The main focus of my research is the study of the fate and transport of contaminants in the environment. My work integrates hydrology, geochemistry, and environmental microbiology to predict the transport of reactive substances under complex aquatic environments. I am particularly interested in the study of the interaction between hydrodynamic conditions and biogeochemical processes in streams and wetlands.
My research approach emphasizes highly controlled laboratory experiments that investigate and quantify fundamental processes controlling the interaction of contaminants with the solid medium and with biofilms. Results from the laboratory experiments are combined with field measurements and experiments, and this information is coupled with existing models to quantify transport processes under natural conditions or during remediation scenarios. This research improves and extends our fundamental understanding of hydro ecology, stream biogeochemistry and stream-subsurface interaction. The information from my studies serves as the basis for developing technologies to be used in a variety of settings to study the fate of contaminants, to develop monitoring strategies, and to improve existing remediation methods

Scientific Publications 2015-2020

1. Futran, V. S, Tal, A. PI, Arnon, S.PI (2015). Why Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) challenge traditional risk assessment and how we can respond? Journal of Hazardous Materials, 286: 589-611 (63 citations; IF: 4.529; Journal ranking; 13/221; Q1).
2. Arnon, S. PI *Avni, N. S, Gafny, S. PI (2015). Nutrient uptake and macroinvertebrate community structure in a highly regulated Mediterranean stream receiving treated wastewater. Aquatic Sciences, 77(4), 623–637, doi:10.1007/s00027-015-0407-6. (14 citations; IF: 2.706; Journal ranking; 3/20; Q1).
3. Zaibel, I.S, Groisman, L.C, Zilberg, D. PI and Arnon, S. PI (2016). Impact of treated wastewater reuse and floods on water quality and fish health within a water reservoir in an arid climate. Science of the Total Environment. 559, 268–281, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.099. (7 citations; IF: 4.099; Journal ranking; 18/223; Q1).
4. Dotan, P.S, Godinger, T. S, Odeh, W. S, Groisman, L.C, El Kehateeb, N.PI, Abed Rabbo, A.PI, Tal, A.PI, and Arnon, S.PI (2016). Occurrence and fate of endocrine disrupting compounds in wastewater treatment plants in Israel and the Palestinian West Bank. Chemosphere 155, 86–93, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.04.027. (13 citations; IF: 4.208; Journal ranking; 32/229; Q1).
5. De Falco, N.S, Boano, F.PI, Arnon, S.PI. (2016). Biodegradation of labile dissolved organic carbon under losing and gaining streamflow conditions simulated in a laboratory flume. Limnology and Oceanography, 61, 2016, 1839–1852. doi: 10.1002/lno.10344 (9 citations; IF: 3.794; Journal ranking; 1/20; Q1).
6. Fox, A., S Laube, G.,S Fleckenstein, J.,PI Schmidt, C.,PI Arnon, S.PI (2016). Impact of losing and gaining stream flow conditions on hyporheic exchange in heterogeneous streambeds. Water Resources Research, 52, 613–615. 10.1029/2008WR006912.M (25 citations; IF: 3.549; Journal ranking; 3/83; Q1).
7. Dotan, P.S, Tal, A.PI, and Arnon, S.PI (2017). A simple model for estimating the concentrations of natural estrogens in raw wastewater. Science of the Total Environment, 575, 588–594. (6 citations; IF: 4. 9; Journal ranking; 22/229; Q1).
8. Gordon Kirsch, N. S, Tal, A. PI, Odeh, W. S, Abed Rabbo, A. PI, Godinger, T. S, Arnon, S.PI, Al Khateeb, N. PI (2017). A model for cost-effectiveness analysis of wastewater treatment facilities regarding endocrine disrupting compound removal: A case study in the Palestinian West Bank. International Journal of Water and Wastewater Treatment. 3. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16966/2381-5299.145. (0 citations, new journal- no ranking yet).
9. Dotan, P. S, Yeshayahu, M. S, Odeh, W. S, Gordon- Kirsch, N. S, Groisman, L. C, Al-Khateeb, N. PI, Abed Rabbo, A PI, Tal, A. PI and Arnon, S.PI (2017). Fate of endocrine disrupting compounds along transboundary streams in Israel and the Palestinian West Bank. Journal of Environmental Management. 204, 355–364, doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.017. (0 citations; IF: 4.01; Journal ranking; 39/229; Q1).
