Research Team

  Some of the current and previous team members

 

Group members:

Technician:  Raz Amir (MSc)

Research Associate:  Dr. Tuvia Turkletaub



Current Research Students:

Postdoc
    
PhD
          
1. Gustavo Heikin (2015 - ), PhD, AKIS, BGU . Dissertation title:
Impact of atmospheric conditions on transport of radon in porous media

2. Taiwo Adeyemo (2021- ), PhD, AKIS, BGU (Co-advised with Prof. Edo Bar-Zeev). Thesis title:
Revising SAT for optimization of the degradation processes

3. Osher Adler (2022 -   ), PhD, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Prof.  Edo Bar Zeev). Thesis title: 
Revisit the Soil Aquifer Treatment Systems  - field scale exploration

MSc

1. Sari Roded (2020 -   ), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Dr.  Ofre Klein BenDavid). Thesis title: 
Radionuclide transport in unsaturated  fractured rock


Completed:

Postdoc

1. Xiangyu Tang (2006 – 2008), BIDR, BGU. Project title: Colloid Facilitated Transport of Trace Metals in Fractures

2. Michael Travis (2011 - 2012), Post-doctoral fellow. AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Prof. Amit Gross). Using QCM to define oils and surfactant transport in porous media

3. Uri Nachshon (2014), AKIS, BIDR, BGU. Project title:  The impact of pore-solution properties on soil evaporation

4. Tamir Kamai (2013 - 2015 ), AKIS, BIDR, BGU. Field scale exploration of gas flux across the earth-atmosphere interface

5. Oshri Bergman (2018 - 2019), BIDR, BGU. Project title: Colloid facilitated transport of metals – microscale studies.

6. Lonia Friedlander (2016 – 2019), BIDR, BGU. (co-advised with Yaakov Garb). Project title: Transport and accumulation of trace metals due to e-waste burning.  

7. Elad Levintal (2019), BIDR, BGU. Project title: Earth - atmosphere gas exchange through boreholes.


 PhD

1. Harel Gal (2003 - 2009), PhD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (co-advised with Prof. Avner Adin and Dr. Zeev Ronen).              Dissertation title: Fate of Perchlorate in the vadose zone (combined track, Msc + PhD for excellent students).

2. Einat Magal (2004 - 2010), PhD, BIDR, BGU (co-advised with Dr. Yossef Yechielli and Dr. Alex Yakirevich). 
Dissertation title: Flow and Transport Processes at the Dead Sea Shore

3. Michael Travis (2005 - 2011), PhD, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Dr. Amit Gross). 
Dissertation title: Transport of Oil Emulsions in Soils  (combined track, Msc + PhD for excellent students)

4. Uri Nachshon (2005 - 2011), PhD, AKIS, BGU. Dissertation title: Water and salt dynamics: The role of heterogeneity in the          evaporation-precipitation mechanism (combined track, Msc + PhD for excellent students)

5. Yanai Amiaz (2011 - 2016), PhD, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Prof. Zeev Ronen and Prof. Eilon Adar).
Dissertation title: Impact of Seasonal Temperature Fluctuation on Biodegradation in Saturated Porous Media

6. Hana Waaknin (2010 - 2016), PhD, Technion (co-advised with Prof. Alex Furman). Dissertation title: The role of physical and chemical  heterogeneity on biochemical processes in wastewater irrigated soils 

7. Meirav Cohen (2012 - 2018), PhD, AKIS, BGU. Dissertation title: Transport of nZVIs in heterogeneous systems

8. Yonatan Ganot (2012 - 2018), PhD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (co-advised with Dr. Ran Holtzman and Dr. Daniel                Kurtzman).  Dissertation title: Using desalinated water for managed aquifer recharge (MAR)

9. Elad Levental (2012 - 2018), AKIS, BGU. Dissertation title: The role of convective fluxes in Earth-atmosphere gas exchange (combined track, Msc - PhD for excellent students)

10. Emily Tran (2013 - 2020 ),  AKIS, BGU. Dissertation title: Colloid facilitated migration of radionuclides through               fractures (combined track, Msc - PhD for excellent students).  Co-advised with Dr. Ofre Klein Ben David and Dr. Nadya Teutsch).



