ASL wind tunnel.JPG 
 
Research of geomorphology and soil with the aim to understand dynamic processes of earth
surface sediments and landforms. Attention is given to the impacts of environmental changes and their significance for the physical environment and the human habitat.
The ASL consists of two units: Aeolian Simulation Laboratory and Soil and Dust Laboratory.
 
The current ASL research group includes professional researchers, post-doc scientists, PhD candidates, master students, and research assistants. 
The group collaborates in interdisciplinary studies with colleagues (physicists, ecologists, physicians, epidemiologists, engineers) within BGU, from Israeli academic and agricultural research institutions (such as TAU, ARO, BIDR, and GSI, University of Haifa), and from academic institutions abroad (such as UCLA, ZALF, Leipzig, Harvard, DRI).
 

Key words

Geomorphology, Sand transport, Dust emission, Aeolian processes, Loess, Soil erosion.
 
 

Contact information

​Prof. Itzhak Katra

Head of ASL
Department of Geography and Environmental Development
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
Email: katra@bgu.ac.il
Tel. +972-8-642-8434,
Fax. +972-8-647-2821
 

Aeolian Simulation Laboratory (ASL)

Institute of applied research, Bld. N15,
Kiriat Bergman Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
Tel. +972-8-6428261
 

Soil and Dust Laboratory (SDL)

Faculty of Engineering, Bld. 63, Room 001-005.
Marcus Family Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
Tel. +972-8-6428723