Degree ​Name Mail ​Topic ​Advisors
​​Post-doc ​Nadav Levi ndvlevy@gmail.com
Game-based models:
Combining intuitive spatially explicit gaming with transport simulation and modeling
​Eran Ben-Elia
​​​Post-doc Meytar Sorek-Hamer ​Itai Kloog
​Post-doc Yael Storz Peretz storz@post.bgu.ac.il Physical model of turbulence and bedoad transport in flood bores Jonathan Laronne and Dr. Joel Johnson, Univ. of Texas at Austin
​​Ph.D ​Elad Almog eladalmog83@gmail.com
The challenges of establishing tourism routes: The case of route 90 south, Israel
​Shaul Krakover
​Ph.D Ignacio Zapico Alonso (Nacho) izapico@geo.ucm.es Transport of sediment in the Alto Tajo Natural Park and restoration of dynamic equilibrium via geomorphological reconstruction Jonathan Laronne and Jose Francisco Martin Duque
​​​Ph.D ​Yitzhak August august.yitzhak@gmail.com Developing a method for hyperspectral imaging based on optical compressed sensing techniques ​Dan Blumberg, Stanley Rotman and Adrian Stern
​​​​Ph.D ​Shai Ben Yaish Shaiby@sapir.ac.il
Land and social justice- from theory to practice
 
​Oren Yiftachel
​​Ph.D ​Tania Bird birdt@post.bgu.ac.il Implications of long term coastal dune management and restoration techniques on conservation of biodiversity in mediterranean dune systems​​
Pua Bar, Amos Bouskila and 
Elli Groner
​​Ph.D Ariel Cohen arieleco@yahoo.com Gullies in agricultural catchments Tal Svoray and Sagy Cohen
​​​Ph.D ​Aviv Lee Cohen-Zada avivlee@post.bgu.ac.il Wind streaks on Earth: Exploration and interperetation ​Dan Blumberg
​​Ph.D
Tomer Dekel
tomerdkl@gmail.com Civil society organizations and the production of Space ​Nurit Alfasi and Avinoam Meir
​​​Ph.D Francesca Dedonato Using satellite based predictions to estimate the short-term health effects of temperature and extreme heat on mortality and hospital admissions in Italy ​Itai Kloog and Paolo Vineis
​​​Ph.D ​Dor Friedman dof1985@gmail.com
Biophysical sustainability of food system in a global and interconnected world
​Meidad Kissinger
​​Ph.D Kealie Goodwin
 The Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin
kealiegoodwin@gmail.com Flash floods and unsteady flows: Sediment transport, turbulence, and bed surface armoring Joel Johnson and Jonathan Laronne on PhD committee​
​Ph.D Hanna Henig, University of Halle, Germany hanna.henig@ufz.de Modeling flashfloods from and in arid catchments in the Judean desert Jonathan Laronne and Ralf Merz
​​Ph.D Noa Hillel hillel@bgu.ac.il Water quality in the lower Jordan River: understanding water sources and pollutants  with the aid of geochemical tools and a hydrological model Jonathan Laronne, Ralf Merz and  Christian Siebert
​​​​Ph.D ​Sivan Isaacson sivanisaa@gmail.com ​​Monitoring drought stress in Acacia trees in hyper arid zone: Geo-ecophysiology aspects ​Dan Blumberg
Ph.D ​Ido Klein idshklein@gmail.com Cooperation in transportation networks as a instrument for managing traffic congestion ​Eran Ben-Elia
​Ph.D ​Yuval Knaan yuvalknaan@gmail.com
Relationships between Military and civil entities and the production of space in Israel
​Oren Yiftachel and Avinoam Meir
​​Ph.D Maor Kohn maorkohn@gmail.com
The formation of an impounded space within
an ethnic minority and its transformation into a
sustainable place—the case of the Bedouin
unrecognized viilage of Wadi el Na'am
​Avinoam Meir
​​Ph.D ​Helena Krasnov hkrasnov@gmail.com
Dynamics of PM due to dust storms and association with human health in arid environment
Itzhak Katra and Michael Friger (Faculty of Health Sciences)
​Ph.D ​Ofer Lavi lavbekzy@gmail.com Dust sources in the Northern African Deserts: identification and evaluation of dust emission dynamics using remote sensing ​Dan Blumberg
​Ph.D ​David Lehrer david@arava.org Development of a cost efficient model for nature conservation in Israel
Pua Bar and Nir Becker
Ph.D​ ​Amir Mussery amir.mussery@gmail.com
Evolution of agro-ecosystems in differently managed research plots at arid loess area
​Pua Bar
​​​​​Ph.D Noa Ochana noao@post.bgu.ac.il
The effects of climate change and land cover change on rainfall-runoff relationship
Arnon Karnieli,Tal Svoray
and Amir Givati
​​​​Ph.D Ravit Ochayon-Michal RavitM@jafi.org Third sector organization and place: Activity pattern, organizational management and processes of change. Case study of the Jewish Agency for Israel activity in the city Yerucham ​Nurit Alfasi and Avinoam Meir
​Ph.D ​Gabby Ore gabbyore@hotmail.com
The geophysical, geoarchaeology and spatial attributes of the ancient open cisterns in the Negev highlands, primarily along the Makhtesh Ramon –Mishor Haruchot axis
Hendrik Bruins and Tal Svoray
​Ph.D ​Yaron Perel
An Exploratory Research of the Tourist Experience among the Israeli Jewish Religious: Motivations, Perceived Risk, Barriers, Difficulties, Ways of Coping and its Implications
​Shaul Krakover and Yaniv Poria
​​Ph.D Noga Raved nogaraved@gmail.com
The effects of public culture policy on urban identity A comparative study of intermediate cities in Israel
​Oren Yiftachel
​Ph.D ​Ariel Reznik
 