10. Boano, F. PI, De Falco, N.,S & Arnon S.PI (2018). Modeling chemical gradients in sediments under losing and gaining flow conditions: the GRADIENT code. Advances in Water Resources, 112, 72–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.12.002. (2 citations; IF: 3.211; Journal ranking; 7/82; Q1).
11. Fox, AS, Packman, A.I. PI, Boano, F.C, Colin B. P.C, Arnon, S. PI (2018). Interactions between suspended kaolinite deposition and hyporheic exchange flux under losing and gaining flow conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2018GL077951. (11 citations; IF: 4.253; Journal ranking; 14/188; Q1).
12. Datry, T., Foulquier, A., Corti, R., Tockner, K., Gessner, M.O., Stubbington, R., Allen, D.C., Altermatt, F., Arce, M.I., Arnon, S.C, Banas, D., Beller, E., Blanchette, M.L., Blessing, J.J., Boersma, K.S., Bogan, M.T., Bonada, N., Bond, N.R., Bruder, A., Burrows, R.M., Cancellario, T., Canhoto, C., Carlson, S.M., Cid, N., Danger, M., Terra, B.D.F., Girolamo, A.M. De, Barra, E.D. La, Dyer, F., Elosegi, A., Faye, E., Febria, C., Four, B., Gafny, S., Ghate, S.D., Guareschi, S., Hoppeler, F., Hwan, J.L., Jones, J.I., Kubheka, S., Laini, A., Langhans, S.D., Leigh, C., Little, C.J., Lorenz, S., Marshall, J.C., Mcintosh, A.R., Meyer, E.I., Mlambo, M.C., Morais, M., Moya, N., Negus, P.M., Niyogi, D.K., Papatheodoulou, A., Pardo, I., Pauls, S.U., Robinson, C.T., Rolls, R.J., Shumilova, O., Sridhar, K.R., Steward, A.L., Storey, R., Taleb, A., Uzan, A., Vorste, R. Vander, Waltham, N.J., Zak, D., Zarfl, C., Zoppini, A., (2018). A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways. Nature Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0134-4 (26 citations; IF: 13.941; Journal ranking; 1/188; Q1).
13. De Falco, N.S, Boano, F.C, Bogler, A.S, Bar-Zeev, E.C, Arnon, S.PI (2018). Influence of stream-subsurface exchange flux and bacterial biofilms on oxygen consumption under nutrient-rich conditions. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JG004372. (6 citations; IF: 3.426; Journal ranking; 19/175; Q1).
14. Peralta-Maraver, I.S, Galloway, J. S, Posselt, M. S, Arnon, S.C, Reiss, J. PI, Lewandowski, J. C, and Robertson, A PI. (2018). Environmental filtering and community delineation in the streambed ecotone. Scientific Reports. 8:15871, DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-34206-z (7 citations; IF: 4.122; Journal ranking; 12/64; Q1).
15. Arce, M., Mendoza-Lera, C., Catalan, N., Mutz, M., Romani, A., Martí, E., Gomez, R., Foulquier, A., Marcé, R., Bernal, S., Zoppini, A., Gionchetta, G., Weigelhofer, G., del Campo, R., Robinson, C., Gilmer, A., Rulik, M., Obrador, B., Shumilova, O., Zlatanović, S., Arnon, S. C, Baldrian, P., Singer, G., Datry, T., Skoulikidis, N., Tietjen, B., von Schiller, D., and Almagro, M. (2019). A conceptual framework for understanding the biogeochemistry of dry riverbeds through the lens of soil science. Earth-Science Rev., 188, 441–453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.12.001. (11 citations; IF: 7.491; Journal ranking; 4/188; Q1).