MSc

1. Thomas McGinnis, MSc in Bioresources Engineering (2000 - 2001), OSU (co-advised with Prof. John Selker)
Thesis title: Determining Contact Angle of Solutions with Varying Surface Tension on Dry and Pre-wetted Silica Sands

2. Theresa Blume, MSc in Bioresources Engineering (2000 - 2001), OSU (co-advised with Prof. John Selker)
Thesis title: Effect of Salinity on Particle Release and Hydraulic Conductivity in Sediments

3. Chris Graham, MSc in Soil Science (2002 - 2004), OSU (co-advised with Prof. Maria Dragila)
Thesis title: Evaporation from Bare Soil and Soil Cracks

4. Ori Zvikelski, MSc in Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences (2002 - 2005), BGU (co-advised with
Dr. Dodik Avraham and Dr. Avner Vengosh). 
Thesis title: Colloidal Transport in a Discrete Fractured Chalk

5. Hagit Lev, MSc in Department Geological and Environmental Sciences (2003 - 2005), BGU (co-advised with Dr. Ofer Dahan and Prof. Daniel Ronen)
Thesis title: Spatial and Temporal Variations in the Concentration of VOC's in the Vadose Zone and the Water Table Region at Magen –  Nahlat Itzhak, Tel-Aviv

6. Merav Montag (2003 - 2005), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Dr. Ofer Dahan)
Thesis title: Transport of Chromium in Soil Columns under Different pH Conditions

7. Miri Ferdman (2003 - 2006), MSc, Dep. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, BGU (co-advised with Prof. Eilon Adar)
Thesis title: Chromium Accumulation and Leachability from Industrial Soil, Ramat Hasharon Area

8. Liat Levi (2003 - 2006), MSc, in Geological and Environmental Sciences, BGU (co-advised with Dr. Ofer Dahan and Dr. Shimon Fainstein)
Thesis title: Sorption and Mobility of Organic Contaminants to Soils in Ramat Hasharon Area

9. Tamir Komorovski-Kamai (2003 - 2006), MSc, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, BGU. 
Thesis title: Quantification of Evaporation from Surface-Exposed Fractures

10. Mikhail Mishorov (2004 - 2007), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Dr. Alex Yakirevich)
Thesis title:  Complex Processes Affecting Colloidal Transport in Soils

11. Modi Pillersdorf (2003 - 2007), MSc, AKIS, BGU. 
Thesis title: Field Evidence for Direct Evaporation from Fractures in Arid Conditions

12. Christiane Shani (2003 - 2007), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Dr. Alex Yakirevich)
Thesis title: Colloidal Transport in Natural Heterogeneous Soils

13. Hanan Meron (2005 - 2008), MSc, AKIS, BGU.
Thesis title: Virus Transport in Natural Fractures under Different Conditions

14. Lior Netzer (2007 - 2009), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Prof. Daniel Ronen)
Thesis title: VOCs in deep well penetrating deep multilayer aquifer

15. Carlos Rivera (2008 - 2010), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Dr. Alex Yakirevich)
Thesis title: Salinization problem at the Alto Piura Aquifer:  Northern Peru

16. Chen Alon (2008 - 2010), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Dr. Yossi Yechieli)
Thesis title: Dynamic dissolution-precipitation processes of salt layers along the Dead Sea shore

17. Adi Loewy (2008 - 2010), MSc, AKIS, BGU.
Thesis title: Transport processes below SAT ponds, SHAFDAN, Israel

18. Ella Porges (2006 - 2010), MSc, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, BGU (co-advised with Prof. Jiwchar Ganor). 
​Thesis title: Dissolution kinetics of Chromium Salts under Unsaturated Conditions

