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Blank Lior Ph.D.

  • Institute of Plant Protection
  • Plant Pathology and Weed Research
  • +972-39683581
liorb@volcani.agri.gov.il

Education

  • 1998
    BSc Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel
  • 2001
    MSc Faculty of Biochemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
  • 2005
    PhD Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion, Israel
  • 2010
    Postdoc, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • 2011
    Postdoc, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel

Research Interests

The research focuses on the spatio-temporal dynamics of emerging infectious diseases, pests, and weeds. It involves utilizing techniques such as remote sensing, Big-data, Geographic Information Systems, mathematical and statistical modeling, and species distribution modeling to study the spatial and temporal dynamics of diseases, pests, and weeds at the field and landscape scales.

Research Areas

  • Spatial distribution of pests, pathogens and weeds in agricultural crops
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