16. Shumilova, O. Zak, D., Datry, T., von Schiller, D., Corti, R., Foulquier, A., Obrador, B., Tockner, K., Altermatt, F., Arce, M., Arnon, S. C, Banas, D., Banegas-Medina, A., Beller, A., Blanchette, M., Blanco-Libreros, J., Blessing, J., Gonçalves Boëchat, I., Boersma, K., Bogan, M., Bonada, N., Bond, N., Brintrup, K., Bruder, A., Burrows, R., Cancellario, T., Carlson, S., Cauvy-Fraunié, S., Cid, N., Danger, M., Terra, B., De Girolamo, A., del Campo, R., Dyer, F., Elosegi, A., Emile, F. Febria, C., Figueroa, R., Four, B., Gessner, M., Gnohossou, P., Gómez Cerezo, R., Gómez-Gener, L., Graça, M., Guareschi, S., Gücker, B., Hwan, J., Kubheka, S., Langhans, S., Leigh, C., Little,C., Lorenz, S., Marshall, J., McIntosh, A., Mendoza-Lera, C., Meyer, E., Miliša, M., Mlambo, M., Moleón, M., Negus, P., Niyogi, D., Papatheodoulou, A., Pardo, I., Paril, P., Pešić, V., Rodríguez-Lozano, P., Rolls, R., Mar Sánchez-Montoya, M., Savić, A., Steward, A., Stubbington, R., Taleb, A., Vorste, R., Waltham, N., Zoppini, A., and Zarfl, C. (2019). Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: a global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matter. Global Change Biology, 25 (2019)5, S. 1591-1611 (13 citations; IF: 8.997; Journal ranking; 1/56; Q1).
17. Zaibel, I. S, Appelbaum, Y.S, Arnon, S.PI, Britzi, M.C, Schwartsburd, F. C, Snyder, S. C, Zilberg, Z PI (2019). The potential of tertiary treated wastewater reuse for fish culture: Laboratory-scale experiment with ornamental fish Poecilia reticulate (guppy). PLOS One, 14(6): e0217927:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217927. (0 citations; IF: 2.776; Journal ranking; 15/64; Q1).
18. Von Schiller, D., Datry, T., Corti, R., Foulquier, A., Tockner, K., Marcé, R., García‐Baquero, G., Odriozola, I., Obrador, B., Elosegi, A., Mendoza‐Lera, C., Gessner, M.O., Stubbington, R., Albariño, R., Allen, D.C., Altermatt, F., Arce, M.I., Arnon, S.c, Banas, D., Banegas‐Medina, A., Beller, E., Blanchette, M.L., Blanco‐Libreros, J.F., Blessing, J., Boëchat, I.G., Boersma, K.S., Bogan, M.T., Bonada, N., Bond, N.R., Brintrup, K., Bruder, A., Burrows, R.M., Cancellario, T., Carlson, S.M., Cauvy‐Fraunié, S., Cid, N., Danger, M., Freitas Terra, B., Dehedin, A., De Girolamo, A.M., Campo, R., Díaz‐Villanueva, V., Duerdoth, C.P., Dyer, F., Faye, E., Febria, C., Figueroa, R., Four, B., Gafny, S., Gómez, R., Gómez‐Gener, L., Graça, M.A.S., Guareschi, S., Gücker, B., Hoppeler, F., Hwan, J.L., Kubheka, S., Laini, A., Langhans, S.D., Leigh, C., Little, C.J., Lorenz, S., Marshall, J., Martín, E.J., McIntosh, A., Meyer, E.I., Miliša, M., Mlambo, M.C., Moleón, M., Morais, M., Negus, P., Niyogi, D., Papatheodoulou, A., Pardo, I., Pařil, P., Pešić, V., Piscart, C., Polášek, M., Rodríguez‐Lozano, P., Rolls, R.J., Sánchez‐Montoya, M.M., Savić, A., Shumilova, O., Steward, A., Taleb, A., Uzan, A., Vander Vorste, R., Waltham, N., Woelfle‐Erskine, C., Zak, D., Zarfl, C., Zoppini, A., (2019). Sediment respiration pulses in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 33, doi. org/10.1029/2019GB006276 (1 citations; IF: 5.733; Journal ranking; 24/250; Q1).
