Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

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innae@volcani.agri.gov.il

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Head Cytryn Eddie Ph.D.

AdministrationKoriyat Esther

The Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences (ISWES) comprises of two departments: (i) Environmental Physics and Irrigation, and (ii) Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition and Microbiology that conduct diverse, interdisciplinary research, maintaining a balance between productive and sustainable agriculture. Basic and applied research activities fall into three main categories: (i) Soil Health: Developing agricultural management practices such as no/minimum tillage, organic and biological amendments, service crops, and precision nutrient application to enhance the soil’s capacity to support crop production, prevent erosion, protect water quality, and conserve biodiversity. (ii) Water resources: Developing tools for optimizing water resource management while simultaneously protecting Israel’s surface and subsurface water bodies, including development of safe and effective irrigation platforms for different water qualities. (iii) Food security: Optimizing soil and water resource utilization to ensure safe and sustainable production of agricultural commodities. ISWES embraces collaboration with local and global research institutions, universities, and agricultural stakeholders fostering innovation and dissemination of advanced knowledge, while prioritizing training of graduate and postdoctoral fellows to sustain a pipeline of scientists dedicated to agricultural and environmental research.

Departments

Administration

Led by Ms Koriyat Esther

Environmental Physics and Irrigation

Led by Kurtzman Daniel Ph.D.

Our department includes (July 2024) 11 independent research groups of various sizes (1.5 – 8 persons...

Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition and Microbiology

Led by Uri Nahshon Ph.D.

Our main goal is to conduct state of the art research and to develop sustainable agricultural...

Researchers

Kurtzman Daniel

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Cytryn Eddie

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Ellen Graber

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Despite growing up in a town called Farmingdale, agriculture wasn't initially on my radar. Even at Cornell University,

Halpern Moshe

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Ben Noah Ilan

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Minz Dror

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Bernstein Nirit

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Rozenstein Offer

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Golan Rotem

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Strobach Ehud

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Uri Nahshon

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Borisover Mikhail

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Shmulik Friedman

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Yalin David

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Though I grew up into the urban environment, agriculture has become my passion. After completing my PhD in

Moreno Ziv

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

As a subsurface hydrologist, my research interests are focused on studying flow and transport mechanisms in saturated/unsaturated environments;

Research Assistants

Anna Berezkin

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Ido Nitsan

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

ido salem

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Judith Cohen

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Kfir Narkis

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Ludmila Tsechansky

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Nadia Nadzi

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Nitzan Malachy

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Raneen Shawahna

Ms

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Roee Katzir

תואר שני

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Josef Tanny

Ph.D.

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

David Russo

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences

Cohen Shabtai

Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences