The Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change Academic Researchers

Researcher's Name	Email	Department	Field	General Area
Prof. Shimon Rachmilevitch - Head of the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change	rshimon@bgu.ac.il	Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Plant Ecophysiology	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Uri Abdu	abdu@bgu.ac.il	Department of Life Sciences	Sustainability in agriculture (poultry), a genetic mechanism for determining color in chickens, species invasion	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Sigal Abramovich	sigalabr@bgu.ac.il	Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences	Global Changes, Oceanography	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Nurit Agam	agam@bgu.ac.il	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Micrometeorology, heat and mass transfer across the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Nurit Alfasi	nurital@bgu.ac.il	Department of Geography and Environmental Development	Urban Planning, Urban Dynamics	Policy, Management and Planning
Prof. Lital Alfonta	alfontal@bgu.ac.il	Department of Life Sciences	Synthetic Environmental Biology	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Dr. Gilad Antler	giladantler@gmail.com	Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences	Environmental Geochemistry, Stable Isotopes, Bio-geochemical cycles, Chemical Oceanography	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Shai Arnon	sarnon@bgu.ac.il	The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology	Hydrology, Water Quality in Streams, Movement of Pollutants in the Environment	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Chris Arnusch	arnusch@bgu.ac.il	The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology	Chemistry Materials	Water, Air and Earth
Dr. Gilboa Arye	aryeg@bgu.ac.il	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Soil and Water	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Nurit Ashkenazi	nurita@bgu.ac.il	Department of Materials Engineering	Bio-Derived Electronics	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Nir Avieli	avieli@bgu.ac.il	Department of Sociology & Anthropology	Anthropology	Human, Society and Environment
Dr. Nir Barak	nirbarak@bgu.ac.il	Department of Politics and Government	Politics and Environmental Philosophy, Urban Politics, Political Theory	Human, Society and Environment
Prof. Simon Barak	simon@bgu.ac.il	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Plant Molecular Responses to Environmental Stresses	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Dr. Shirli Bar-David	shirlibd@bgu.ac.il	The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research	Nature Conservation, Genetics of Nature Conservation	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Hillel Bar-Gera	bargera@bgu.ac.il	Department of Industrial Engineering & Management	Transportation	Policy, Management and Planning
Prof. Maya Bar-Sadan	barsadan@bgu.ac.il	Department of Chemistry	Development of Functional Materials Used to Produce Alternative Fuels in a Sustainble way	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Edo Bar-Zeev	edobarzeev@gmail.com	The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology	Aquatic Microbiology	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Dudy Bar-Zvi	barzvi@bgu.ac.il	Department of Life Sciences	Plant Genetic and Biochemistry, Response to Stress	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Dr. Muhammad Bashouti	Bashouti@bgu.ac.il	Alexandre Yersin Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics	Semiconductors, Devices, Sensors	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Avraham Beer	beera@bgu.ac.il	The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology	Physics	Water, Air and Earth
Dr. Yaniv Belhassen	yanivbel@bgu.ac.il	Hotel and Tourism Management	Touristification and Commercialization of Natural and Cultural Resources, Spirituality and Pilgrimage, Sustainable Management, Pedagogy and Critical Thinking	Human, Society and Environment
Prof. Orit Ben Zvi Assaraf	ntorit@bgu.ac.il	Science & Technology Education	Developing Skills of Systemic Thinking, Environmental Education, Learning in Informal Environments such as Science Museums and Zoos	Human, Society and Environment
Prof. Eran Ben-Elia	benelia@bgu.ac.il	Department of Geography and Environmental Development	Transportation and Travel Behavior	Human, Society and Environment
Prof. Ben-zvi Anat	anatbz@bgu.ac.il	Department of Life Sciences	Impact of life history on control and operation of quality control systems and stress responses	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Yoella Bereby-Meyer	yoella@bgu.ac.il	Department of Psychology	Risk, decision-making under conditions of uncertainty, behavioral economics	Human, Society and Environment
