Groundwater hydrology of arid basins. Deals, particularly with Israel's "international" aquifers, their quality and division with Palestinians and other neighboring countries.

1. Noam Zach Dvory*, Yakov Livshitz, Michael Kuznetsov, Eilon Adar, Alexander and Yakirevich (2016). “The effect of hydrogeological conditions on variability and dynamic of groundwater recharge in a carbonate aquifer at local scale.” Journal of Hydrology Vol. 535 (2016) PP 480–494.

2. Reika Yokochi, Ryan Bernier, Roland Purtschert, Jake Zappala, Yoseph Yechieli, Eilon Adar, Wei Jiang, Zheng-Tian. Lu, Peter Mueller, Gerard Olack, Roi Ram (2017). "Field degassing as a new sampling method for 14C analyses in old groundwater". Radiocarbon, 2017, p. 1–18. DOI:10.1017/RDC.2017.64.

3. Noam Zach Dvory, Michael Kuznetsov, Yakov Livshitz, Guy Gasser, Irena Pankratov, Ovadia Lev, Eilon Adar, Alexander Yakirevich (2018). "Modeling sewage leakage and transport in carbonate aquifer using carbamazepine as an indicator." Water Research, 2018, p. 157–170.

4. Noam Zach Dvory*, Alon Ronen, Yakov Livshitz, Eilon Adar, Michael Kuznetsov, Alexander Yakirevich (2018). "Quantification of groundwater recharge in karst aquifer from runoff events in an ephemeral stream." I (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), Water 2018, 10(1), 79; doi:10.3390/w1001007. p. 1-16.

5. Noam Zach Dvory*, Michael Kuznetsov, Yakov Livshitz, Eilon Adar, Guy Gasser, Irena Pankratov, Ovadia Lev, and Alexander Yakirevich (2018). “Caffeine vs. Carbamazepine as indicators for sewage contamination in a carbonate aquifer.” Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS; Elsevier) Hess-2018-426. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 2018, PP 6371-6381.

6. Yoseph Yechieli, Reika Yokochic, Michael Zilberbrandd, Zheng-Tian Lu, Roland Purtschert, Jürgen Sueltenfuss, Wei Jiange, Jake Zappala, Peter Mueller, Ryan Bernier, Naama Avrahamov, Eilon Adar, FirasTalhami, Yakov Livshitz, Avihu Burg (2019). “Recent seawater intrusion into deep aquifer determined by the radioactive noble-gas isotopes 81Kr and 39Ar”. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 507 (2019) 21–29.

7. R. Yokochi, R. Ram*, J.C. Zappala, W. Jiang, E.M. Adar, R. Bernier, A. Burg6, U. Dayan, Z-T. Lu, P. Mueller, R. Purtschert, and Y. Yechieli (2019). “Radiokrypton unveils dual moisture sources of a deep desert aquifer.” PANS. Vol. 116, No. 33. 2019. P 16222-16227. (Manuscript ID: 2019-04260R).

8. Noa Balaban, Irina Yankelzon, Eilon Adar, Faina Gelman, Zeev Ronen *, Anat Bernstein (2019). “The spatial distribution of the microbial community in a contaminated aquitard below an industrial zone” Water 2019, 11(10), 2128; https://doi.org/10.3390/w11102128.

9. Avshalom Babad*, A. Burg, E.M. Adar (2020). “Conceptual hydrological approach to a geologically complex basin with scarce data: the Hula Valley, Middle East.” Hydrogeology Journal, 28(2), 703-722. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-019-02031-x.

10. R. Ram*, A. Burg, J. C. Zappala, R. Yokochi, Y. Yechieli, R. Purtschert, W. Jiang, Z-T, Lu, P. Mueller, R. Bernier, E. M. Adar. (, 2020). “Identifying recharge processes into a vast “fossil” aquifer based on dynamic groundwater 81Kr age evolution” Journal of Hydrology (Accepted for publication April 9. 2020).

B.Sc. 1974 Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ), Israel. Geography, Geology and Climatology

M.Sc. 1979 HUJ, Israel. hysical Geography and Hydrology
Title of thesis: Processes of Infiltration and Possible Recharge Along Ephemeral Streams in the Negev Highlands

Ph.D. 1984 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Major in Hydrology and Minor in Soil Water Engineering
Title of thesis: Quantification of Aquifer Recharge Distribution Using Environmental Isotopes and Regional Hydrochemistry