Current research topics

Plant-water relationships.

Irrigation control using soil sensors.

Formation of water repellent soils by crops and prolonged effluent irrigation.

Water flow and solute transport in water repellent soils

Effect of contact angle on unstable water flow in soils.

Education:

1979 - B.Sc. (with honors) in Agricultural Engineering from Technion - Israel Inst. of Tech.
1981 - M.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering from Technion - Israel Inst. of Tech.
1985 - D.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering from Technion - Israel Inst. of Tech.

Previous and Present Appointments

2009-2010 Visiting Professor, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, 
University of Texas, Ausin, USA.

2002-Professor, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Food and Environmental Sci., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1997-2002 Associate Professor, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Food and Environmental Sci., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1995-1996 Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Cornell University, USA

1991-1997 Senior Lecturer, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Food and Environmental Sci., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1988-1991 Lecturer, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Food and Environmental Sci., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1985-1988 Post Doctoral Fellow, UC Riverside, USA

1979-1985 Instructor, Faculty of Agricultural Eng., Technion, Israel.

Patents

1. Moshelion M and Wallach R, System for selecting plants from among a population of plants - WO Patent WO/2010/049,939, 2010.

2. Sade N, Moshelion M, Gebretsadik M, Kaldenhoff R, Wallach R, Plants producing high crop yield – WO Patent WO/2011/021190.