Dr. Oded Berger-Tal	bergerod@bgu.ac.il	The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research	Animal behavior and nature conservation	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Ronen Berkovich	berkovir@bgu.ac.il	Department of Chemical Engineering	Surface phenomena, pollutant suspension, biophysics, nanotribology	Water, Air and Earth; Engineering and Energy
Prof. Sigal Berman	sigalbe@bgu.ac.il	Department of Industrial Engineering & Management	Robotics, motor control, intelligent systems engineering	Engineering and Energy
Dr. Anat Bernstein	anatbern@bgu.ac.il	The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology	Degradation Processes of Organic Pollutants in the Environment	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Natalya (Natasha) Bilenko	natalya@bgu.ac.il	Department of Public Health	Public Health, Environmental Epidemiology	Health and Environment
Dr. Michal Birkenfeld	birkemic@bgu.ac.il	Department of Bible studies, Archeology and the Ancient Near East	Prehistoric archaeology, The Early Neolithic of the southern Levant, Transition to Agriculture/Horticulture & Desert exploitation.	Human, Society and Environment
Prof. Dan Blumberg	blumberg@bgu.ac.il	Department of Geography and Environmental Development	Remote Sensing and Geomorphology	Water, Air and Earth
Dr. Yuval Boneh	bonehyuv@bgu.ac.il	Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences	The Mantle Flow and Dynamics Associated with the Earth's Tectonic Evolution	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Amos Bouskila	bouskila@bgu.ac.il	Department of Life Sciences	Predator-Prey Interactions, Reptile and Mammal Ecology, Mathematical Models for Decision Making in Animals, Conservation, Reintroduction	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Orna Braun-Lewensohn	ornabl@bgu.ac.il	Conflict Management & Resolution Program	Conflict anagement and esolution	Human, Society and Environment
Prof. Asher Brenner	brenner@bgu.ac.il	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Water technologies	Water, Air and Earth
Dr. Alex Brodsky	alexbrod@bgu.ac.il	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Building Behavior Under Extreme Conditions	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Daniel Chamovitz	president@bgu.ac.il	President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Plant Science	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Dr. Chen Cohen	chencohe@bgu.ac.il	Department of Public Policy and Management	Green Building, Recycling, Green Energy	Policy, Management and Planning
Dr. Odaya Cohen	odeyac@bgu.ac.il	Recanati School for Community Health Professions	Emergency preparedness and response	Health and Environment
Prof. Julie Cwikel	jcwikel@bgu.ac.il	Department of Social Work	Coping with Ecological Disasters, Chernobyl, Social Epidemiology of Climate Change, Biogas and Ecological Innovation	Human, Society and Environment
Prof. Ofer Dahan	odahan@bgu.ac.il	The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology	Hydrology	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Nadav Davidovitch	nadavd@bgu.ac.il	Health Policy and Management	Epidemiology, Health Policy, Health and Environment	Health and Environment
Dr. Jeff Dodick	jeff.dodick@gmail.com	Business Administration	Designing and Evaluating Business Models and Policy to Support Circular Economy	Policy, Management and Planning
Dr. Eran Edri	edrier@bgu.ac.il	Department of Chemical Engineering	Materials and devices for renewable energy	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Evyatar Erell	erell@bgu.ac.il	Department of Geography and Environmental Development	Green Building, Urban Microclimate	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Aaron Fait	fait@bgu.ac.il	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Food Security, Fruit and Seed Quality, Plant Stress Response, Grapevine Wine, Metabolism, Metabolomics	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Dr. Daniel Fuks	dfuks@bgu.ac.il	Department of Bible Studies, Archeology and the Ancient Near East	Archaeobotany	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Erez Gal	erezgal@bgu.ac.il	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Sustainability, Green Building, Computational Mechanics, Multi-Scale analysis	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Jiwchar Ganor	ganor@bgu.ac.il	Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences	Environmental Geochemistry, Rock-Water Reactions	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Yaakov Garb	ygarb@bgu.ac.il	Department of Sociology & Anthropology	Environmental Studies, STS, Social Analysis of the Environment	Human, Society and Environment
