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Administration - Soil Sciences
Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition and Microbiology
Head: Uri Nachshon, Ph.D.
Staff
Aims: Research in soil chemistry, fertility, crop productivity and microbiology for sustainable agricultural use of soil and water resources and environmental protection; dissemination of knowledge; instruction and training of graduate and postgraduate students.

Vision: 

Sustainable use of soil and water resources through excellence in research

Major research fields:

1. Optimized use of nutrients and water resources in managing soil and crops, while preserving environmental quality;
2. Impacts of marginal waters, organic wastes and industrial by-products on crop production and soil quality;
3. Fate and behavior of pesticides and other organic chemicals in soil and water bodies;
4. Soil and water conservation;
5. Physiological responses of crops to environmental stresses, especially drought and salinity
6. Soil microbial ecology as affected by agricultural practices.

Department members in Gilat and Newe Ya'ar Research Centers:

Roy Posmanik, Neve Yaar
Yael Laor, Neve Yaar
Shahar Baram, Neve Yaar
Ran Erel, Gilat
Uri Yermiyahu, Gilat
Anuar Dawas, Gilat

 


Staff
Researchers
Name
(Surname, First name)
Research Interests /
Job description
Borisover Mikhail, Ph.D. Soil and environmental chemistry. Interactions of chemicals with environmentally important sorbents (soils, sediments, natural organic matter, clay minerals); role of water (solvents) in interactions of organic compounds with soil organic matter; sorption thermodynamics; sorption-desorption hysteresis; interactions between pollutants and modified clays (organoclays). Natural organic matter: composition, structure, interactions with xenobiotics, reactivity. Use of fluorescence and IR spectroscopies for characterization of natural organic matter.
Cytryn Eddie, Ph.D. Antibiotic resistance in agroecosystems; Biocontrol agents; Root-microbe interactions
Dawas Anwar Research Fields: - The relationships between roots and microorganisms, particularly those involved in the phosphorus and nitrogen cycles - Development of innovative approaches of biological fertilizers/ eco- friendly to encourage the phosphorus uptake by plants - Understanding and modeling processes related to N-transformation bacteria involved in the emission of nitrous oxide gas in agricultural fields - The effect of different emerging pollutants, sources from effluents, of microbiome in the rhizosphere
Golan Rotem, Ph.D. Biogeochemical cycles Water geochemistry Soil chemistry Carbon cycle
Graber Ellen R., Ph.D. Soil, water and atmospheric organic chemistry, involving multi-faceted and cross-disciplinary research related to agricultural and environmental sustainability. My current research activities include: • Biochar application in agriculture, and its impacts on soil chemistry, plant production, and plant disease • Soil water repellency and other structural and chemical changes in soil as a result of application of treated wastewater and biosolids in agriculture • Contamination of soil and groundwater by volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their uptake of by trees, particularly as a method for screening the subsurface for these contaminants • Physicochemical mechanisms of sorption interactions between soil organic matter and organic pollutants
Halpern Moshe, Ph.D. Plant Nutrition Elevated CO2 Duckweed Biostimulants
Minz Dror, Ph.D. Microbial Ecology, Environmental Microbiology, Rhizosphere microbiology, Microbial communities structure and function in soil and water systems. Biofilm microbiology Biocontrol of plant pathogens
Nachshon Uri, Ph.D. Soil degradation: Salinization and erosion. Impact of agricultural activities on soil quality. Sustainable agriculture.
Yalin David, Ph.D. Soil chemistry Soil fertility and plant nutrition Waste reuse in agriculture (municipal waste, agricultural waste, wastewaters) Soil organic matter dynamics
Engineers/Technicians
Name
(Surname, First name)
Research Interests /
Job description
Berezkin Anna, M.Sc.
Buchanovsky Nadia, M.Sc.
Cohen Judith, Ph.D. Lab manager and research scientist in the field of ecological microbiology, focusing on microbial communities structure in various soil, water and agricultural environments. Passionate about interactions between plants, microbes and plant pathogens.
Elmakias Assaf, B.Sc.
Katzir Roee, M.A.
Shawahna Raneen, B.Sc. Analytical methods in soil chemistry and nutrition
Tzehansky Ludmila, M.Sc.
Viterbo Ada, M.Sc.
Scholars
Name
(Surname, First name)
Research Interests /
Job description
Retiree
Name
(Surname, First name)
Research Interests /
Job description
Bar-Tal Asher, Ph.D. Soil chemistry, plant nutrition, Fertigation, GHG The general topic is soil chemistry and plant nutrition, the specific subjects are: • Fertigation methods in soil and soilless culture to optimize yields and quality and minimize pollution. • Irrigation with secondary effluent, its effect on nutrient uptake and on nutrient and salt leaching bellow the root zone. • Simulation of nutrient chemistry and transport in soil, its uptake by root and its effects on plant growth. • Application of sludge and organic waste materials to agricultural fields, using models to predict the decomposition of the organic material and the mineralization and transformation of nitrogen in soil. Greenhouse Gases emissions from agriculture activities.
Bar-Yosef Benayahu, Ph.D. Senio soil scientist (retired). Soil chemistry- Adsorption; surface reaction models; rhizosperic chemistry; ions transport; nutrients transformations in soil. Plant nutrition- modeling uptake and root growth in response to environmental conditions; root excretions; fertigation principles; crops objective nutrient consumption curves. Greenhouse crop production- soilless culture; modeling crop response to solution recycling; developing expert systems for optimal operation of open and semi-closed greenhouse fertigation systems. Inorganic and organic phosphorus- reactions and transformations in soil; availability to plants; environmental concerns stemming from manure, sludge and reclaimed wastewater soil application.
Ben-Hur Meni, Ph.D. Soil and water conservation and pollution Irrigation with saline and effluent waters Surface runoff and soil erosion Surface movement of contaminates Heavy metals in the environment Soil structure
Fine Pinchas, Ph.D.
Gerstl Zev, Ph.D. Soil and environmental chemistry
Heuer Bruria, Ph.D. Plant response to drought and salinity Proteomics Osmotic adjustment Irrigation with marginal water Ornamentals and cut flowers Exogenous application of compatible solutes
Levy Guy J., D.Sc. Soil stability, Treated wastewater, Soil amendments More specifically: • Soil-structure stability indicators and their dependence on soil properties and conditions prevailing in the soil • Irrigation with treated waste water and land application of waste material: impact on soil structure. • Use of soil amendments (e.g., phosphogypsum, polymers) for improving soil-structure stability. • Soil and water conservation in dry land farming.
Mingelgrin Uri, Prof. Behavior of micropollutants in soils and water systems. Dynamics and equilibrium of the adsorption/desorption process of organic monomers on geosorbents. Effect of complexation on the transport of heavy metals and organic monomers. Carbon sequestration as solid mineral species. Novel controlled release formulations for agrochemicals. Time dependent speciation of transition metals and organic contaminants in soils treated with effluents or sludges. Use of earth materials such as peats and modified clays for the treatment of effluents and polluted soils and water. Mechanochemistry
Shainberg Isaac, Ph.D. Emeritus
Silber Avner, Ph.D. Chemical reactions in the rhizosphere. Phosphorus reactions in soil and mechanisms of phosphorus uptake by plants. Soilless culture, fertigation methods. Nutrition of plants originating from the south hemisphere. Irrigation methods to optimize nutrient uptake by plants: high fertigation frequency, subsurface drip irrigation. Physiological disorders induced by nutrient deficiency: blossom-end rot (BER).
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