CURRICULUM VITAE 

Personal

l94l             Born in Tel Aviv, Israel.
1956-1959	 High school education in Tel-Aviv
1959-1962        Military service
Marital Status:  Married with three sons and one daughter.

University Education and additional training

1963-l966        B.Sc. in Agriculture (Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
1966-l968        M.Sc. in Soil Science (major) and Field Crops
                 (Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
                 Thesis title: Phosphorus, silica and hydroxyl adsorption by kaolinite
	         Supervisor: Prof N. Lahav	
1968-l972        Ph.D. in Soil Science (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
	         Thesis title: A model of P uptake by plant roots in soil
	         Supervisors: Prof U. Kafkafi and Prof Y. Vaadia
l972 l973        Post doctoral position at the Dept. of Soil Science, The University of Western Australia.
	         With Prof A. Posner and  J.P. Quirk
                 Research subject: Specific ion adsorption by goethite
l976 l977        Sabbatical leave at the Dept. of Agric. Eng., Clemson University, South Carolina, USA
	         With Prof J. Lambert
                 Research subject: Soil factor effects on root growth- experimental and modeling
l985 l986        Sabbatical leave at the Water Management Laboratory, USDA, Fresno, California
	         With Dr C.J. Phene
                 Research subject: Selenium sorption by clay minerals and soils 
l996 l997        Sabbatical leave at the National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, US Department
                 of Energy, Idaho Falls, Idaho
	         With Dr R.D. Rogers
                 Research subject: Microorganism mediated rock phosphate dissolution in plant rhizospher
2000 2001        Sabbatical leave at the Environmental Sciences Dept., University of California, Riverside, California.	                               with Prof A. Chang
                 Research subject: Arsenic sorption by soils and uptake by plants
2005-2006	 Sabbatical leave at the Plant Sciences Dept., University of California, Davis, California
                 With Prof. J.H. Lieth
Research subject: Rose response to oxygen and N in hydroponics.

Positions held and academic status

l968  to date    Research scientist at the ARO, Institute of  Soil Water and Environmental Sciences, Bet Dagan, Israel
l976 l985        Head, Dept. of  Soil Chemistry and Plant Nutriton, ARO, Bet Dagan, Israel.
l98l l982        Visiting senior lecturer in the Biology Department, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
1991 1996        Head, Dept. of Soil Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, ARO, Bet Dagan, Israel.

MSc students’ supervisor (senior in all cases; all students graduating from the Hebrew University):
                 A. Bar-Tal; Thesis:  Zinc movement to a simulated root in adsorbing porous media as affected by pH and
                  various chelating agents (with Prof Y. Chen) Graduation 1982
                 O. Daphna; Thesis:  Nitrogen effect on dry matter production, mineral absorption, yield and quality of
                  processing tomato, and the suitability of a model to determine nitrogen availability
                  (with Prof. Y. Rudich) Graduation: 1984.            
                 A. Silber; Thesis:  Reactions of phosphorus with tuff from the Golan Heights (with Prof Y. Chen)
                  Graduation 1984
                 S. Amir; Thesis: The effect of manure pellets on some physical properties of soils.(with Prof Y. Chen
                  and DrA. Hadas) Graduation: 1987.

PhD students’ supervisor (senior advisor in all cases; all students graduating from the Hebrew University)
                 A. Bar-Tal; Thesis: Effect of pepper seedling nutrition in the nursery on transplants development,
                  establishment in the field and fruit yield (with Prof U. Kafkafi) Graduation 1987.
                 A. Silber; Thesis: Chemical properties and surface reactions of pyroclastic materials from Mount Peres,
                  The Golan Heights (with Prof Y. Chen) Graduation 1991.
                 J.J. Martinez Hernandez; Thesis:  Plants response to subsurface fertigation with P and N fertilizers
                  (with Prof U. Kafkafi) Graduation 1992.
                 Patricia Ames; Thesis:  Chemical and biological processes in the rhizosphere affecting mobility and
                  uptake of phosphorus by plants (with Prof U. Kafkafi) Graduation 1997.

Guidance of foreign scholars (one year each):
                 M. Lexa; Research subject (towards PhD)- A greenhouse tomato management decision model. 1991
                 Dr S. Feng; Research subject- Simulation of long-term nitrogen behavior in agricultural soils. 1995


Editorial Responsibilities

1994-1996        Editorial Board, Fertilizer Research
1989             Editor:  Bar Yosef, B., M.J. Barrow and Y. Goldshmid. l989.  Inorganic contaminants in the
                   vadose zone. Springer Verlag, New York. Ecological Studies 74. l989.
1999             Editor:  Bar-Yosef, B., and I. Seginer. 1999. Models for plant growth and control of the shoot
                   and root environments in greenhouses. ISHS Workshop Proceedings. Acta Horticulturae 507.