19. Yaniv Kriger (2008 - 2011), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Dr. Zeev Ronen and Prof. Eilon Adar).
Thesis title: Combined transport and degradation of Perchlorate under controlled unsaturated conditions

20. Ran Gabai (2009 -2012), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Dr. Eyal Shalev and Dr. Yossi Yechieli).
Thesis title: On the hydraulic characters of active fractures along the Dead Sea shore

21. Meirav Cohen (2009 - 2012), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Dr. Zeev Ronen, Dr. Moshe Hertzberg and Prof. Eilon Adar)
Thesis title: Biodegredation processes of industrial wastewater: The case of Ramat Hovav drains

22. Assaf Chen (2009 - 2012), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Dr. Clive Lipchin)
Thesis title: Environmental flows assessment for the Lower Jordan River

23. Yonatan Ganot (2009 - 2012), MSc, AKIS, BGU.
Thesis title: Impact of ambient temperature on transport of gas through animal burrows

24. Reut Gabai (2009 - 2012), MSc, Technion (co-advised with Dr. Alex Furman)
Thesis title: Physical, chemical, and biological heterogeneity of the vadose zone with respect to solute transport

25. Assaf Ben-Neria (2010 - 2013), MSc, AKIS, BGU.
Thesis title: On the link between climatic condition and soil evaporation

26. Mor Shachar (2011 - 2013), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Dr. Alex Furman)
Thesis title: Impact of fire on soil physics and biology

27. Cassandra Gomez (2012 - 2014), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Dr. Alex Furman)
Thesis title: Physical, chemical, and biological heterogeneity of the vadose zone under wastewater irrigation

28. Eitan Zentner (2011 - 2014), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Prof. Daniel Ronen).
Thesis title: Evaluation of Risk for contaminant accumulation in the vadose zone of the Israeli Coastal Plain due to irrigation with treated wastewater

29. Alana Tenzer (2011 - 2014), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Prof.. Amit Gross).
Thesis title: Potential impacts of coffee waste on soil and groundwater contamination

30. Tali Gordon (2012 - 2016), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Dr. Gilboa Arye).
Thesis title: Impact of solution properties on infiltration through soils

​31. Liu You (2015 - 2017), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Prof. Alex Yakirevich), MSc, AKIS, BGU.
Thesis title: A different view of the definition of wells safety zone

32. Hallel Lutzky (2014 - 2016 ), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Drs. Nadav Lensky and Eyal Shalev, GSI).
Thesis title: Effects of wave forcing on groundwater levels along sea/lake shore

33. Ofri Orgad (2014 - 2017), (co-advised with Prof. Alex Furman). MSc, AKIS, BGU.
Thesis title: Infiltration at the SAT basins: field measurements. 

34. Shani Ben-Moshe (2017 - 2020), MSc, Technion (co-advised with Prof. Alex Furman)
Thesis title: Optimization of the SAT system

35. Josh Brooks (2017 - 2019), (co-advised with Dr. Edo Bar-Zeev). MSc, AKIS, BGU.
Thesis title: On the bio-remediation of alternative porous media in the SAT system

36. Ron Menhaim (2018 -  ), MSc, Technion (co-advised with Prof. Alex Furman)
Thesis title: Revisit the SAT system shallow VZ processes

 37. Yoniv Soibelman (2018 - 2021 ), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Dr.  Yael  Storz-Peretz)
Thesis title: The spatial and temporal changes in the extent  of contamination in an ephemeral stream following a single big scale contamination event

38. Maayan Greenshpan, (2019 - 2021 ), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-adviced with Prof. Alex Furman)
Thesis title: Agricultural fields as an alternative for SAT recharge basins

39. Ido Arad (2020- 2022), MSc, Technion (co-advised with Prof. Alex Furman). Thesis:
Efficiency of air injection into the subsurface in SAT systems

40. Osher Adler (2020 - 2022), MSc, AKIS, BGU (co-advised with Prof.  Edo Bar Zeev). Thesis title: 
Enhancing Biodegradation of organic micropollutants in Soil Aquifer Treatment Systems of the Shafdan