71031: Physics I (advanced)

Instructors: Dr. German Zvi Kälbermann, Prof. S. Nir

Course Level: undergraduate

Education:

1981 - Ph.D. in Physics from University of Tel-Aviv, Israel.
1977 - M.S. (revalidation) in Physics from University of Tel-Aviv.
1975 - Degree of "Licenciado" in Physics from University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Research Interests:

Solitons, diffraction of wave packets, fingering phenomena. Theoretical physics.

Recent Publications

Chapters in Books (reviewed)

Chen Y. and M. Shenker. 2002. Agronomic approaches for increasing iron availability to food crops. In: Impacts of Agriculture on Human Health and Nutrition. Ross M. Welch and Ismail Cakmak (eds.), in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the auspices of UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, Oxford,UK http://www.eolss.net [Retrieved May 18, 2006]. Invited review.

Hanna Komisarchik – M.Sc. student (2008-). Co-supervisor: Prof. Yona Chen.

Maya Goldshtein – M.Sc. student (2008-2011). Co-supervisor: Prof. Yona Chen.

Yehoshav Ben Meir – M.Sc. student (2008-2013). Co-supervisor: Prof. Yona Chen.

Ran Yakir – M.Sc. student (2009-2013). Co-supervisor: Prof. Benny Chefetz.

Daniel Berstein – M.Sc. student (2009-). Co-supervisor: Dr. Menahem Edelstein.

Aviad Moncaz – Ph.D. student (2010-). Co-supervisor: Prof. Alon Warbueg.

71602: Fertilization and Soil Fertility

Instructor: Dr. Moshe Shenker

Course Level: undergraduate
Course Description: Chemical, physicochemical and biological aspects of soil fertility. Plant nutrition and nutrients uptake by the roots. Properties of the root environment and the main processes taking place near the root surface. Fertilizers and current knowledge of the basic technologies of fertilizers used in modern agriculture.

Ongoing Research

Modeling plant response to deficit irrigation: Separating water and salt effects in the uptake function, and its use to minimize leaching

Heavy metals in soils and their uptake by plants

Phosphorus reactions and availability in soils amended with sewage sludge

Development and examination of new approaches to evaluate nutrient availability for plants

Hydro-geochemistry of phosphorus in re-wetted peat-soils

Head of Teaching Committee

Education:

1985 - B.Sc. in Soil science from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1989 - M.Sc. in Soil chemistry and plant nutrition from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1995 - Ph.D. in Soil chemistry, siderophore reactions, plant nutrition from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Research Interests:

Soil Chemistry and Soil Fertility, related to Plant Nutrition and Environmental aspects.

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Recent Publications

Lelario F., Gardi I., Mishael Y.G., Dolev N., Undabeytia T., Nir S., Scrano L. and Bufo S.A. (2017). Pairing micropollutants and clay-composite sorbents for efficient water treatment: Filtration and modeling at a pilot scale. Appl. Clay Sci. 137:225-232. [View Paper]

Ph.D. Students

Current

2013 - present: Maoz Dor (direct PhD track), co-supervisors – Dr. Simon Emanuel "Advanced micro-soil structure characterization" maoz.dor@mail.huji.ac.il

Completed

Adi Radian Technion, Assistant Professor Environmental, Water and Agricultural Engineering

71024: Physical Chemistry

Instructor: Dr. Yael Mishael

Course Level: undergraduate
Thermodynamic principles. The First and Second laws. Partial molar quantities. Chemical potential in ideal systems. Real systems. Osmotic pressure. Gibbs-Durham equation. Phase rule. Electrochemistry. Electrochemical cells. Average activity coefficients. Debye-Huckel theory (outline).Transport processes. Electrolytic conductivity. Viscosity. Diffusion. Selected topics in chemical kinetics. 
 

Designing and employing organic-inorganic sorbents

My scientific interests within the fields of soil chemistry and mineralogy center on colloid and interface phenomena. My approach has been to conduct basic science studies which serve as a basis for environmental application-oriented research.

Head of Department

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Education:

2005 - Postdoctoral Fellowship. Colloids at Surfaces. Dept. of Chemistry, Indiana University-Purdue University, USA
2003 - Ph.D. Physical Chemistry of Soil. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem