Non-Resident Researchers

Prof. Abelson Avigdor

Prof. Abramovich Sigal

Paleoecology, Paleoceanography. Foraminifera as indicators of climatic and marine environmental variations

Prof. Agnon Amotz

Tectonics and global bathymetry. Rifting and sea floor spreading. Paleomagnitism and archaeomagnetism. Rupture and earthquakes along the Dead Sea transform.

Dr. Almogi Labin Ahuva

Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean ecology of living foraminifera in shallow & deep water, paleoceanography of the Quaternary.

Dr. Amrani Alon

Organic geochemistry and biogeochemistry, stable isotopes, sulfur cycle, organic-inorganic interactions.

Prof. Angel Dror

Marine plankton ecology, jellyfish research, impacts of climate change on marine systems, environmental interactions between man and the sea, multi-disciplinary research into marine resource management, aquaculture-environment interactions, sediment biogeochemistry.

Prof. Appelbaum Lior

Molecular neuroscience and endocrinology in marine and freshwater animals.  Understanding brain function across evolution ranging from cnidarian to zebrafish to humans. Specificially, the mechanisms and treatments of neurodevelopmental and sleep disorders.  Techniques: Genetic manipulations, imaging of single molecules, chromosomes, and synapses in single cell of live animals using two-photon microscope, and highthroughput video tracking of behavior.

Prof. Beer Sven

Photosynthetic carbon fixation in seagrasses and photosymbiont-containing corals and sponges.

Prof. Beja Oded

Marine microbial metagenomics.

Prof. Belkin Shimshon

Environmental microbiology; whole-cell biosensors.

Prof. Belmaker Jonathan

Community ecology, biodiversity and biogeography.

Prof. Benayahu Hudi

Octocorals, life history strategies, larval biology, symbiosis, marine biology and ecology, artificial reefs, conservation biology, invasive species, biolfouling, marine natural products, effect of recreational fishing.

Prof. Berman-Frank Ilana

The impact of aquatic ecosystems on the environment and society, ranging from the local to the global scales.

Dr. Bitan Amir

Fish nutrition and epigenetic manipulations via nutritional programming, physiology & target directed oral administration. Molecular mechanisms for peptide absorption in the digestive system.  Nutritional programming and epigenetic manipulations on fish embryos and larvae using zebrafish and the gilthead seabream as model species.  Development of targeted oral administration solutions for aquaculture.

Prof. Brenner Steve

Meteorology and climatology. Oceanography.

Dr. Brickner Itzchak

Working on ecology, systematic, and phylogenetics of coral inhabiting barnacles. Current research focus on marine symbiotic associations, including protozoan, acoel worms, barnacles, and corals. I have great interest in invertebrate reproduction.

Dr. Bronstein Omri

Molecular ecology, biogeography, phylogeny and evolution of benthic marine taxa focusing on echinoderms as model organisms. Sexual reproduction of broadcast spawning marine invertebrates: environmental regulation of gametogenesis and spawning, fertilization dynamics and hybridization, gamete incompatibility and reproductive barriers.

Prof. Diamant Ariel

Prof. Dubinsky Zvy

Algal biotechnology, corals, photoacclimation, photoacoustics, photosynthesis, symbiosis.

Dr. Edelman-Furstenberg Yael

Paleoecology of marine environments, especially of differing nutrient gradients. Taphonomy and molluscan shell preservation. Marine geology and paleontology.

Prof. Erez Jonathan

Stable isotopes fractionations and trace element geochemistry in live foraminifera. Photosynthesis, calcification, internal carbon cycling and stable isotopes in symbiotic associations. Carbon isotopic fractionation and carbon limitation in algae during photosynthesis. Nutrient fluxes between coral reefs and the open ocean. CaCO₃ dissolution kinetics in the deep ocean and in shallow carbonate shelves.

Dr. Feldstein Tamar

Sponges, molecular phylogeny/taxonomy.

Prof. Gildor Hezi

Physical oceanography, ocean mixing, radiowave oceanography, climate dynamics.

Dr. Goodman Beverly

Marine micropaleontology, geoarchaeology and sedimentology.

Prof. Goulet Tamar

Ecology and evolution of symbiotic systems and clonal organisms.

Prof. Guterman Hugo

Computer engineering: Signal Processing, Biotechnology, Neural Networks, Image processing.

Prof. Hochner Benny

Motor control of flexible arms and neurophysiology of learning and memory in cephalopods (octopus, cuttlefish).

Prof. Ilan Micha

Biology, microbiology and biotechnology of sponges (and other invertebrates), with emphasis on symbiosis and natural products.

Dr. Kamyshny Alexey

Study of biogeochemistry of modern analogs of ancient ocean; evolution of sulfur cycle through the Earth history; research of impact of sulfur cycle on cycling of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and metals on local and global scales; elucidation of sulfide oxidation intermediates role in sulfur biogeochemistry

Prof. Kaplan Aaron

Interspecies interactions. Role of cyanobacterial toxins. Oxidative stress as a driver of cell death. Cyanobacterial molecular biology. Photosynthetic activity as affected by ambient conditions. C0₂ concentrating mechanisms. C0₂ dependent gene expression. Stable isotopes in oceanographic research. Acclimation of diatoms to changes in the light field.

