materials, Nucleic Acids Strucutres

Water, Air and Earth

Dr. Asaf Ya’akobovitz

assafyaa@bgu.ac.il

Department of Mechanical Engineering

​Nanomaterials, electromechanical nano- and microsystems, monitoring the medical condition of plants​

Engineering and Energy

Prof. Havatzelet Yahel

yahelh@bgu.ac.il

The Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism

Law, Historical Geography

Human, Society and Environment

Prof. Yitzhak Yitzhaky

ytshak@bgu.ac.il

Electro-Optics and Photonics Unit

Computer Vision, Image Processing

Engineering and Energy

Dr. Hezi Yizhaq

yiyeh@bgumail.bgu.ac.il

Newman Information Center for Desert Research and Development

​Aeolian geomorphology, ecohydrology, vegetation patterns in desert areas, impact of climate change on the resilience of ecosystems, non-linear dynamics​

Water, Air and Earth

​Prof. Fany Yuval

​fanyuval@bgu.ac.il

​Department of Public Policy and Management

​Management and public policy at the national and municipal level​

​Policy, Management and Planning

Prof. Michele Zaccai

mzaccai@bgu.ac.il

Department of Life Sciences

Plant Sciences

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Dina Zilberg

dzilberg@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

Fish Farming​

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Yaron Ziv

yziv@bgu.ac.il

Department of Life Scien​ces

Spatial Ecology, Biodiversity, Conservation, Agroecolgy, Restoration Ecology

Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation

Prof. Mikhail Zubkov

zubkovmi@bgu.ac.il

French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

​Microbial ecophysiology, biogeochemistry, oceanography

Water, Air and Earth