Prof. Yaniv Gelbstein	yanivge@bgu.ac.il	Materials Engineering	Alternative energy for converting heat to electricity (thermoelectricity) and converting chemical energy (hydrogen) to electricity and vice versa	Engineering and Energy
Dr. Ilya Gelfand	igelfand@bgu.ac.il	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Biochemistry, Systemic Ecology	Water, Air and Earth
Dr. Itamar Giladi	itushgi@bgu.ac.il	The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research	Ecology, Spatial Ecology, Dispersal, Conservation	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Osnat Gillor	gilloro@bgu.ac.il	The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology	Microbial Ecology	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Liran Goren	gorenl@bgu.ac.il	Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences	Landscape Evolution, Fluvial Geomorphology, Flow in Porous Media, Landslides	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Gideon Grafi	gggrafi@gmail.com	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Plant Stress Response	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Roi Granot	rgranot@bgu.ac.il	Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences	Magnetic field, plate tectonics	Water, Air and Earth
Dr. Rafi Grosglik	rafig@post.bgu.ac.il	Department of Sociology & Anthropology	Sociology and Anthropology	Human, Society and Environment
Dr. Avner Gross	avnergro@bgu.ac.il	Department of Geography and Environmental Development	Climate Change, Biogeochemical cycles, tropical forests	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Amit Gross	amgross@bgu.ac.il	The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology	Water and Environmental Sciences	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Ofer Hadar	hadar@bgu.ac.il	Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering	Video Image Analysis, Deep Neural Networks, Video Compression	Engineering and Energy
Dr. Hadas Hawlena	hadashaw@bgu.ac.il	The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research	Ecology and Evolution of host-parasite interactions,	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Moshe Herzberg	herzberg@bgu.ac.il	The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology	Desalination and Water Treatment, Microbial Biofilms	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Idan Hod	hodi@bgu.ac.il	Department of Chemistry	Design of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Materials for Sustainable Energy	Water, Air and Earth
Dr. Shabtai Isaac	isaacsh@bgu.ac.il	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Construction anagement	Policy, Management and Planning
Prof. Raz Jelinek	razj@bgu.ac.il	Department of Chemistry	Nanotechnological Materials, Thin Surfaces and Films, Sensors and Biological Membranes	Water, Air and Earth
Dr. Baraban Joshua	jbaraban@bgu.ac.il	Department of Chemistry	Spectroscopy of reactive molecules	Engineering and Energy
Dr. Tehila Kalagy	kalagy@bgu.ac.il	Department of Public Policy and Management	Exploring Minority Policy in a Multidisciplinary Perspective / Culturally Adapted Public Policy	Policy, Management and Planning
Dr. Ronni Kamai	rkamai@bgu.ac.il	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Seismic Hazards and Soil Mechanics	Water, Air and Earth
Dr. Nina Kamennaya	ninaka@bgu.ac.il	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Ecology, Physiology and Biotechnology of Cyanobacteria	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Alexey Kamishny	kamyshny@bgu.ac.il	Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences	Environmental Chemistry, Biochemistry, Oceanography	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Alina Karabchevsky	alinak@bgu.ac.il	School of Electrical and Computer Eng	Green energy	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Arnon Karnieli	karnieli@bgu.ac.il	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Image Processing	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Ron Kasher	kasher@bgu.ac.il	The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology	Desalination and Water Treatment, Polymer Membranes	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Khalil Kashkush	kashkush@bgu.ac.il	Department of Life Sciences	Genetics and Genomics of Populations, Transposons, Biodiversity of Wild Wheat	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. David Katoshevski	davidk@bgu.ac.il	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Air Quality, Aerosel Dynamics, Particles Deletion from Air and Water, Burning Processes	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Itzhak Katra	katra@bgu.ac.il	Department of