My main fields of interest have been conservation biology, biogeography and spatial ecology. I always strive to use my knowledge and expertise from biology, statistics, mathematics and social-sciences to promote conservation. This is done at various scales- from purely theoretic perspectives all the way to the conservation management implementation stage - at local, regional and global spatial scales. Beyond that I am interested at the arrangement and organization of natural phenomena in space at different scales. My research is placed at the nexus of science and society and is very interdisciplinary. This is done using theoretical models, geo-spatial modeling and a slew of statistical tools to analyze global, regional and local datasets, as well as data collected in the field on various organisms.

Uri Roll - list of publication Mar. 2018 (newest first)

> Roll U., Iwamura T., and Berger-Tal O. 2018. National conservation science conferences as a means of bridging conservation science and practice. Conservation Biology, accepted for publication.
> Roll U. Correia R. and Berger-Tal O. 2018. Using machine learning to disentangle homonyms in large text corpora. Conservation Biology, DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13044.
> Mendlovic S., Saad A., Roll U., Ben-Yehuda A., Tuval-Mashiach R. and Atzil-Slonim D. 2018. The Association between Patient-Therapist MATRIX Congruence and Treatment Outcome. Psychotherapy Research, DOI 10.1080/10503307.2018.1448479.
> Keren-Rotem T., Roll U., Bouskila A. and Geffen E. The contextual separation of lateral white line patterns in chameleons. Royal Society Open Science, 5: 171235.
> Renan S., Gafny S., Perl B., Roll U., Malka Y., Vences M. and Geffen E. 2017. Living quarters of a living fossil - Uncovering the current distribution pattern of the rediscovered Hula painted frog Latonia nigriventer using environmental DNA. Molecular Ecology 26: 6801–6812.
> Meiri S., Bauer A.M., Castro-Herrera F., Chirio L., Colli G., Das I., Doan T., Glaw, F., Grismer L.L., Hoogmoed M., Kraus F., LeBreton M., Meirte D., Nagy Z.T., Nogueira C., Oliver P., Pauwels O., Pincheira-Donoso D., Shea G., Sindaco R., Tallowin O., Torres-Carvajal , O., Trape J-T, Uetz P., Wagner P., Ziegler T. and Roll U. 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions, 24: 262-273.
> Roll U., Feldman A., Novosolov M., Allison A., Bauer A., Bernard R., Bohm M., Chirio L., Collen B., Colli G.R., Dabul L., Das I., Doan T., Grismer L., Herrera F.C., Hoogmoed M., Itescu Y., Kraus F., LeBreton M., Lewin A., Martins M., Maza E., Meirte D., Nagy Z., Nogueira C.C., Pauwels O.S.G., Pincheira-Donoso D., Powney G., Sindaco R., Tallowin O., Torres-Carvajal O., Trape J.F., Uetz P., Vidan E. Wagner P., Wang Y.Z., Orme D., Grenyer R. and Meiri S. 2017. The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1:1677–1682.
> Vidan E., Roll U., Bauer A., Grismer l., Guo P., Maza E., Novosolov M., Sindaco R., Wagner P., Belmaker J. and Meiri S. 2017. The Eurasian hot nightlife - environmental forces associated with nocturnality in lizards. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26:1316–1325.
> Lewin A., Feldman A., Bauer A., Belmaker J., Chirio L., Broadley D.G., Itescu Y., LeBreton M., Maza E., Meirte D., Nagy Z., Novosolov M., Roll U., Tallowin O., Trape J-F., Vidan E., and Meiri S. 2016. Patterns of species richness, endemism, and environmental gradients of African reptiles. Journal of Biogeography, 43:2380–2390.
> Roll U., Mittermeier J.C., Diaz I. G., Novosolov M., Feldman A., Itescu Y., Meiri S. and Grenyer R. 2016. Using Wikipedia page views to explore the cultural importance of global reptiles. Biological Conservation, 204A 42-50.
> Barkan S., Roll U., Yom-Tov Y., Wasswnaar L.I. and Barnea A. 2016. Possible linkage between neuronal recruitment and flight distance in migratory birds. Scientific Reports, 6, 21983; doi: 10.1038/srep21983.
> Roll U., Geffen E. and Yom-Tov Y. 2015. Linking vertebrate species richness to tree canopy height on a global scale. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24: 814-825.
> Scharf I., Feldman A., Novosolov M., Pincheira-Donoso D., Das I., Böhm M., Uetz P., Torres-Carvajal, O., Bauer A., Roll U. and Meiri S. 2015. Late bloomers and baby boomers: ecological drivers of longevity in squamates and the tuatara. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24: 396–405.