Dr. Katz Timor

Marine sedimentological processes including sediment fluxes, resuspension transport, accumulation and geochemical interactions with the water column.

Prof. Katzir Gadi

Animal behaviour, neuroethology, sensory ecology, vision and visually guided behaviour in vertebrates including fishes, fish eating birds and chameleons.  A main subject of research is vision through the air-water interface of birds and fishes.

Prof. Koren Ilan

Cloud physics, ocean-atmosphere interactions, nonlinear dynamics.
 

Prof. Kushmaro Ariel

Marine microbial ecology, coral microbiology and drugs discovery

Prof. Lazar Boaz

Geochemistry of water rock interactions. Open sea nutrients dynamics. U-Th dating of fossil and replaced reef corals. Ra isotopes study of adsorption/desorption and redox processes. Meteoric cosmogenic isotopes C-14, Be-10 and Be-7 in the Dead Sea system.

Prof. Lensky Nadav

• Limnology of the Dead Sea – field measurements, lab and model.
• The Dead Sea balances – heat, water and salt.
• Landscape evolution of the Dead Sea vicinity as response to level decline of the lake.
• Sedimentation of halite – in situ field measurements, lab, model.

Dr. Lerner Amit

Ocean optics, visual ecology, marine animal vision, polarization and polarization vision in ocean, radiative transfer.

Prof. Levy Oren

Biology and ecology of coral reefs, circadian clocks and photobiology.

Prof. Lindell Debbie

Host-virus interactions in marine cyanobacteria: Ecology, physiology and genome evolution

Dr. Lotan Amit

Marine biotechnology.

Prof. Lotan Tamar

Marine sedimentological processes including sediment fluxes, transport, accumulation and geochemical interactions with the water column.

Prof. Loya Yossi

Coral reef ecology, coral reproduction, coral diseases and bleaching, sex change in corals, mesophotic reefs, coral connectivity.

Prof. Luz Boaz

Biogeochemistry, global climate change, three stable isotope systems as tracers of the biosphere and atmospheric/ocean interaction.

Prof. Mass Tali

Research interests: Coral physiology and ecology, biomineralization, using molecular and proteomic tools to understand coral calcification mechanism and how calcifying marine organisms respond physiologically and morphologically to changes in their environment.

Dr. Neori Amir

Prof. Oren Aharon

Ecology, physiology and taxonomy of halophilic microorganisms.

Prof. Paldor Nathan

Large scale non-harmonic waves - theory and its application to satellite observations and physical oceanography of the Gulf of Elat.

Dr. Ribak Gal

Biomechanics of animal locomotion and interactions of animals with flow phenomena.  

Prof. Rinkevich Buki

Marine Invertebrate developmental biology and immunology; cell culture from marine invertebrates; stem-cells in marine organisms; genotoxicity; coral reef biology and restoration.

Dr. Roll Uri

Conservation Biology, Macroecology, Spatial Ecology, Conservation Culturomics

Prof. Schwarz Rakefet

Cyanobacterial stress responses.

Prof. Shashar Nadav

Sensory ecology, polarization vision, and habitat restoration.

Prof. Shavit Uri

Environmental, Water and Agricultural Engineering

Prof. Shemesh Aldo

Paleoceanography; Paleoclimate.

Prof. Shenkar Noa

Ecotoxicology, ascidians as biological indicators of marine environments.  Marine bioinvasion, regenerative biology, and ecology and taxonomy of ascidians.

Prof. Sher Daniel

Marine chemical ecology: chemically mediated interactions between marine bacteria and phytoplankton, cnidarians toxins and venoms.

Dr. Silverman Jack

Marine biogeochemistry, ocean acidification, coral reef metabolism, coastal water and sediment quality, biogeochemical modelling.

Dr. Steindler Laura

Marine Microbiology.

Prof. Tarazi Ezri

As an Industrial Designer my focus is how design and design thinking can support scientific research. My research interest is in equipment design, 3D underwater design, user interface and man-machine ergonomics, materials, algorithm  and shapes relationship.

Prof. Tchernov Dan

The long and short-term environment changes that effect and modify complex biological systems on a multitude of levels, with emphasis on the study of corals and marine phytoplankton. The enhancement of our understanding of the fundamental effects of global climatic changes on the marine environment.

Dr. Treibitz Tali

Marine imaging and computer vision, novel instruments for in situ ocean research

Prof. Weiner Steve

Biomineralization.  Microarchaeology.

Dr. Winters Gidon

Seagrass - ecology of seagrass meadows in the Gulf of Aqaba, responses of seagrasses to thermal and salinity stress, seagrass mapping, seagrasses as bio indicators.

Prof. Yahel Gitai

Suspension feeders, benthic-pelagic coupling, sediment resuspension, selectivity.

Prof. Yarden Oded

Fungal growth and development.  Fungi from marine environments.

Prof. Yarom Yosi

Cellular physiology of central neurons. Subthreshold oscillations, resonance frequencies and rhythm generation in mammalian central nervous systems.

Prof. Yuval Boaz

Behavioral ecology of invertebrates; insect-bacteria interactions.