​ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

​B.Sc.
​1985
​Hebrew University of Jerusalem
​Dept. of Geology
​M.Sc.
​1988​
​Hebrew University of Jerusalem
​Dept. of Geology
​M.S.
​1990
​University of California, Berkeley
​Dept. of Civil Engineering
​Ph.D.
​1992
​University of California, Berkeley​​
Advisor: Prof. R. E. Goodman​
​Dept. of Civil Engineering


​RESEARCH INTERESTS 

Geological eng​ineering and rock mechanics​

Mechanical behavior of intact rock and rock discontinuities​

​Block theory and Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA)

Stability of rock slopes and underground openings 

MAJOR PROFESSIONAL FUNCTIONS

Associate Editor (2020 - 2024): Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Editorial Board Member (2005-2024): International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Editorial Board Member (2009 – Present): Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

​Chair (2013-2017), Dept. of Geological and Envir onmental Sciences, BGU 

President (2011- 2019): ISRM Commission on Discontinuous Deformation Analysis

Founding President (2001-2014): Israel Rock Mechanics Association (ISRM-NG)

President (2004-5): G​eological Society of Israel​​


AWARDS AND HONORS

2016 - BGU Rector Award for Excellence in Teaching.
2012 – 2017 Visiting Professorship Award for Leading International Scientists, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Wuhan, China

2011 - Dean of BGU Natural Sciences Faculty Award for Excellence in Research.

2011 - American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) Applied Rock Mechanics Award.
2011 - BGU Rector Award for Exc​​ellence in Teaching.
​2010 - Dean of BGU Natural Sciences Faculty Citation for Excellence in Teaching.
2007 - Appointed as the Dr. Sam and Edna Lemkin Chair in Rock Mechanics by BGU Senate.
2006 - Dean of BGU Natural Sciences Faculty Citation for Excellence in Teaching.
2003 - Shamshar Prakash Foundation Award for Excellence in the Practice: for Significant Contribution to Geotechnical Engineering. 
2000 - Israel Mineral Science and Engineering Association award: for innovative research in geological ​engineering and for promotin​g geological engineering in Israel.


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מייל.jpg​Department of Earth​ and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B.653 ,Beer-Sheva, 84105, ISRAEL