Yael Laor                                                                                                September 2018

Part I: CURRICULUM VITAE

1.	Personal
Department of Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition and Microbiology, Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Newe Ya'ar Research Center.
e-mail: laor@volcani.agri.gov.il
Personal web–site: http://www.agri.gov.il/people/736.aspx
Google Scholar web–site: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OO82ZS8AAAAJ

Dates	Description	
1962	Born in Tel-Aviv, Israel	
1980-1985	Military service in the Israeli Air Force (lieutenant)	

2.	University Education and Additional Training

Dates	Description	
1985 – 1988	B.A. (cum laude) in Physical Geography at Bar-Ilan University (an interdisciplinary program in Soil Science, Geology, and Geomorphology).	
1988 – 1992	M.A. (cum laude) in Physical Geography at Bar-Ilan University.
Title of thesis: Remnants of Soil and Karst Deposits in the Negev Highlands – Its Characteristics and Paleoclimatic Implications.
Supervision by: Prof. G. Gvirtsman, Dr. M. Wieder, and Prof. A. Singer.	
1990 – 1995	Ph.D. in Environmental Science at Rutgers University.
Title of thesis: Adsorption of Phenanthrene to Dissolved and to Mineral Associated Humic Acid and its Effect of Phenanthrene Bioavailability.
Supervision: Prof. Peter.F. Strom and Prof. Walter J. Farmer.	
		
1996 – 1999	Postdoctoral position at the Faculty of Civil Eng., Technion, Haifa with Prof. M. Rebhun. 
Research Subject: Binding interactions of organic contaminants with humic substances.	
1999 – 2000
	Postdoctoral position at the Faculty of Agricultural Eng., Technion, Haifa, with Prof. Y. Avnimelech.
Research Subject: The use of composted waste material for enhanced Ca migration and exchange in sodic soils and acidic minespoils.	
2000-2002	Postdoctoral position at the Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, ARO, with Dr. E. Graber. 
Research Subject: Contamination of the coastal aquifer with chlorinated volatile organic compounds.	
2008 – 2009
(4 months)	Sabbatical leave at the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland, with Dr. Laura McConnell. 
Research subject: Odor emissions from animal agriculture operations.

	
3.	Positions Held and Academic Status
Dates	Description	
2002	Research Scientist at the ARO, The Volcani Center, Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Newe Ya'ar Research Center
	
2008	Promoted to Rank B (equivalent to "Senior Lecturer")	

4.	Teaching Experience / Guiding Students 
A.	Academic Contribution:
Dates	Description	
1998 - 1999	Lecturer at the Faculty of Civil Eng., Environmental and Water Resources Eng., Technion
Title of the course: Physico-Chemical Processes in the Environment (graduate level)	
2017 - 2018	Lecturer at the Bar-Ilan University, Faculty of Life Science, The Volcani Program for Environment and Sustainability
Title of the course: From waste to resource  (third year undergraduate and graduate level) (leading lecturer, teaching ca. 2/3 parts of the course)	

B.	Guidance of M.Sc. Students (or B. Sci. internship)
Graduation date	Name	Title of thesis	Guidance with	
1999	Ms. Smadar Meir 	Use of Dissolved Humic Acid to Remove Hydrophobic Contaminants from Water by Complexation-Flocculation Processes	Prof. Menahem Rebhun (Technion)	
2000	Ms. Chen Zolkov
	Humic Substances Entrapped in a Sol-Gel Matrix: A New Tool for Sorption Studies
	Prof. Robert Armon (Technion)	
2007	*Ms. Dikla Tweg	Characterization of Offensive Odor Components from a Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant and a Cowshed as a Model for Odor Nuisances near City and Farm Communities in Israel 

	Prof. Yona Chen (The Hebrew University) and Prof. Uzi Ravid (ARO)	
2009	**Mr. Moshe Naor	Characterization of odor nuisance resulted from agricultural use of municipal biosolids		
2009	**Ms. Yael Abbou	Chemical characterization of potential odor sources around the city of Afula		
2011
	**Ms. Shimrit Berkovich	Effect of olive mill wastewater spreading on soil properties of two soil types under organic and conventional farming		
2012	Ms. Efrat Bar
(done both in my lab and Holand' lab)	Possible Involvement of Microorganisms in Replanted Apple Orchard Soils. 	Prof. Oded Beja (Technion) and Dr. Doron Holland (ARO)	
2013	*Ms. Yael Abbou	Modeling Odor Dispersion from a Wastewater Treatment Plant in Afula Based on Olfactometry Measurements vs. Theoretical H2S Emissions	Prof. Amos Ullmann (Tel-Aviv Univ.)	
2014	*Mr. Ran Avidov	Composting of sewage sludge in closed polyethylene sleeves with forced aeration	Prof. Yona Chen (The Hebrew Univ.)	
2014	**Ms. Rana Abu salah	Effect of olive mill waste spreading on soil microbial activity and functional diversity		
2010 – (2019: Expected)	*Mr. Moshe Naor	Design and Construction of a Laboratory Simulator to Study Composting Processes of Municipal Sewage Sludge and Associated Odor Emissions	Prof. Michael Raviv (The Hebrew University and the ARO).	
*under my direct supervision
** B. Sci. internship, as part of studies in ORT Braude College

C.	Guidance of Ph.D. Students:
Graduation date	Name	Title of thesis	Guidance with	
2015 – (2020: Expected)	Mr. Amit Paporish
(ARO distinguished student award for 3-year fellowship)
	Accelerated dissipation of the residual activity of ALS inhibiting herbicides (sulfonylurea class) in soil 
	Prof. Hanan Eizenberg (ARO) and Prof. Baruch Rubin (The Hebrew Univ.)	
2015 – (2021: Expected)	*Mr. Shlomi Oazana	Lab simulation and optimization of composting processes	Prof. Amit Gross (Ben Gurion Univ.)	
2016 – (2020: Expected)	*Mr. Ran Avidov	Pathogens survival, decomposition rates and odor emissions during composting and stabilization of by-products from the poultry industry	Prof. Yona Chen (The Hebrew Univ.)	
*under my direct supervision