Geography and Environmental Development	Soil Erosion, Dust Storms	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Eugene Katz	keugene@bgu.ac.il	The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research	Solar Energy	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Yaron Katzir	ykatzir@bgu.ac.il	Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences	Geology, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Isotope Geochemistry	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Chen Keasar	keasar@bgu.ac.il	The Department of Computer Science	Spatial Ecology, Biodiversity, Agroecology, Ecoinformatics	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Inna Khozin-Goldberg	khozin@bgu.ac.il	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Sustainable Production of Microalgal Biomass and Products on Waste Resources, Mechanisms and Deployment of Luxury P Uptake, Developing Natural Sustainable Treatments and Dietary Supplements	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Moshe Kiflawi	mkiflawi2@gmail.com	Department of Life Sciences	Ecology, Marine Environments, Reef fishes	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Dr. Oz Kira	ozkira@bgu.ac.il	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Sustainable Agriculture, Air Pollution, Environmental Sensing	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Meidad Kissinger	meidadk@bgu.ac.il	Department of Geography and Environmental Development	Sustainability Science, Environmental Policy, Envirionental Modeling and Accounting	Policy, Management and Planning
Prof. Itai kloog	ikloog@bgu.ac.il	Department of Geography and Environmental Development	Environmental Epidemiology, Exposure Assessment	Health and Environment
Prof. Tehila Kogut	kogut@bgu.ac.il	School of Education	Pro-social behavior, decision-making	Human, Society and Environment
Dr. Max Kolton	MaxKolton@bgu.ac.il	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Microbial Ecology of Drylands Ecosystems	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Dr. Dilia Kool	dkool@bgu.ac.il	Dept. of Geography and Environmental Development	Evaporation, heat &water transport, energy balance, water balance	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Carmi Korine	ckorine@bgu.ac.il	The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research	Ecological Physiology, Agroecology, Urban Influences, Biodiversity and Alternative Energies, Desert Mammals, Bats	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Burt Kotler	kotler@bgu.ac.il	Marco and Louise Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology	Evolutionary ecology	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Boris Krasnov	krasnov@bgu.ac.il	The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research	Ecology, Evolution, mammal Zoology, Mcroecology	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Ariel Kushmaro	arielkus@bgu.ac.il	Department of Biotechnology Engineering	Microbial Ecology, Biological Decomposition of Pollutants, Environment, Sewage Treatment	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Mark Last	mlast@bgu.ac.il	Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering	Data Sciences	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Naftali Lazarovitch	lazarovi@bgu.ac.il	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Dryland Agriculture, Soil Science, Irrigation,	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Gunnar Lehmann	gunnar.lehmann@gmail.com	Department of Bible studies, Archeology and the Ancient Near East	Archaeology, Social Complexity and Decision Making in Past Pre-Industrial Societies	Human, Society and Environment
Dr. Elad Levintal	levintal@bgu.ac.il	Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology	Gas, Water, and Biogeochemical Cycles at the Land-Atmosphere Interface	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Amalia Levy	lamalia@bgu.ac.il	Department of Public Health	Environmental Epidemiology	Health and Environment
Prof. Yotam Lurie	yotam@bgu.ac.il	Department of Management	Applied Ethics, Environmental Ethics and Theories of Sustainability	Human, Society and Environment
Dr. Tamar Makov	makovt@bgu.ac.il	Department of Management	Industrial Ecology, Sustainable Consumption, Sharing Sustainable Food Systems, Economy, Circular Economy	Policy, Management and Planning
Prof. Shimrit Maman	tiroshs@bgu.ac.il	Earth and Planetary Image	Satellite technologies & application (remote sensing, GIS, OSINT) environmental	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Ofer Marder	mardero@bgu.ac.il	Department of Bible studies, Archeology and the Ancient Near East	Archeology, Prehistoric, Issues Related to the Past Climate, Changes that Took Place during the Pleistocene, Adaptation of Man to the Environment	Human, Society and Environment