i.m.d.r.e.l@gmail.com Mutual correspondence between neighborhood sustainability and livability in selected Israeli neighborhoods ​Nurit Alfasi and Meyiad Kissinger
​​Ph.D ​Moshe Shema
Development of urban tourism attractions management versus local factors
​Shaul Krakover and Natan Urieli
​​​Ph.D ​Ilan Shvarzman ilansc@post.bgu.ac.il Target detection in non-stationary hyperspectral images ​Dan Blumberg and Stanley Rotman
​​​Ph.D ​Lior Solomovitc liorso@macam.ac.il
Promoting multicultural erceptions of teachers in
the periphery through design of a virtual multicultural  community of practice
Avinoam Meir ,Gilad Ravid
and Noa Avni
​​​​Ph.D ​​Alexandra Stien ​​Estimating intra-daily concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10 pollutants using satellite-based AOD products and novel modeling approach ​​Itai Kloog
​​​​Ph.D ​Zeev Stoesel zeevst@post.bgu.ac.il
Betweem the local and the global: An analysis of
urban sustainability
Meidad Kissinger and
Avinoam Meir
​​Ph.D
Nitzan Swet
swet@post.bgu.ac.il
Physicochemical analysis of loess aggregation in relation to aeolian soil erosion
Itzhak Katra
​​​​​Ph.D ​Smadar Tanner smadartanner@gmail.com
Impacts of conventional and organic agricultural practices on aeolian soil erosion 
Itzhak Katra and Meni Ben Hur (Volcani Center)
​​​​Ph.D
 
Maisa Totry-Fakhoury
maisatotry@gmail.com Spatial codes and residential patterns in Palestinian Arab localities in Israel ​Nurit Alfasi and Oren Yiftachel
​​Ph.D Rodrigo Wyss Carlos
Swiss Fed. Inst. of Tech (ETH),  Zurich
carlos.wyss@wsl.ch Sediment transport measurements with geophone sensors Robert Boes,ETH Zurich, Dieter Rickenmann,WSL Birmensdorf and Jonathan Laronne on PhD committee​
​Ph.D Maayan Yitzhak-Sade maayan845@gmail.com
Air pollution and cardiovascular diseases- spatial and temporal associations
​Itai Kloog and Victor Novak
​MA ​Keren Aharon kerenah@post.bgu.ac.il City branding and place making in  the Negev communities ​Nurit Alfasi
​MA
 
Asaf Aizik
asafai@post.bgu.ac.il Private developers and the national planning commission: Implications on the built environment and the public interest Nurit Alfasi and Rachel Katoshevski
​​MA ​​Netta Amar-Shiff nowar1972@gmail.com
The legal-geography of international law - forcible displacement of Bedouins in the "unrecognized villages" in the Negev and Area C of the West Bank
​Oren Yiftachel
 