D.	Post-Docs and Visiting Scientists:
Dates	Name	Research subject	
2003-2004	Dr. Ibrahim Saadi
	Fate and characteristics of dissolved organic matter is soils and effluent water	
2017-2018	Dr. V. Sudharsan Varma	Process control, air emissions, sanitary and agronomic aspects of composting processes	

E.	Organization of Courses
Dates	Duration	Place	Title	

5.	Activity in Scientific and Agricultural Committees

A.	International:
Dates	Description and role	

B.	National:
Dates	Description and role	
2012-2014	The Chief Scientist Research Proposal Evaluation Committee Organic Agriculture; Member 	
2013-2014	The Chief Scientist Research Proposal Steering Committee on Organic Agriculture; Head	

C.	Institutional:
Dates	Description and role	
2015 -	The ARO Manpower committee;  Member	
2015 -	ARO steering committee for sustainable agriculture; Member 	
2018 -	Sustainable Model Farm in Newe Ya’ar (budget of $US 4.8m); Scientific Director; Active Committee, Member	

6.	Contribution to the Scientific Community  

A.	International:
Dates	Description	
2007	Principal organizer of a Workshop on Principles of Compost Science and Technology with Emphasis on Olive Mill Wastes Composting. Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Ramat Yishay, Israel. MERC Project No. M25-946. Teaching three lectures.  	
2014	Initiator, Organizer of a mini workshop on odor sampling. NOSE2014, 4th International Conference on Environmental odour Monitoring and Control", Venice, Italy (14-17 September)	
2015	Initiator, Principal organizer and Chair of two Sessions of an International Workshop on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in Agricultural Research and Practice; Bet Dagan, Israel	
2018	Initiator, Principal organizer and Chair of two Sessions and 2-day field experiment of an International Workshop on Emission of Greenhouse Gases, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Odors in the Agricultural Environment; Bet Dagan and Newe Ya'ar, Israel	

B.	National: 
Dates	Description	
2015	Initiator, Principal Organizer and Chair of a special session on Composting in closed facilities in light of the Israeli regulations of odor nusance prevention in the Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Science (ISEES), The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel	
2016	Initiator, Principal Organizer and Chair of a special session on: Spreading of olive mill wastewater on agricultural soils in Israel: Effects on crops, soil properties and the environment in the Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Soil Sciences, 
Katzrin, Israel.	

C.	Institutional:
Dates	Description	
2010, 2012	Principal Organizer of Newe Ya'ar Students' Day	
2018	Initiator, Organizer and Chair of a Brainstorming Day on the Sustainable Model Farm in Newe Ya’ar, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Ramat Yishay, Israel	

D.	Outreach:
Dates	Description	
2008 – to date	Lecturing on odor science and regulation and Practical training on odor sampling (A service provided to all sampling companies in Israel and to selected industries)	
2008 – to date	Testing and certifying field odor assessors (A service provided to all sampling companies in Israel and to selected industries)	
2010	Invited lecturer at the Workshop on Air Quality for division heads at the Ministry of Environmental Protection. 	
2011	Invited lecturer in a Course on Events in Environmental Quality. Tel-Hai College. 	
2012	Study Tour to Germany for Israeli members of youth villages, members of the ministry of Education and the Volcani Institute (Berlin / Germany, 13-17 January 2012). A High-school agricultural education initiative for Mikveh Israel youth village; organized by the German committee of Youth Aliyah. Participating in the tour and writing a proposal for Air treatment (dust & odor) of broiler emissions, integrated with a greenhouse at the Mikveh Israel campus	
2012	A course for Volcani research engineers on Environmentally Friendly Pesticides Management. Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya'ar. Invited lecturer.   	
2012-2018	Guest lecturer at the Faculty of Civil Eng., Environmental and Agricultural Eng., Technion. Teaching two sessions on environmental odors as part of the Air Quality Laboratory course (undergraduate and graduate level).	
2013	Writing national guidelines for odor sampling (invited by the Ministry of Environmental Protection): http://www.sviva.gov.il/InfoServices/ReservoirInfo/DocLib2/Publications/P0701-P0800/P0710.pdf	
2016	A course for Volcani research engineers on Introduction to Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences. Agricultural Research Organization, Institute of Soils, Water and Environmental Sciences. Invited lecturer.   	
2016	MERMIS International Technical Training on Using low quality water (recycled and brackish) for irrigation. Tel-Aviv, Israel. Invited lecturer	
2017	A workshop at the Ministry of Environmental Protection for discussing solutions for olive mill wastewater. Invited lecturer	

E.	Editorial responsibilities:
Dates	Description	
2010-	Reviewer (ad-hoc) of manuscripts for: Waste Management, Atmospheric Environment, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, Small Ruminant Research, Biosystems Engineering, Soil Use and Management; and more.	