Dr. Itay Marienberg-Milikowsky	marienbe@post.bgu.ac.il	The Department of Hebrew Literature	Hebrew Literature, Digital Humanities, Environmental Humanities, Literary Theory	Human, Society and Environment
Prof. Michael Meijler	meijler@bgu.ac.il	Department of Chemistry	Chemical communication between species, and their effects on various habitats/ecosystems	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Isaac Meir	sakis@bgu.ac.il	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Sustainable Planning, Green Building, Energy and Building, Intra-structural Environmental Quality, LCA	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Ehud Meron	ehud@bgu.ac.il	Alexandre Yersin Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics	Mathematical Models in Landscape and Community Ecology, Desertification, Evolutionary Dynamics	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Dan Mishmar	dmishmar@bgu.ac.il	Department of Life Sciences	Genetics, Genomics and Evolution of Mitochondria	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Itzhak Mizrahi	imizrahi@bgu.ac.il	Department of Life Sciences	Microbial Ecology	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Simon Moran	simone@bgu.ac.il	Department of Management	Decision making, trust, ethical behavior, pro-social behavior	Human, Society and Environment
Prof. Jacob Moran-Gilad	giladko@post.bgu.ac.il	Department of Health Systems Management	One Health, Clinical Microbiology, Waterborne Pathogens, Metagenomics of Wastewater, Antimicrobial Resistance, Advanced Genomics, Epidemiology	Health and Environment
Dr. Oded Nir	odni@bgu.ac.il	The Department of Desalination & Water Treatment	Water Treatment Processes, Desalination and Resource Recycling	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Dorit Nitzan	doritni@bgu.ac.il	Department of Public Health	Prevention, preparedness and emergency response, One health (human health, animal and plant health, environmental health)	Health and Environment
Dr. Avi Niv	aviniv@bgu.ac.il	The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research	Energy, Solar Pannels, Photovoltaic Effect, Optics	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Victor Novack	victorno@clalit.org.il	Joyce & Irving Goldman Medical School	Epidemiology	Health and Environment
Dr. Lena Novack	novack@bgu.ac.il	Department of Public Health	environmental epidemiology, biostatistics, human biomonitoring, heavy metals	Health and Environment
Prof. Ariel Novoplansky	anovopla@bgu.ac.il	- Marco and Louise Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology	Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology, Evolution	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Dr. Leah Orlovsky	orlovsky@bgu.ac.il	The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research	Remote Sensing for Desertification Studies, Changes in Land Cover and Land Use, Impacts of Climate Change, Environment and Society	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Ofer Ovadia	oferovad@bgu.ac.il	Department of Life Sciences	Evolution, Community Ecology, Biodiversity, Conservation	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Doron Pappo	pappod@bgu.ac.il	Department of Chemistry	Organic Chemistry, Green Chemistry	Water, Air and Earth
Dr. Tarin Paz-Kagan	tarin@bgu.ac.il	Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Remote sensing of soil and plant	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. David Pearlmutter	davidp@bgu.ac.il	Department of Geography and Environmental Development	Urban microclimate, Energy efficiency in the built environment	Policy, Management and Planning
Prof. Alva Peled	alvpeled@bgu.ac.il	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Alternative Building Materials, Green Building	Engineering and Energy
Dr. Shai Pilosof	pilos@post.bgu.ac.il	Department of Life Sciences	Ecology, Evolution, Biological Networks	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Dr. Shmulik Pinkert	pinkerts@bgu.ac.il	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Soil Engineering, Geotechnics	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Gilad Ravid	rgilad@bgu.ac.il	Department of Industrial Engineering & Management	Information systems, computer-mediated communication, social networks, agriculture	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Aviad Raz	aviadraz@bgu.ac.il	Department of Sociology and Anthropology	Organizational Sociology	Human, Society and Environment
Prof. Oren Regev	oregev@bgu.ac.il	Department of Chemical Engineering	Polymer composite, thermal management, electron microscopy	Engineering and Energy
