Prof. Amos Banin
In Memoriam
Soil and Water Sciences
IN MEMORY OF
Prof. Amos Banin
Passed in 2021
Wastewater reclamation and reuse, effects on soil geochemistry, Soil pollution by heavy metals, Long-term soil deterioration processes.
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The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Prof. Amos Banin
IN MEMORY OF
Prof. Amos Banin
Passed in 2021
Columbia Foundation Professor of Soil and Water Sciences.
Education:
1961 - M. Sc. (With honors) in Soil Science from Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1965 - Ph.D. in Soil Science from Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Research Interests:
Physical-chemistry and technology of soils and clays; plant-soil relationships; the role of soils in the global planetary processes of Earth and the other planets.
Wastewater reclamation and reuse: Redox processes, effects on soil geochemistry.
Soil pollution by heavy metals; dynamics of trace-elements in soils.
Long-term soil deterioration processes, involving salinity and sodicity in arid-zones.
Surface acidity of clays and soils.
The soils of Mars.