7.	Active Participation in Meetings

A.	 International:
Date	Title of the Meeting	Place	Role	
2002	20th Anniversary Conf. of the Int. Humic Substances Soc (IHSS) 
	Boston, USA.	Chair (Poster Session)
Poster	
2003	6th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (MEDICTA). 	Porto, Portugal.	Poster	
2004	10th Int. Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME-10, 	Cancun, Mexico.	Poster	
2005	XI International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Meeting of the International Union of Microbiological Societies.	San Francisco, CA.	Poster	
2006	9th Annual Meeting of the Israel Analytical Chemistry Conference (ISRANALYTICA 2006), (Invited lecture entitled: Using HS-SPME-GC-MS analysis to characterize malodors associated with livestock and poultry operations)	Tel-Aviv, Israel	Invited lecture	
2006	Agricultural Air Quality Conf. in Potomac.	Maryland near Washington DC,	Oral presentation 	
2007	American Society of Agricultural Engineering (ASABE) Annual International Meeting.	Minneapolis, Minnesota,	Oral presentation	
2007	International Conference on New Technologies for The Treatment and Valorization of Agro By-products, (Invited lecture entitled: The Israeli olive oil industry and viable solutions for its associated wastes)	Terni, Italy	Invited lecture (opening session) 
Partial coverage of expenses	
2008	WEF/A&WMA Odor and Air Emissions Conference.	Arizona, USA	Oral presentation	
2009	ISOCS - International Society for Olfaction and Chemical Sensing Conference.	Brescia, Italy	Poster	
2009	American Chemical Society (ACS), 238th National Meeting and Exposition (Invited lecturer for a special workshop on Managing Agricultural Gas and Particle Emissions	Washington DC, USA.	Invited lecture
Partial coverage of expenses	
2010	WEF/A&WMA (Water Environment Federation/Air&waste management Association) Odors and Air Pollutants. 	Charlotte, North Carolina.	Participant	
2010	ORBIT 2010, Organic Resources in the Carbon Economy. 7th Int. Conf. 	Heraklion, Crete, Greece.	Session Chair
Oral presentation (X2)	
2010	NOSE2010, International Conference on Environmental Odour Monitoring and Control. 	Florence, Italy	Oral presentation (X2)	
2011	American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America (ASA, CSSA and SSSA), Int. Annual Meeting, 	San Antonio, TX, USA	Oral presentation	
2012	WEF (Water Environment Federation), Odors and Air Pollutants Conference. 	Louisville, Kentucky, USA.	Oral presentation (X2)	
2012	ORBIT 2012, Global Assessment for Organic Resources and Waste Management. 8th Int. Conf. 	Rennes, France	Oral presentation	
2013	Soil–Waste–Water Workshop 2013. (Invited lecture entitled: Phytotoxicity of raw and soil-applied olive mill wastewater: Causes and bioassay methodology) 	Landau, Germany	Keynote presentation 
Full coverage of expenses.	
2014	ORBIT 2014, 9th International Conference, New Challenges, New Responses in the 21st Century	Gödöllő, Hungary	Oral presentation	
2014	NOSE2014 4th International Conference on Environmental Odour Monitoring & Control, (Organizer of mini-workshop on odor sampling)	Venice, Italy.	Mini-workshop organizer
Oral presentation	
2014	USDA/ARS MERIMIS Seminar on Water and Irrigation	Jerusalem, Israel	Invited lecturer	
2015	EXPO Milano 2015. Organic production research and innovation: 'Setting priorities for the future'. 	Milan, Italy	Invited participant; Full coverage of expenses	
2016	ORBIT 2016, 10th International Conference on “Circular Economy and Organic Waste”. 	Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Oral presentation	
2016

	A visit for collaboration between ARO and Lanzhou University, China, on Rangeland management  
and processing of agricultural and farm wastes	Lanzhou, China	Invited lecturer; Full coverage of expenses	
2017	17th International RAMIRAN conference 'Sustainable Utilization of Manures and Residue Resources in Agriculture'. 	Wexford, Ireland	Short oral presentation of poster	
2017	Sardinia / sixteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium. 	S. Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Italy	Oral presentation	
2018 (expected)	USDA/ARS MERIMIS Workshop on Sustainable High Value Crop Production	Dead Sea, Jordan	Invited speaker; Full coverage of expenses	
Students lectures:	
2006	Agricultural Air Quality Conf. in Potomac.	Maryland near Washington DC,	Poster presentation* (awarded)	

B.	National: 
Date	Title of the Meeting	Role	
2003
	The Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Soil Sciences
	Oral presentation	
2004	The Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Science (ISEES)	Oral presentation 	
2006	The Annual Workshop on olive crops studies	Invited speaker	
2006	The Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Science (ISEES)	Oral presentation 	
2011	The Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Science (ISEES)	Oral presentation 	
2013	The Annual Workshop on olive crops studies. 	Invited speaker	
2013	Workshop on olive mill wastes: From waste to resource? 	Invited speaker	
2014	Workshop of the Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences on Water Contamination Studies	Invited speaker	
2015	The Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Science (ISEES)	 Oral presentation 
 	
2016	The Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Soil Sciences, 
	Oral presentation	
2016	The 4th Conference on Water of the Tel-Hai College	Invited lecturer 	
2016	The Annual Workshop on olive crops studies. 	Invited speaker	
Students/guided technicians lectures:	
2006	The Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Science (ISEES)	Poster presentation* (Dr. Ibrahim Saadi)	
2008
	The Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Science (ISEES)	Oral presentation* (Mr. Moshe Naor) 	
2010	The Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Science (ISEES)	Poster presentation* (Mrs. Yael Ozer) 	
2015	The Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Science (ISEES), October 12-14, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Organizer of special session on: Composting in closed facilities in light of the Israeli regulations of odor nuisance prevention	Oral presentation* (Mr. Ran Avidov)	
2016	The Annual Meeting of the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Science (ISEES), Tel-Aviv University
	Oral presentation* (Mr. Ran Avidov)	
* Lecture given by student

C.	Institutional (selected):
Date	Title of the Meeting	Role	
2002	Seminar program of Newe Ya'ar (Contamination of the coastal aquifer by chlorinated volatile organic compounds)	Invited Seminar	
2005	Seminar program of Newe Ya'ar (Microbial and functional diversity in organic orchard). 	Invited Seminar	
2005	Workshop on use of sewage sludge in Agriculture.	Invited lecture	
2008	Open Day in Matityahu Farm.	Invited Poster	
2008	Seminar program of the Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.	Invited Seminar	
2009	Seminar program of Newe Ya'ar (Odor characterization and monitoring).	Invited Seminar	
2010	Workshop on Orchards.	Invited lecture	
2012	Workshop on the Effect of Agricultural Activities on Water Resources.	Invited lecture	
2012	Seminar program of Newe Ya'ar (Land spreading of olive mill wastewater).	Invited Seminar	
2015	Seminar program of Newe Ya'ar (Odors from composting processes)	Invited Seminar	
2016	Seminar program of the Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University.	Invited Seminar	
2018	Seminar program of Newe Ya'ar. A special seminar on the Sustainable Model Farm in Newe Ya’ar.	Invited Seminar	