Dr. Ido Regev	regevid@bgu.ac.il	The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research	Environmental Physics, Granular Materials, Wetting and Dehydration, Plant Growth	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Raziel Riemer	rriemer@bgu.ac.il	Department of Industrial Engineering & Management	Creating Energy From the Movement of People, Decision-Making Tools For Steps to Reduce Carbon, Waste and Other Refugees	Engineering and Energy
Dr. Yodan Rofé	yrofe@bgu.ac.il	Department of Geography and Environmental Development	Urban Planning, Urban Design, Sustainable Development	Policy, Management and Planning
Dr. Uri Roll	uriroll@bgu.ac.il	Marco and Louise Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology	Conservation Science, Spatial Ecology, Macroecology	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Dr. Avner Ronen	avnerr@bgu.ac.il	The Department of Desalination & Water Treatment	Water and wastewater treatment, electrically conducting membranes, micropollutants	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Zeev Ronen	zeevrone@bgu.ac.il	The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology	Environmental Microbiology	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Steven Rosen	rosen@bgu.ac.il	Department of Archaeology	Prehistory, Desert adaptations in the past, mobile pastoralism, environmental archaeology	Human, Society and Environment
Prof. Mosi Rosenboim	mmm@bgu.ac.il	Department of Management	Behavioral economics and financial decision making	Human, Society and Environment
Dr. Benyamin Rosental	rosentab@post.bgu.ac.il	Department of Microbiology and Immunology	Comperative Immunology	Health and Environment
Prof. Stav Rosenzweig	stavro@bgu.ac.il	Department of Management	Consumer Behavior, Marketing and Business Strategy	Policy, Management and Planning
Prof. Tirza Routtenberg	tirzar@bgu.ac.il	School of Electrical and Computer Eng	Signal processing and optimization with power grid applications and energy systems	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Ofir Rubin	orubin@bgu.ac.il	Department of Public Policy and Management	Energy economics; Environmental Economicsl and Energy policy; Rural development	Policy, Management and Planning
Prof. Amir Sagi	sagia@bgu.ac.il	Department of Life Sciences	Molecular Physiology of Aquatic Crustacea, Sustainable Aquaculture, Biological Control	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Moshe Sagi	gizi@bgu.ac.il	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Acclimatization of Lopite Plants, Aging in Plants, halophytes plants	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Orly Sarid	orlysa@bgu.ac.il	Department of Social Work	Mental and physical health, Crohn's, fertility problems, stress, resources	Human, Society and Environment
Dr. Roiy Sayag	roiy@bgu.ac.il	The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research	Ice Sheet Dynamics	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Lynn Schler	lynnsch@bgu.ac.il	Department of Politics and Government	African Studies	Human, Society and Environment
Dr. Michal Segoli	msegoli@bgu.ac.il	The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research	Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology of Insects, Biological Control	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Merav Seifan	seifan@bgu.ac.il	The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research	Plant Ecology, Plant-Animal Relationships, Grazing, Pollination	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Danit Shahar	dshahar@bgu.ac.il	School of Public Health	Sustainable and healthy diet, Environmental Footprint, exposure to contaminants	Health and Environment
Prof. Menny Shalom	mennysh@bgu.ac.il	Department of Chemistry	Photoelectrochemistry, Hydrogen Production, Electrochemistry, Two-Layer Materials	Water, Air and Earth
Dr. Amir Shani	shaniam@bgu.ac.il	Hotel & Tourism Management	Tourism, Ethics, Environment	Human, Society and Environment
Dr. Stav Shapira	stavshap@bgu.ac.il	School of Public Health	Preparedness and Response to Emergencies and Disasters, Vulnerable Populations in Routine and Emergency	Health and Environment
Prof. Andrei Sharf	asharf@bgu.ac.il	The Department of Computer Science	Geometry processing, visual computing, deep learning, shape modeling	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Nadav Shashar	nadavsh@bgu.ac.il	Department of Life Sciences	Marine Ecology, Sensory Ecology, Conservation and Restoration of Marine Environments	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Arnon Shlomi	shlomi@bgu.ac.il	Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering	Wireless and satellite communication, free space optics, environmental monitoring	Water, Air and Earth
