Dr. Anat Bernstein's research focuses on biodegradation of organic pollutants in the subsurface. The general questions that she's interested in are: (1) Do the target compounds degrade in the sub-surface? (2) How do they degrade (what is the governing pathway)? (3) At what rates do they degrade? (4) What is the effect of environmental factors (nutrient availability, redox, etc) on their degradation?

To address her research questions, she uses compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) techniques, in addition complementary methodologies (e.g. geochemical data and microbial tools). Dr. Bernstein's work effort is divided between: (1) Analytical work, in which she aims in introducing new CSIA techniques, (2) Mechanistic work, in which she uses CSIA for studying the basic mechanism of degradation processes under controlled laboratory conditions, and (3) Field work, in which she uses CSIA for studying the degradation of the target compounds in-situ.

Ph.D. 2004-2008 Dep. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, BGU

M.Sc. 2000-2003 Dep. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, BGU

B.Sc. 1997-2000 Dep. Soil and Water Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) -Cum Laude