8.	Research Grants

A.	International Peer Reviewed Grants:

Year	Granting Source	Duration (years)	
Role*	
Title (short)	Budget 	
					Total (US $ / year)	Researcher (US $ / year)	
2006	MERC	3	CI	Recycling of olive mill wastes by combining composting system aside a wastewater treatment scheme.	66,800	7,300 
(The total was divided between first 2 years).	
2007	BARD	1	LPI	Simultaneous treatment of odorants and pathogens emitted from confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) by advanced oxidation technologies.	96,000	19,000	
2011	 (MERC-USAID)
 	4	CI (yr 1-2)
PI (yr 3-4)	Impacts of spreading olive mill wastewater on olive tree performance, soil properties and the environment	139,000	14,000 
	
2011	The Italy - Israel Cooperation in Agricultural Research Program grant. 	3	CI	Improving agriculture productivity through sustainable soil Management.	133,400	7,700	
2018	JPI-EC-AMR Joint Transnational Call 	3	CI	Intervention of antimicrobial resistance transfer into the food chain	53,500	To be decided ad hoc based on progress	

*PI = Principal Investigator; LPI =Local Principal Investigator; CI = Cooperating Investigator

B.	National Peer Reviewed Grants:

Year	Granting Source	Duration (years)	
Role*	
Title (short)	Budget 	
					Total (US $ / year)	Researcher (US $ / year) 	
2002	Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection 	1	CI	Wastewater treatment monitoring using fluorescence spectroscopy and assessment of pollutant transport assisted by effluent dissolved organic matter	21,300	7,100	
2004	Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection	3	PI	Characterization of farmstead odors and development of a model to define odor offensiveness	22,400	11,200	
2004	Israel Water Commission	2	CI	Using fluorescence spectroscopy for DOM characterization in the Kinneret and its drainage basin and for monitoring water treatment processes	24,500	11,400	
2005	Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection	1	CI	Using fluorescence spectroscopy for DOM characterization in the lower Kishon river - A new strategy to monitor the impact of effluents discharge on river quality	17,550	8,770	
2005	Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture	3	PI	Co-composting of olive mill wastes and its application in sustainable agriculture	17,800	8,890	
2005	Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture	3	CI	Relationships between crop management and microbial activities to suppressiveness of compost and soil to soilborne pathogens	33,300	11,110	
2006	Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture	3	PI	Characterization of offensive odors emitted from agricultural use of municipal wastewater biosolids	25,500	10,900	
2007	Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture	3	PI	Identification and characterization of microorganisms in apple orchard soils	17,000	8,490	
2007	Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture	3	CI	An environmental solution for olive mill waste water	18,600	6,260	
2008	Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection	1	PI	Chemical characterization and olfactory monitoring of odor nuisance around Afula as a model of multi-sources odor problems	29,440	14,700	
2009	Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture	9	CI (yr 1-3)
PI (yr 4-6)
CI (yr 7-9)	The effect of long-term organic management on soil fertility	57,000	10,000	
2011	Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture	3	CI	Perennial use of olive mill wastewater (OMW) for weed control in organic farming: Efficacy, impact on soil properties and leaching of organic constituents and salts	51,300	11,500	
2012	Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture	3	CI	Agricultural management practices effects on greenhouse gas emission in organic farming	43,000	2,500	
2013	Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture	3	CI	Improved Compost with Biochar
	39,500	5,300	
2016	Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture	3	PI	Accelerated dissipation of the residual activity of ALS inhibiting herbicides (sulfonylurea class) in soil	41,700	17,500	
2016	Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture	3	CI	Mitigation of Salmonella and Campylobacter contamination in poultry	194,500	19,500	
2017	Poultry Division, Ministry of Agriculture	3	PI	Composting of poultry carcasses in closed sleeves inside the poultry house - A "contingency solution" for mass mortality
events	33,300	27,800	

*PI = Principal Investigator; LPI =Local Principal Investigator; CI = Cooperating Investigator

C.	National Non-Peer Reviewed Grants:

Year	Granting Source	Duration (years)	
Role*	
Title (short)	Budget 	

Total (US $ / year)	
Researcher (US $ / year)	

2007	Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection (a special agreement with the ARO)	NA	PA	An initiative between the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Agricultural Research Organization - Establishing an olfactometric laboratory	62,500	62,500	
2008	Heritage Fund of the State of Israel	1	CI	Establishment of a research and teaching center for olive mill wastes recycling	150,000	75,000	
2015	ICA	2	PI	Automated and controlled experimental platform for studying enclosed air-treated composting systems	42,500	42,500	
2017	ICA	1	CI	Evaluation & integration of new weed control tactics in organic crops	35,000	0 (farm equipment for weed management)	
2017	Heritage Fund of the State of Israel	1	PI (on behalf of the Sustainable Model farm team)	GPS-guided tractor and accessories for precision agriculture	177,400	0 (farm equipment)	
2018	Heritage Fund of the State of Israel	1	PI (on behalf of the Sustainable Model farm team)	Precision livestock farming	46,700	0 (farm equipment)	

*PI = Principal Investigator; LPI =Local Principal Investigator; CI = Cooperating Investigator
NA-Not applicable

D.	Other Funds:

Year	Granting Source	Duration (years)	
Role*	
Title (short)	Budget 	
					Total (US $ / year)	Researcher (US $ / year)	
							
2018-
	Helmsley Charitable Trust	3	Scientific Director	Establishment of Sustainable Model Farm in Newe Ya’ar for Testing, Developing and Demonstrating Sustainable Agricultural Practices	1.6 m/yr (4.83 m for 3 yr)
	0 (farm project)	
*PI = Principal Investigator; LPI =Local Principal Investigator; CI = Cooperating Investigator
NA-Not applicable

9.	Awards

Dates	Description	

Yael Laor                                                                                         September 2018

Part II: LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Marks:
X *                      Equal contribution as the first author
X **		Corresponding Author (in cases where the researcher is the Corresponding Author)
Marks (only for the first author):
XS                     Student, technician, research engineer or post-doc under my supervision 
XT                     Technician or research engineer working in my research team 
XPD, XVS            Post-Doc or Visiting Scientist working in my research team