​MA Lara Ifat Bakaleinik laritaba@gmail.com Assessing the reliability of Open Street Map data in epidemiological studies Itai Kloog​​
​​MA ​Galia Barshad brogga@post.bgu.ac.il
Development of a GIS based decision support system for solving soil degradation effects
Tal Svoray
​​​MA ​Dina Begun begund@post.bgu.ac.il Imaging internal structure of coastal dunes in Isreal using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) ​Dan Blumberg
​​MA Aya Cohen (Dept. of Geol Sci.) ayc@post.bgu.ac.il Monitoring runoff, sediment and modeling landscape evolution at the Zin phosphate plant reclamation sites Jonathan Laronne, Liran Goren, and Eli Argaman
​MA ​Yuval Damari yuval1348@gmail.com Households metabolism – analyzing the direct and indirect material flow of households in Israel ​Meidad Kissinger
​MA ​Ira Dayan iradayan@gmail.com Vector ditections networks using remote detection ​Dan Blumberg and Stanley Rotman
​​MA
Itai Divinsky
itaidivi@gmail.com
The aim of the study is to asses the economic value
of ecosystem services and their trade off with
biodiversity in three ecosystems in Israel
Pua Bar (Kutiel) and Nir Becker
​MA
Avraham Edri
polaedri@gmail.com
Quantitative simulation of aeolian erosion in sand silt soils
Itzhak Katra and Dodi Avraham(Nuclear Research Center)
​​MA Reut Ein-Gil reutbr@post.bgu.ac.il Shifts of oviparous reptiles in response to climate change
Amos Bouskila and Tal Svoray
​MA Adam Eshel, (TAU) aeshel@gmail.com Flood alert in Judean Desert wadis based on water discharge, rainfall from commercial microwave link attenuation, rainfall recorders and radar backscatter Pinhas Alpert (TAU) and Jonathan Laronne
​​MA Hila Estrin hilaes@post.bgu.ac.il Comprehensive and continuous health status monitoring of the Haifa Bay residents: Multi-source approach ​Itai Kloog
​MA ​Ori Gershon origersh@post.bgu.ac.il The conduct and management of community gardens among immigrant societies: The case of Ethiopian community in Israel ​Nurit Alfasi and Avinoam Meir
​MA ​Neria Greniman greniman@post.bgu.ac.il The influence of using geographic information technology on regional and urban planning in relation to the Negev/Naqab Bedouins ​Oren Yiftachel
​MA Eran Halfi eranhalf@post.bgu.ac.il Turbulence and bedload transport by highly unsteady flows Jonathan Laronne and David Katoshevsky
​​MA ​Nadav Hanegbi nadavim@gmail.com Topsoil stabilization and dust control in semiarid loess soils
Itzhak Katra
​MA ​Shiran Havivi havivi@post.bgu.ac.il Advanced interferometric synthtic aperture imaging radar for dune mapping ​Dan Blumberg
​​MA Omer Harovi harouvi@gmail.com Developing spatio-temporally resolved noise estimation model for epidemiological studies ​Itai Kloog
​​​MA
 
Yair Herooty
yairhe@post.bgu.ac.il
Monitoring spatial and temporal dynamics of soil
moisture in Asphodelus ramosus rings in the
northern Negev
Pua Bar (Kutiel)  and Hezi  Yizhaq
​​MA Omer Horowitz omerhome@gmail.com Characterization of the organic load of the Lower Jordan River using the extracellular enzyme activity technique Jonathan Laronne and Bernhard Karrasch
​MA Ionatan Irijimovich irijimov@post.bgu.ac.il The implication of the relocation of IDF bases to the Negev on the redesign of the Northern Negev: A critical view ​Nurit Alfasi and Yudan Rofe
​​MA Dori Katz dorikatz7@gmail.com Erosion rates from semiarid hillslopes in prehistoric times Tal Svoray, Oren Ackerman and Sgay Cohen
​MA Arthur Khozin arturkh@post.bgu.ac.il Geostatistics of soil quality: Prediction and autocorrelation Tal Svoray
​​MA Dagan Lavran daganlevran@gmail.com The geomorphology of the Desert Plateau – Nahal Ze'elim ​Jonathan Laronne and Yoav Avni
​MA Yuval Lorig lorigy@post.bgu.ac.il Reconstruction of geohydrological aspects of the early Pleistocene low-salinity water body in Nahal Zihor, Southern Negev Jonathan Laronne and Hanan Ginat
​​MA ​Heley Marco heley@post.bgu.ac.il Socioeconomic aspects of household electricity use in Israel and policy implications ​Meidad Kissinger
​​​MA Dror Paz pazd@post.bgu.ac.il The use of geophones to monitor bedload in a semi-arid area Jonathan Laronne
​​​​MA Yaakov Prois yaackovp@gmail.com The effect of soil conservation on sediment yield from the agricultural Harod Basin Jonathan Laronne, Liran Goren and Roe Egozi
​MA
Adar Rosenfeld
adarozenfeld@gmail.com Predicting near surface air temperature using a hybrid satellite and land use regression model across the state of Israel ​Itai Kloog
​​​​​MA
Noa Ruf
noaru@post.bgu.ac.il The connection between the amount of walking and the sense of security and attachment in the neighborhood, among elderly women ​Nurit Alfasi and Yudan Rofe
​MA
Erez Shmerler
eschmerler@gmail.com
Relations between wavelength and wind  speed in sand ripple by wind tunnel experiments
Itzhak Katra and Hezi Yizhaq
(The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert research)
​MA ​Inbar Shtutman inbar.shtutman@gmail.com
Sustainable development and food security: Assessing Israel's potential of local food production
​Meidad Kissinger and Tal Svoray
​​MA ​Shir Triky triky@post.bgu.ac.il
Environmental impacts of milk production systems using life cycle assessment approach
​Meidad Kissinger
​​​MA ​Daphna Uni unid@post.bgu.ac.il
The impact of planted forest in semi-arid regions on atmospheric dust transport
Itzhak Katra
​​MA
Adi Vulkan
vulkan@post.bgu.ac.il
The potentialL for PV installarion in residentak buildings in dense urban areas
​Itai Kloog
​​​MA Benny Yaacoby The guiding rules of soil conservation  Tal Svoray and Arnon Sturm
​​​​MA ​Inbal Zamir-Pallivathikal inbalzami@gmail.com
Material flow analysis and decoupling potential of Israel 
​Meidad Kissinger