Our department includes (July 2024) 11 independent research groups of various sizes (1.5 – 8 persons including a researcher , technician(s), MSc., Ph.D students, post docs). 8 groups are in the main Volcani campus, 2 at the southern station (Gilat) and 1 at the northern station (Neve Yaar). Our researchers are experts in the following disciplines: Soil Physics, Agrometeorology (and climate), Plant Physiology, Subsurface Hydrology and Remote Sensing. If you are into agricultural-environmental quantitative research contact us, we may have opportunities.
The following is only some of the ongoing research activities (July 2024) in the department (researcher):
Mapping subsurface water and solute dynamics with non-invasive geo-electrical measurements (Ziv Moreno)
Modeling flow and transport at porous media with physically based deep learning techniques (Ziv Moreno)
Data-driven farming to support precision management of irrigation, fertilization, and pruning (Offer Rozenstein)
Assimilating earth observation data into mechanistic crop yield prediction models (Offer Rozenstein).
Coupled air-water flow and transport of solutes and gases through porous media (Ilan Ben-Noah)
Design and development of systems and methods for the remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater (Ilan Ben-Noah)
Mechanistic model-based economically-coupled decision making tools for irrigation planning (Alon Ben Gal)
Precision irrigation of field and fruit tree crops considering field-scale spatial variability (Alon Ben Gal)
Comparing groundwater contamination under effluents vs. fresh water irrigation (Daniel Kurtzman)
Modeling and tracer-testing in a soil-aquifer-treatment system (Daniel Kurtzman)
Design and scheduling of drip and sprinkler irrigation (Shmulik Friedman)
Supplemental irrigation over shallow groundwater (Shmulik Friedman)
Developing seasonal prediction system for wheat yield in Israel (Ehud Udi Strobach)
Investigating the role of air-sea interactions in regulating regional climate conditions (Ehud Udi Strobach)
Our general goal is improving our understanding, knowledge and ability to quantitatively describe processes in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum in order to advance agriculture and sustain the quality of soil and water resources.