1.	Articles in Reviewed Journals

1.	Laor, Y**., Strom, P.F. and Farmer W.J. (1996). 
The effect of sorption on phenanthrene bioavailability.
J. of Biotechnology 51: 227-234.
 IF=1.111 (1997); Category: Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Rank 48/94(Q3)
	
2.	Laor, Y** and Rebhun, M. (1997).
Complexation-flocculation: A new method to determine binding coefficients of organic contaminants to dissolved humic substances. 
Environ. Sci. Technol. 31: 3558-3564. 
IF=3.623 (1997); Category: Engineering, Environmental; Rank 1/27(Q1)	
3.	Rebhun, M., Meir, S., and Laor. Y**. (1998).
Using Dissolved Humic Acid to Remove Hydrophobic Contaminants from Water by Complexation- Flocculation Process.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 32: 981-986.
IF=3.511 (1998); Category: Engineering, Environmental; Rank 1/33 (Q1)	
4.	Laor, Y**., Farmer, W. J., Aochi, Y. and Strom, P.F. (1998).
Phenanthrene Binding and Sorption to Dissolved and to Mineral-Associated Humic Acid.
Water Res. 32(6): 1923-1931. 
IF=1.616 (1998); Category: Water Resources; Rank 3/46(Q1)	
5.	Laor, Y**., Strom, P.F. and Farmer, W.J. (1999).
Bioavailability of Phenanthrene Bound/Sorbed to Dissolved and to Mineral-Associated Humic acid.
Water Res. 33(7): 1719-1729. 
IF=1.748 (1999); Category: Water Resources; Rank 2/46(Q1)
	
6.	Rebhun. M. and Laor, Y**. (2000).
Comment on “Mechanism Study of the Coagulant Impact on Mutagenic Activity in Water” by G. 
Zhang and Z. Wang.
Wat. Res. 34(15): 3899-3901. 
IF=1.285 (2000); Category: Water Resources; Rank 2/47(Q1)
	
7.	Armon, R., Zolkov, Ch., and Laor, Y**. (2000).
Entrapment of Humic Acid in a Sol-Gel Matrix – A New Tool for Sorption Studies.
J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol. 19: 95-100.
IF=1.006 (2000); Category: Material Science, Ceramics; Rank 3/25(Q1)
	
8.	Laor Y**. and Avnimelech, Y. (2002).
Fractionation of Compost-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter by a Flocculation Process.
Organic Geochemistry 33: 257-263. 
IF=1.756; Category: Geochemistry and Geophysics; Rank 11/51(Q1)
	
9.	Laor, Y**. and Rebhun, M. (2002).
Evidence for Non-linear Binding of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds to Dissolved Humic
 Substances.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 36: 955-961. 
IF=3.123 (2002); Category: Engineering, Environmental; Rank 1/37(Q1)
	
10.	Laor, Y**., Armon, R. and Zolkov, Ch. (2002).
Immobilizing Humic Acid in a Sol-Gel Matrix: A New Tool to Study Humic-Contaminants Sorption Interactions.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 36: 1054-1060.
IF=3.123 (2002); Category: Engineering, Environmental; Rank 1/37(Q1)
	
11.	Laor, Y., Ronen, R., and Graber, R.E. (2003).
Using a Passive Multilayer Sampler for Measuring Detailed Profiles of Gas-Phase VOCs in the Unsaturated Zone.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 37: 352-360. 
IF=3.592 (2003); Category: Engineering, Environmental; Rank 1/35(Q1)
	
12.	Laor, Y**., Raviv, M. and Borisover, M. (2004).Evaluating microbial activity in composts using
 microcalorimetry.
Thermochimica Acta 420: 119-125. 
IF=1.161 (2004); Category: Chemistry, Analytical; Rank 40/70(Q3)
	
13.	Ronen, D., Graber, E.R. and Laor, Y. (2005).
Volatile Organic Compounds in the Saturated-Unsaturated Interface Region (SUIR) of a Contaminated Phreatic Aquifer.
Vadose Zone J. 4: 337-344. 
IF=1.549 (2006); Category: Water Resources; Rank 9/57(Q1)
	
14.	Aviani, IS., M. Raviv, and Laor, Y.** (2006).
Limitations and Potential of In Situ Rhizobox Sampling for Assessing Microbial Activity in Fruit
 Tree Rhizosphere.
Plant and Soil 279: 327-332.
IF=1.495 (2006); Category: Agronomy; Rank 9/49(Q1)
	
15.	Saadi, IS., M. Borisover, R. Armon, and Laor, Y.** (2006).
Monitoring of Effluent DOM Biodegradation Using Fluorescence, UV and DOC Measurements.
Chemosphere 63: 530-539. 
IF=2.442 (2006); Category: Environmental Sciences; Rank 27/144 (Q1)
	
16.	Borisover, M., Laor, Y., Bukhanovsky, N. and Saadi, I. (2006).
Fluorescence-Based Evidence for Adsorptive ("Non-Partitioning") Binding of Pyrene to Effluent Dissolved Organic Matter.
Chemosphere 65: 1925-1934. 
IF=2.442 (2006); Category: Environmental Sciences; Rank 27/144 (Q1)
	
17.	Saadi, IS., Laor, Y.**, Raviv, M. and Medina, Sh. (2007).
Land spreading of olive mill wastewater: Effects on soil microbial activity and potential phytotoxicity.
Chemosphere 66: 75-83.
 IF=2.739 (2007); Category: Environmental Sciences; Rank 24/160 (Q1)
	
18.	Sorek, A., Atzmon, N., Dahan, O., Gerstl, Z., Kushisin, L., Laor, Y., Mingelgrin, U., Nasser, A., 
Ronen, D., Tsechansky, L., Weisbrod, N. and Graber, E.R. (2008). 
'Phytoscreening’: The Use of Trees for Discovering Subsurface Contamination by VOCs.
Environmental Science & Technology 42: 536-54.
IF=4.458 (2008); Category: Engineering, Environmental; Rank 2/38(Q1)
	