Dr. Assaf Shmerling	assafs@bgu.ac.il	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Building Reconstruction for Earthquak	Engineering and Energy
Dr. Eyal Shochat	eyal.shochat1@gmail.com	Department of Life Sciences	Anthropogenic effects on biodiversity	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Dr. Tomer Shushi	tomershu@bgu.ac.il	Department of Business Administration	Risk management, extreme scenarios, environmental financial risks, environmental physics	Water, Air and Earth; Human, Society and Environment
Prof. Yaron Sitrit	sitrit@bgu.ac.il	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Desert Mycorrhizal Fungi, Fruit Ripening, CAM Plants	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Orit Sivan	oritsi@bgu.ac.il	Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences	Chemical Oceanography	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Tal Svoray	tsvoray@bgu.ac.il	Department of Geography and Environmental Development	Ecohydrology, Soil Degredation, Geo-informatics, Environmental Psychology	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Refael Tadmor	tadmor@gmail.com	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Taking Control of Marine Pollution	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Noemi Tel-Zur	telzur@bgu.ac.il	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Plant Science, Cytogenetics and Plant Genetics, Physiology, New Crops, Fruit trees	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Dr. Naama Teschner	naamate@bgu.ac.il	Department of Geography and Environmental Development	Environmental Policy, Agroecology Climate and Energy policy	Policy, Management and Planning
Prof. Eran Treister	erant@cs.bgu.ac.il	Computer Science	Scientific computing, machine learning, physics and computational geophysics	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Michael Tsesarsky	michatse@bgu.ac.il	Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences	Modification of Engineering Properties of Soil by Bacterial Activity	Water, Air and Earth
Dr. Tuvia Turkeltaub	tuviat@bgu.ac.il	Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research	Surface and subsurface hydrology	Water, Air and Earth
Dr. Vered Tzin	vtzin@bgu.ac.il	Albert Katz Department of Dryland Biotechnologies	Plant-Insect Interaction, plant metabolism, plant molecular biology, chemical ecology	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Dr. Netta Vidavsky	nettav@bgu.ac.il	Department of Chemical Engineering	Mineralization and formation processes	Engineering and Energy
Prof. Iris Visoly-Fisher	irisvf@bgu.ac.il	The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental & Energy Research	Materials and devices for solar energy conversion and storage	Engineering and Energy
Dr. Tamar Wainstock	wainstoc@bgu.ac.il	Department of Public Health	Prenatal and Environmental Epidemiology	Health and Environment
Prof. Noam Weisbrod	weisbrod@bgu.ac.il	The Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology	Hydrology	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Yossi Weizmann	yweizmann@bgu.ac.il	Department of Chemistry	Nanotechnology, Materials, Nucleic Acids Strucutres	Water, Air and Earth
Dr. Asaf Ya’akobovitz	assafyaa@bgu.ac.il	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Nanomaterials, electromechanical nano- and microsystems, monitoring the medical condition of plants	Engineering and Energy
Dr. Havatzelet Yahel	yahelh@bgu.ac.il	The Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism	Law, Historical Geography	Human, Society and Environment
Prof. Yitzhak Yitzhaky	ytshak@bgu.ac.il	Electro-Optics and Photonics Unit	Computer Vision, Image Processing	Engineering and Energy
Dr. Hezi Yizhaq	yiyeh@bgumail.bgu.ac.il	Newman Information Center for Desert Research and Development	Aeolian geomorphology, ecohydrology, vegetation patterns in desert areas, impact of climate change on the resilience of ecosystems, non-linear dynamics	Water, Air and Earth
Prof. Fany Yuval	fanyuval@bgu.ac.il	Department of Public Policy and Management	Management and public policy at the national and municipal level	Policy, Management and Planning
Prof. Michele Zaccai	mzaccai@bgu.ac.il	Department of Life Sciences	Plant Sciences	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Dina Zilberg	dzilberg@bgu.ac.il	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Fish Farming	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Yaron Ziv	yziv@bgu.ac.il	Department of Life Sciences	Spatial Ecology, Biodiversity, Conservation, Agroecolgy, Restoration Ecology	Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Prof. Mikhail Zubkov	zubkovmi@bgu.ac.il	French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands	Microbial ecophysiology, biogeochemistry, oceanography	Water, Air and Earth