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Dr. Christopher J. Arnusch               

e-mail: arnusch@bgu.ac.il

Areas of interest:

- Advanced materials for water research and treatment, including carbon, and graphene (laser-induced graphene)
- Structured materials for water research and treatment, focused mainly on laser structuring
- Antimicrobial and Antiviral environmental applications

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Prof. Avraham Be'er

​e-mail: beera@bgu.ac.il​

Areas of interest:

Complex bacterial phenomena; bacterial swarming; active-nematics; topological defects; group behavior mechanisms; collective bacterial motion in liquids; competition between sibling colonies; phenotypic switching; colony morphogenesis; bacteriocins; interactions between bacteria and polymeric membranes; particle tracking; superdiffusion; biorheology; biosurfactants; thin biofilms.

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Prof. Roy Bernstein                               

e-mail: royber@bgu.ac.il​
 

Areas of interest:

Our laboratory's primary goal is to investigate and broaden the knowledge and the use of material and polymer science in membrane synthesis for environmental and industrial applications. This will be accomplished using a multidisciplinary approach combining chemistry, materials and polymer science, surface science, environmental science, engineering, and water treatment technologies.
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Dr. Avner Ronen                          

e-mail: avnerr@bgu.ac.il

Area of interest:

Electrochemical wastewater treatment; electroconductive responsive membranes; nutrients recovery from wastewater; microbial, organic, and inorganic fouling mitigation; membrane distillation; per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) monitoring and control.

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Prof. Moshe Herzberg                     

Dept. Head             

Areas of interest: 

Biofouling of pressure-driven membranes; initial stages of bacterial biofilm formation (adhesion and irreversible attachment); biofilm reactors; mass transfer in biofilms.
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Prof. Roni Kasher                                  

e-mail: kasher@bgu.ac.il​

Areas of interest: 

Synthesis and characterization of novel nano-filtration and reverse-osmosis membranes for water desalination and treatment; peptide synthesis, peptide chemistry, and biologically active peptides. 

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Prof. Oded Nir

e-mail: odni@bgu.ac.il

Areas of interest:

Water treatment and resource recovery from wastewater through novel Physico-chemical processes, focusing on membrane technology. Desalination and water reuse. Advanced process simulation combining mass-transfer and geochemical modeling.

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   Emeriti and retired

 
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Dr. Sofia Belfer                                   

e-mail: sbelfer@bgu.ac.il​

Areas of interest: 

Preparation and application of reactive polymers. Involved in projects related to membrane technology and the synthesis of selective ion-exchange resins and the applications of both technologies to different separation processes 
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Dr. Emanuel Korngold                     

e-mail: korngold@bgu.ac.il

Areas of interest: 

Ion-exchange: ion-exchange properties, selectivity, special uses, wastewater treatment; membranes: perm selective membranes for electrodialysis properties and special uses; electrodialysis: pretreatment and operation; pervaporation; ion-exchange hollow fibers. 
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Dr. Charles Linder                              

e-mail: linderc@bgu.ac.il​

Areas of interest: 

Unique ordered ion-exchange membranes for fuel cells and electrodialysis; nanofiltration and reverse osmosis for water treatment and desalination; novel vesicles for targeted controlled release to treat CNS diseases; micro-encapsulation of biologically active agents; development of sulfate permeable asymmetric mosaic membranes for nanofiltration; improved chemically stable nanofiltration. 
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Dr. Rami Messalem                               

e-mail: rami@bgu.ac.il

Areas of interest: 


Membrane processes for treating municipal and industrial wastewater (particularly in ultra-filtration and micro-filtration, as well as reverse osmosis) and in pre-treating sea-water for desalination; membrane characterization and autopsy of membranes; synthesis of ion-exchange membranes; new stacks for electrodialysis. 
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Prof. Jack Gilron, Emeritus

e-mail: jgilron@bgu.ac.il​

Areas of interest: 

Membrane processes for treating water (particularly in nanofiltration and reverse osmosis) and in treating desalination brine. 
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Prof. Jack Gilron, Emeritus

e-mail: jgilron@bgu.ac.il​

Areas of interest: 

Membrane processes for treating water (particularly in nanofiltration and reverse osmosis) and in treating desalination brine. 
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Prof. Yoram Oren, Emeritus             

e-mail: yoramo@bgu.ac.il

Areas of interest: 


Electrically driven membrane separations: electrodialysis, capacitive deionization; transport phenomena in membranes for water treatment; fouling membranes; membrane characterization by electrochemical methods. 
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