19.	Laor, Y.**, Koziel, J.A., Cai, L. and Ravid, U. (2008).
Chemical-sensory characterization of dairy manure odor using headspace solid phase microextraction and multidimensional gas chromatography - mass spectrometry - olfactometry. 
 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 58(9) Special Issue: 1187-1197.  
IF=2.020 (2008); Category: Engineering, Environmental; Rank 9/38(Q1)
	
	Since previous promotion
	
20.	Graber E.R., Laor, Y. and Ronen, D. (2008).
Aquifer contamination by chlorinated-VOCs: the case of an urban metropolis megasite overlying
the Coastal Plain aquifer in Israel.
Hydrogeology Journal 16(8): 1615-1623. 
IF=1.100 (2008); Category: Water Resources; Rank 30/60(Q2)
	
21.	Shabtay, A., Ravid, U., Brosh, A., Baybikov, R., Eitam, H. and Laor, Y**. (2009). 
Dynamics of offensive gas-phase odorants in fresh and aged feces throughout the development of beef cattle.
J. Anim. Sci. 87: 1835–1848.
IF=2.466 (2009); Category: Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science; Rank 2/50(Q1)
	
22.	Borisover, M., Laor, Y., Parparov, A., Bukhanovsky, N. and Lado, N. (2009).
Spatial and seasonal patterns of fluorescent organic matter in Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) and its catchment basin.
Water Res. 43: 3104-3116.
IF=4.355 (2009); Category: Water Resources; Rank 1/66(Q1)
	
23.	Medina, ShS., Raviv, M., Saadi, I. and Laor, Y**. (2009).
Methodological aspects of microcalorimetry used to assess the dynamics of microbial activity during composting.
Bioresource Technology 100: 4814-4820.
IF=4.253 (2009); Category: Agricultural Engineering, Rank 1/11 (Q1) 
	
24.	Aviani, IS., Raviv, M., Hadar, Y., Saadi, I. and Laor, Y**. (2009). 
Evaluation of olive mill wastewater phytotoxicity and related properties as affected by fractionation and incubation with Pleurotus ostreatus. 
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 57: 11254–11260.
IF=2.469 (2009); Category: Agriculture, Multidisciplinary; Rank 2/45(Q1)
	
25.	Saadi, IS., Laor, Y., Medina, Sh., Krassnovsky, A. and Raviv, M. (2010).         
Compost suppressiveness against Fusarium oxysporum was not reduced after one-year storage under various moisture and temperature conditions. 
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42: 626-634.
IF=2.978 (2009); Category: Soil Science, Rank 1/31(Q1)
	
26.	Aviani, I., Laor, Y., Medina, Sh., Krassnovsky, A. and Raviv, M. (2010).         
Co-composting of solid and liquid olive mill wastes: Management aspects and the horticultural value of the resulting composts.
Bioresource Technology 101: 6699–6706.
IF=4.365 (2010); Category: Agricultural Engineering, Rank 1/12 (Q1) 
	
27.	Laor, Y**., Naor, M., Ravid, U., Fine, P., Halachmi, I., Chen, Y. and Baybikov, R. (2011). 
Odorants and malodors associated with land application of biosolids stabilized with lime and coal fly ash. 
J. Environ. Qual. 40: 1405–1415.
IF=2.324 (2011); Category: Environmental Science; Rank 61/205(Q2)
	
28.	Borisover, M., Laor, Y., Saadi, I., Lado, M. and Bukhanovsky, N. (2011).
Tracing organic footprints from industrial effluent discharge in recalcitrant riverine chromophoric dissolved organic matter.
Water, Air & Soil Pollution 222: 255–269.
IF=1.625; Category: Water Resources; Rank 24/78
	
29.	Laor, Y**., Orenstein, P., Ravid, U., Baybikov, R., Hanan, A., Saadi, I. and Abbou, Y. (2011).        
A Screening Tool for Selection of Field Odor Assessors.
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 61, 1353–1360.
IF=1.567 (2010); Category: Engineering, Environmental; Rank 20/45(Q2)
	
30.	Yogev, A., Laor, Y., Katan, J., Hadar, Y., Cohen, R., Medina, Sh., Raviv, M. (2011).
Does organic farming increase soil suppression against Fusarium wilt of melon?
Organic Agriculture 1: 203-216.
IF and Ranking are not available at Journal Citation Reports
	
31.	Aviani, IS. Raviv, M., Hadar, Y., Saadi, I., Dag, A., Ben-Gal, A., Yermiyahu, U., Zipori, Y. And
 Laor, Y.** (2012).
Potential effects of horticultural conditions and fruit water content on olive mill wastewater generated by a laboratory scale 'Abencor' milling system.
Bioresource Technology 107: 87-96.
IF=4.750 (2012); Category: Agricultural Engineering, Rank 1/12 (Q1) 
	
32.	Saadi, IS., Raviv, M., Berkovich, Sh., Hanan, A., Aviani, I. and Laor, Y**. (2013). 
Fate of soil-applied olive mill wastewater and potential phytotoxicity assessed by two bioassay methods.
J. Environ. Quality 42(6): 1791-1801.
IF=2.345 (2013); Category: Environmental Science; Rank 76/216(Q2)
	
33.	Yang, X., Zhu, W., Koziel, J.A., Cai, L., Jenks, W.S., Laor, Y., van Leeuwen, J.H. and Hoff, S.J. 
(2015). 
Improved quantification of livestock associated odorous volatile organic compounds in a standard flow-through system using solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry.
Journal of Chromatography A 1414: 31-40.
IF=3.926 (2015); Category: Chemistry, Analytical; Rank 11/75(Q1)
	
34.	Sharma, P., Laor, Y., Raviv, M., Medina, Sh., Saadi, I., Krasnovsky, A., Vager, M., Levy, G.J., 
Bar-Tal, A. and Borisover, M. (2017). 
Compositional characteristics of organic matter and its water-extractable components across a profile of organically managed soil. 
Geoderma 286: 73-82. 
IF 3.740 (2017); Category: Soil Science; Rank 5/34(Q1)
	
