Arnon, Shai, Department of
Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology
✔The study of the fate and transport of contaminants in
the environment
✔The integration of hydrology, geochemistry, and
environmental microbiology to predict the transport of reactive substances under
complex aquatic environments
✔The study of the interaction between hydrodynamic
conditions and biogeochemical processes in streams and wetlands
Bar-Zeev Edo,
Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology
✔Bacterial consortiums in aqueous environments
✔Desalination and water-treatment systems
✔Hydrogel dynamics in marine and freshwater environments
✔The role of planktonic bio-aggregates in biochemical
cycles
✔The nexus of desalination and the aquatic environment
✔Biofouling in membrane module designs, from biofilm
formation to innovative cleaning approaches
Gilor, Osnat, Department of
Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology
✔The role of antimicrobials in biofilm formation
✔The diversity of soil bacteria and their role in the
ecosystem
✔The use of molecular and experimental methods to study
the processes and patterns of microbial ecology and evolution
Gross, Amit, Department of
Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology
✔Issues related to water, effluent, and soil qualities as
well as their impact on the environment
✔The search for practices to improve water and
environmental quality related to contamination by different sources (i.e.
aquaculture, wastewater, and saline water).
✔Ecological Sanitation (ECOSAN), aimed at developing and
improving means for efficient use and reuse of natural resources
✔Recycling of water and nutrients through the reuse of
marginal waters by green solutions
Hertzberg, Moshe, Department of Desalination and Water Treatment
✔Studies of bacterial biofilms and biofouling of membranes
✔The physico-chemical characteristics and the physiology of the
biofouling layer in the membrane
✔Conditions promoting biofilm formation on membranes in water and
wastewater treatment facilities
✔Mode of action of agents that interfere with biofilm formation
✔Mechanisms by which biofilms affect membrane performance
✔Conditions promoting initial bacterial attachment
✔The inhibition of biofilm growth mechanisms on
"anti-biofouling" modified-surface membranes
Nejidat, Ali, Department of
Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology
✔Microbial ecology and the role of microorganisms in safeguarding
environmental quality
✔Availability of water and water quality
✔Prevention of contamination of available water resources
✔Design of recycling schemes for wastewater reuse
✔Ecophysiology and molecular genetics of the chemolithotrophic
nitrifying bacteria
✔Bacteria involved in the biodegradation of the environmentally
hazardous halo-organics for the remediation of polluted sites
Ronen, Zeev, Department of Environmental Hydrology and
Microbiology
✔Bioremediation of contaminated groundwater and soil
✔Bio-treatment of industrial wastewater
✔Biodegradation of organic pollutants
✔Safe reuse of treated effluents