19. Lewandowski, J., Arnon, S.c, Banks, E., Batelaan, O., Betterle, A., Broecker, T, Coll, C., Drummond, J.D., Garcia, J.G., Galloway, J., Gomez-Velez, J., Grabowski, R. C., Herzog, S.P., Hinkelmann, R., Höhne, A., Hollender, J., Horn, M.A., Jaeger, A., Krause, S., Prats, A.L., Magliozzi, C., Meinikmann, K., Mojarrad, B.B., Mueller, B.M., Peralta-Maraver, I., Popp, A.L., Posselt, M., Putschew, A., Radke, M., Raza, M., Riml, J., Robertson, A., Rutere, C., Schaper, J.L., Schirmer, M., Schulz, H., Shanafield, M., Singh, T., Ward, A.S., Wolke, P., Wörman, A., Wu, L. (2019). Is the hyporheic zone relevant beyond the scientific community? Water, 11, 1–33. (3 citations; IF: 2.524; Journal ranking; 29/91; Q2).
20. Galloway, J. S, Fox, A., Lewandowski, J. PI and Arnon, S. PI (2020). The effect of non-steady overlying water velocity on oxygen consumption under losing and gaining conditions. Scientific Reports, 9:19735, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56289-y (0 citations; IF: 4.122; Journal ranking; 12/64; Q1).
21. Wolke, P.S, Teitelbaum, Y.S, Chao, D.S, Lewandowski, J.PI, and Arnon, S.PI (2020). Impact of bed form celerity on oxygen dynamics in the hyporheic zone. WATER, 12, 62; doi:10.3390/w12010062 (1 citations; IF: 2.524; Journal ranking; 29/91; Q2).
22. Preziosi-ribero, A.S, Packman, A.I.PI, Escobar-vargas, J.A.PI, Phillips, C.B.PI, Donado, L.D.PI, Arnon, S. PI (2020). Fine sediment deposition and filtration under losing and gaining flow conditions: A particle tracking model approach. Water Resources Research 56, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026057 (0 citations; IF: 3.549; Journal ranking; 3/83; Q1).
23. Zaibel, I. S, Dagan, G. S, Arnon, S.PI, Schwartsburd, F.C, Britzi, M. C, Snyder, S.A. C, Zilberg, D. PI, (2020). Tertiary-treated wastewater as a potential water source for sustainable aquaculture: A laboratory-scale experiment with Cyprinus carpio. Aquaculture, 522, 735161 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735161 (0 citations; IF: 3.022; Journal ranking; 14/108; Q1).
24. Dallmann, J.S, Phillips, C. B.PI, Sund, N.C, Schumer, R.PI, Teitelbaum, Y.S, Arnon, S.PI, Packman, A.I.PI (2020). Impacts of fine particle accumulation on hyporheic exchange and sand-bed morphodynamics. Water Resources Research, Accepted for publication. (0 citations; IF: 3.549; Journal ranking; 3/83; Q1).
25. * Bogler, A., Packman, A.I., Furman, A., Gross, A., Kushmaro, A., Ronen, A., Dagot, C., Hill, C., Vaizel-Ohayon, D., Morgenroth, E., Bertuzzo, E., Wells, G., Raanan Kiperwas, H., Horn, H., Negev, I., Zucker, I., Bar-Or, I., Moran-Gilad, J., Luis Balcazar, J., Bibby, K., Elimelech, M., Weisbrod, N., Nir, O. Sued, O., Gillor, O., Alvarez, P.J., Crameri, S., Arnon, S., Walker, S., Yaron, S., Nguyen, T.H., Berchenko, Y., Hu, Y., Ronen, Z., and Bar-Zeev, Z. Rethinking wastewater risks and monitoring in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Sustainability, DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-00605-2. (0 citations; IF: 12.080; Journal ranking; 3/265; Q1).

1994-1996 B.Sc.- Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
1997-1999 M.Sc.- Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Name of advisors: Prof. Eilon Adar, Dr. Zeev Ronen and Dr. Alexander Yakirevich.
Title of thesis: Transport of organic and inorganic contaminants in desert soil: evaluation of contaminants flushing potential from a contaminated soil near Ramat-Hovav industrial park.
1999-2004 Ph.D.- Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Name of advisors: Prof. Eilon Adar, Dr. Zeev Ronen, Dr. Alexander Yakirevich and Prof. Ronit Nativ
Title of thesis: Impact of microbial activity on flow and transport in fractured chalk.