35.	Sharma, P., Laor, Y., Raviv, M., Medina, Sh., Saadi, I., Krasnovsky, A., Vager, M., Levy, G. J.,
 Bar-Tal, A. and Borisover, M. (2017). 
Green manure as part of organic management cycle: Effects on changes in organic matter characteristics across the soil profile. 
Geoderma 305(1): 197-207. 
IF 3.740 (2017); Category: Soil Science; Rank 5/34(Q1)
	
36.	Avidov, RS., Saadi, I., Krassnovsky, A., Hanan, A., Medina, Sh., Raviv, M., Chen, Y. and Laor, 
Y**. (2017). 
Composting municipal biosolids in polyethylene sleeves with forced aeration: Process control, air emissions, sanitary and agronomic aspects. 
Waste Management 67: 32-42.
IF 4.723 (2017); Category: Environmental Sciences; Rank 25/241(Q1)

37.	Levy, G.J., Dag, A., Raviv, M., Zipori, I., Medina, Sh., Saadi, I., Krasnovski, A., Eizenberg, H. 
and Laor, Y*. (2018).
Annual spreading of olive mill wastewater over consecutive years: Effects on cultivated soils' physical properties. 
Land Degradation & Development, 29(1): 176-187.
IF 7.270 (2017); Category: Soil Science; Rank 1/34

38.	Oazana, ShS., Naor, M., Grinshpun, J., Halachmi, I., Raviv, M., Saadi, I., Avidov, R., Varma,
 V.S., Rosenfeld, L., Gross, A. and Laor, Y**. (2018).
A flexible control system designed for lab-scale simulations and optimization of composting processes. 
Waste Management 72: 150-160.
IF 4.723 (2017); Category: Environmental Sciences; Rank 25/241(Q1)
	
39.	Zipori, I., Dag, A., Laor, Y*., Levy, G.J., Eizenberg, H., Yermiyahu, U., Medina, S., Saadi, I.,
Krasnovski, A. and Raviv, M. (2018).
Potential nutritional value of olive-mill wastewater applied to irrigated olive (Olea europaea L.) orchard in a semi-arid environment over 5 years.
Scientia Horticulturae, 241: 218-224.
IF 1.760 (2017); Category: Horticulture; Rank 8/37(Q1)
	
40.	Avidov, RS., Saadi, I., Krasnovsky, A., Medina, Sh., Raviv, M., Chen, Y. and Laor, Y**. (2018).
Using polyethylene sleeves with forced aeration for composting olive mill wastewater pre-absorbed by vegetative waste. 
Waste Management 78: 969-979.
IF 4.723 (2017); Category: Environmental Sciences; Rank 25/241(Q1)
	
41.	Varma, V.SPD., Shabtay, A., Yishay, M., Mizrahi, I., Shterzer, N., Freilich, Sh., Medina, Sh.,
 Agmon, R. and Laor, Y**. (2018).
Diet supplementation with pomegranate peel extract altered odorants emission from fresh and incubated calves’ feces. 
Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 2: 33. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2018.00033
A new Frontier journal (no IF and ranking information)
	
42.	Paporish, AS., Laor, Y., Rubin, B., Achdari, G. and Eizenberg, H. (2018).
Application timing and degradation rate of sulfosulfuron in soil co-affect control efficacy of Phelipanche aegyptiaca in Tomato. 
Weed Science (In press)
IF 2.044 (2017); Category: Agronomy; Rank 20/87(Q1)

		
Five selected Publications

Publication 32: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25602419
Publication 36: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X17308565
Publication 38: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X17308565
Publication 40: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X18303751
Publication 41: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2018.00033/full

2.	Books and Invited Reviews

Since previous promotion

1.	Laor, Y**., Saadi, I., Raviv, M., Medina, Sh., Erez-Reifen, D. and Eizenberg, H. (2011). 
Land spreading of olive mill wastewater (OMW) in Israel: Current knowledge, practical experience and future research needs. 
Israel Journal of Plant Science. 59: 39–51.
IF=0.307 (2011): Category: Plant Science; Rank 172/190(Q4)
	
2.	Laor, L**., Parker, D. and Page, T. (2014).
Measurement, prediction and monitoring odors in the environment – A critical review. 
Reviews in Chem. Eng. 30(2): 139–166.
IF=2.414; Category: Engineering, Chemical; Rank 34/135(Q2)

3.	Book Chapters 

4.	Articles in Reviewed Journals in Hebrew

5.	Articles in Non-Reviewed Journals in Hebrew and English

1.	Laor, Y., Ravid, U., Tweg, D., Chen, Y., Baybikov, R. and Halchmi, I. (2006). 
Characterization of potential malodors associated with land application of biosolids. 
Water and Irrigation, 471, 34-41 (In Hebrew).
	
2.	Laor, Y. and Raviv, M. (2006). 
Olive mill wastes recycling in agriculture. 
Alon Hanotea, 60, 18(394)-20(396) (In Hebrew).
	
3.	Raviv, M., Krasnovsky, A., Medina, Sh., Aviani, Y., Laor, Y. and Saadi, I. (2006). 
Co-composting of olive mill wastes. 
Alon Hanotea, 60, 21(397)-24(400) (In Hebrew).
	
4.	Saadi, IS., Laor, Y., Raviv, M. and Medina, Sh. (2007). 
The effect of land spreading of olive mill wastewater on soil microbial activity and potential phytotoxicity.
Alon Hanotea, 61, 29(453)-31(455) (In Hebrew).
	
5.	Laor, Y., Raviv, M. and Capua, Sh. (2007). 
Viable solution for olive mill wastewater in Israel. 
Alon Hanotea, 61, 26(906)-29(909) (In Hebrew).
	
	Since previous promotion
	
6.	Saadi, IS., Laor Y., Raviv M. and Medina, Sh. (2008). 
The effect of land spreading of olive mill wastewater on soil microbial activity and potential phytotoxicity.
Almuzara', 27, 21-23 (In Arabic).
	
7.	Aviani, I., Krasnovsky, A., Medina, Sh., Raviv, M., Laor, Y. and Saadi, I. (2011). 
The horticultural value of co-composted olive mill wastes. 
Alon Hanotea, 65, 21-24 (In Hebrew).
	