> Solow A., Beet, A., Roll U. and Stone L. 2014. A test for a shift in the boundary of the geographical range of a species. Biology Letters, 10: 20130808.
> Roll U., Tallowin O., Berkowic D., Maza E., Ostrometzky O., Slavenko A., Tamar K. and Meiri S. 2013. Rueppel’s Snake-eyed skink, Ablepharus rueppellii (Gray, 1839) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae),: distribution extension and geographic range in Israel. Check List, 9: 458-464.
> Axelsen J.B., Roll U., Stone L. and Solow A. 2013. Species-area relationships always overestimate extinction rates from habitat loss: Comment. Ecology 94: 761-763.
> Levin E., Roll U., Dolev A., Yom-Tov Y. and Kronfeld-Schor N. 2013. Bats of a Gender Flock Together: Sexual Segregation in a Subtropical Bat. PLoS One 8: e54987.
> Huppert A., Barnea O., Katriel G., Yaari R., Roll U. and Stone L. 2012. Modeling and Statistical Analysis of the Spatio-temporal Patterns of Seasonal Influenza in Israel. PLoS One 7: e45107.
> Amichai E, Levin E., Kronfeld-Schor N., Roll U. and Yom-Tov Y. 2012. Natural history, physiology and energetic strategies of Asellia tridens (Chiroptera). Mammalian Biology, 78: 94-103.
> Roll U., Stone L., Grenyer R. and Meiri S. 2011. Not so holy after all. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, 57: 193-204.
> Roll U., Yaari R., Katriel G., Barnea O., Stone L., Mendelson E., Mendelboim M. and Huppert A. 2011. Onset of a pandemic: characterizing and modeling the initial phase of the swine flu (H1N1) epidemic in Israel. BMC Infectious Diseases, 11:92.
> Katriel G., Yaari R., Huppert A., Roll U. and Stone L. 2011. Modeling the initial phase of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in Israel. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 8: 856–867.
> Mandelik Y., Roll U. and Fleischer A. 2010. Cost-efficiency of biodiversity indicators for Mediterranean ecosystems and the effects of socio-economic factors. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47: 1179–1188.
> Munwes I., Geffen E., Roll U., Tikochinski Y., Friedmann A. and Gafny S. 2010. A gradual increase in genetic diversity towards the distribution edge of the eastern spadefoot toad (Pelobates syriacus). Molecular Ecology 19: 2675-2689.
> Roll U., Stone L. and Meiri S. 2009. Hot-spot facts and artifacts – questioning Israel's great biodiversity. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, 55: 263-279.
> Mandelik Y. and Roll U. 2009. Diversity patterns of wild bees in almond orchards and their surrounding landscape. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 57: 185-191.
> Roll U., Dayan T., Simberloff D. and Mienis H. 2009. Non-indigenous land- and freshwater gastropods in Israel. Biological Invasions 11: 1963-1972.
> Roll U., Dayan T. and Simberloff D. 2008. Non-indigenous land vertebrates in Israel and adjacent areas. Biological Invasions, 10: 659-672.
> Roll U., Dayan T., Simberloff D. and Goren M. 2007. Characteristics of the introduced fish fauna of Israel. Biological Invasions 9: 813-824.
> Roll U., Dayan T. and Simberloff D. 2007. Non-indigenous insect species in Israel and adjacent areas. Biological Invasions 9: 629-643.
> Roll U., Dayan T. and Kronfeld-Schor N. 2006. On the role of phylogeny in determining activity patterns of rodents. Evolutionary Ecology 20: 479-490.

Ph.D.: 2008-2012, Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Life Sciences, Biomathematics Unit.
Name of advisor: Prof. Lewi Stone
Title of thesis: Spatial perspectives of epidemiological and ecological problems.

M.Sc.: 2001-2004, Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Zoology.
Names of advisors: Prof. Tamar Dayan; Prof. Daniel Simberloff
Title of thesis: Invasive animal species in the terrestrial and aquatic habitats of Israel.

B.Sc.: 1997-2000, Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Life Sciences.

Courses taught

2018 Conservation biology: philosophy and ethics; graduate level; Ben-Gurion University (taught jointly with Prof. David Saltz).

2017 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems for Ecologists (GIS); graduate level; Ben-Gurion University.

2016 Introduction to Species Distribution Modelling using R; graduate level; Tel-Aviv University.