Rina Kamenetsky Goldstein Full Professor
Principal Investigator
- Institute of Plant Sciences
- Ornamental Plants and Agricultural Biotechnology
- Plant Sciences Institute, ARO - Volcani Institute 68 HaMaccabim Road, Rishon LeZion Israel
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Biography
Prof. Dr. Rina Kamenetsky-Goldstein was born in Kazakhstan. ln 1990 she received the position of Senior Scientist at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.
In 1994 she joined the Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center in Israel.
Professor of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Henan University of Science and Technology, China.
Scientific Director of the Interdisciplinary Center GREEN CITIES – Israeli Research and Development for Urban AgroEcology
Education
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1974-1977
B.Sc. at Kazakh State University, Faculty of Biology
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1977-1979
M.Sc. with Distinction at Kazakh State University at Almaty, Kazakhstan
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1979-1984
Ph.D. at the National Academy of Sciences at Almaty, Kazakhstan, USSR
Research Interests
The mechanisms of internal and environmental control of flowering and dormancy in geophytes and herbaceous perennial plants;
Strategies and technologies for the development and production of horticultural crops;
Market-oriented biotechnology in horticulture
Research Areas
- Urban Agriculture
- Plant Physiology
- Plant Biotechnology
- Crop Production in Warm Regions