8.	Laor, Y. (2016). 
Spreading olive mill wastewater on agricultural soils: Should present practical recommendations be changes or refined based on recent studies?  
Yevul Si 117: 58-64 (In Hebrew).	

6.	Articles in Symposia Proceedings (including Acta Horticulturae) 
		
	Since previous promotion

17.	Koziel, J.A, Yang, X., Zhang, S., Cai, L., Hoff, S.J., Leeuwen, H.L., Cutler, T., Zimmerman, J., Jenks, W.S., Laor, Y., Ravid, U. and Armon, R. (2008). 
Treatment of livestock odor and pathogens with ultraviolet photocatalysis. 
Proceedings of The 3rd IWA Odour and VOCs Conference, Barcelona, Spain, October 2008.
	
18.	Koziel, J.A., Yang, X., Cutler, T., Zhang, S., Zimmerman, J., Hoff, S.J., Jenks, W., Laor, Y., Ravid, U., Armon, R. and van Leeuwen, J.H. (2008). 
Mitigation of odor and pathogens from CAFAs with UV/TiO2: exploring cost effectiveness.  Proceedings of the Mitigating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations Conference.  Des Moines, IA, May, 2008. 5 pp.
	
19.	Raviv, M., Medina, Sh., Krasnovsky, A., Laor, Y. and Aviani, I. (2009). 
Composting Olive Mill Waste and Assessment of its Horticultural value. 
Acta Hort. (ISHS) 819:353-360 (Reviewed).
	
20.	Laor, Y. and Raviv, M. (2009).
Threats and viable solutions for olive mill wastewater in Israel: Some economical, environmental and practical considerations. 
Proceedings of the Dahlia Greidinger International Symposium - Crop Production in the 21st Century: Global Climate Change, Environmental Risks and Water Scarcity. March 2-5, 2009 Technion-IIT, Haifa, Israel. pp. 326-335.
	
21.	Aviani, IS., Raviv, M., Laor, Y., Hadar, Y., Dor, E. and Hershenhorn, J. (2010). 
Relative contribution of organic fractions and inorganic salts to the phytotoxicity of olive mill wastewater. 
Proceedings of the 7th International ORBIT 2010 Conference, Heraklion, Crete, June 29 - July 3, 2010. pp. 998-1003.
	
22.	Laor, Y., Ozer, Y., Ravid, U., Hanan, A. and Orenstein, P. (2010). 
Methodological aspects of sample collection for dynamic olfactometry. 
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 23, 55-60 (Proceedings of NOSE2010 Int. Conf. on Environ Odour Monitoring and Control. Sept 22-24, 2010, Florence, Italy). (Reviewed).
	
23.	Laor, Y., Ravid, U., Armon, R., Saadi,I., Ozer, Y. Koziel, J.A. and Yang, X. (2010). 
UV-TiO2 Treatment of odorants and odors associated with poultry manure. 
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 23, 321-326 (Proceedings of NOSE2010 Int. Conf. on Environ Odour Monitoring and Control. Sept 22-24, 2010, Florence, Italy). (Reviewed).
	
24.	Koziel J.A., Yang, X., van Leeuwen, H., Jenks, W. and Laor, Y.  (2010). 
Treatment of odorous VOCs with ultraviolet light. 
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 23, 363-368 (Proceedings of NOSE2010 Int. Conf. on Environ Odour Monitoring and Control. Sept 22-24, 2010, Florence, Italy). (Reviewed).
	
25.	Laor, Y., Ravid, U., Hanan, A., Abbou, Y. and Orenstein, P. (2012). 
Uncertainty of olfactometry measurements caused by sampling issues. 
Proceeding of the Water Environment Federation: Odors and Air Pollutants 2012, April 15 - 18, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. (Reviewed).
	
26.	Laor, Y., Ravid, U., Abbou, Y. and Ulman, A. (2012).
Modeling odor dispersion from a wastewater treatment plant based on olfactometry measurements vs. theoretical H2S emissions. 
Proceeding of the Water Environment Federation: Odors and Air Pollutants 2012, April 15 - 18, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. (Reviewed).
	
27.	Borisover, M., Laor, Y. and Levy, G.J. (2014).
Humic-like and proteinaceous components of organic matter in aquatic and soil environments: Three case studies analyzed with EEM+PARAFAC methodology. 
Proceedings of The 11th Dahlia Greidinger Memorial Symposium, Advanced methods for investigating nutrient dynamics in soil and ecosystems, 4-7 March, 2013, Technion-IIT, Haifa, Israel, 328-341.
	
28.	Laor, Y., Parker, D. and Pagי, T. (2014). 
Critical elements in the measurement, monitoring and prediction of odors in the environment. 
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 40, 247-252. (Proceedings of NOSE2014 Int. Conf. on Environmental Odour Monitoring & Control, 14-17 September 2014, Venice, Italy. (Reviewed).
	
29.	Avidov, RS., Saadi, I., Krassnovsky, A., Hanan, A., Medina, Sh., Raviv, M., Chen, Y. and Laor, Y. (2016). 
Composting of municipal sewage sludge in forced aerated polyethylene sleeves.  
Proceeding of the ORBIT 2016, 10th International Conference on “Circular Economy and Organic Waste”. May 25-28, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
	
30.	Laor, Y., Naor, M., Oazana, Sh., Grinshpon, J., Raviv, M., Rosenfeld, L. and Halachmi, I. (2016). 
A flexible control system designed for lab-scale simulation and optimization of composting processes. Proceeding of the ORBIT 2016, 10th International Conference on “Circular Economy and Organic Waste”. May 25-28, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
	
31.	Avidov, RS., Saadi, I., Krassnovsky, A., Hanan, A., Medina, Sh., Raviv, M., Chen, Y. and Laor, Y. (2017). 
Polyethylene sleeves with forced aeration for on-site composting: Pilot-scale experiments with municipal sewage sludge and olive mill wastewater pre-absorbed by green waste. 
Proceedings of Sardinia / sixteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium. 2-6 October 2017, S. Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Italy.