Education
1997 – 2002 Ph.D. Environmental and Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Dissertation: Iron redox dynamics and
biogeochemical
cycling in the epilimnion of Lake Kinneret. Co-advisors: Drs. Yigal Erel and Assaf Sukenik.
1994 – 1997 B.Sc. Environmental and Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. cum laude.
Employment
2015 – present Associate Professor (tenured), Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences, and Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University.
2010 – 2015 Senior Lecturer (tenured), Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences, and Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University.
2005 – 2010 Lecturer, Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences, and Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University.
2002 – 2005 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton Environmental Institute, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, with Prof.
Francois M. M. Morel. Theme: Kinetics and mechanisms of trace metals and major nutrients acquisition by marine phytoplankton
Awards
2006 Yakov Livland Award, The Hebrew University
2002 –2004 Bikura fellowship for postdoctoral research. National Academy of Sciences, the Israel Science Foundation
2000 – 2002 Ben-Nun fellowship for doctoral research. Israel Limnology and Oceanography Research Ltd.
2002 Student Poster Award, Faculty of Sciences, Hebrew University
2002 Student Poster Award, ASLO summer meeting
1996 & 1997 The Carples Award, The Hebrew University.
STUDENT MENTORING
MSc
2015 – 2017 Uria Tal
2011 – 2013 Yaron Halevy
2010 – 2013 Guy Levi (with Nava Moran)
2008 – 2010 Chana Kranzler (with Nir Keren continued to a pHd)
2007 – 2009 Eldad Saragosti (with Dan Tchernov),
2007 – 2009 Maxim Rubin (with Ilana Berman-Frank)
2007 – 2009 Hagar Lis (continued to a pHd)
PhD
2017 – present Siyuan Wang
2013 – 2018 Nivi Kessler (with Nir Keren)
2010 – 2016 Chana Kranzler (with Nir Keren)
2009 – 2015 Hagar Lis (with Nir Keren)
2005 – 2012 Efrat Meeder (with Boaz Lazar)
Post-Doc
2018 – present Dr. Yitzhak Jacobson
2018 – 2019 Dr. Meri Eichner (with Dirk DeBaar)
2014 – present Dr. Subhajit Basu
2012 – 2014 Dr. Rachel Armoza-Zvoluni
GRANTS
2018-2021 Israel Science Foundation (ISF) – National Science Foundation China (NSFC) research
grant (with Dalin Shi). Primary Production in the Changing Ocean - Effects of Ocean
Acidification on Trichodesmium metabolism and iron utilization from dust.
2018-2020 FICUS Award for research at EMSL and JGI National US facilities (with R. Boiteau, R.
Stuart and M. Gledhill). Interactive mechanisms of mineral dissolution by a microbial
consortia.
2018-2021 German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF) research grant (with M. Gledhill and E. Achterberg). Dust iron utilization by natural Trichodesmium colonies.
2015-2019 Israel Science Foundation (ISF) research grant. Bioavailability of particulate iron to planktonic cyanobacteria.
2011-2015 Israel Science Foundation (ISF) research grant. Dynamics of Reactive Oxygen Species in Coral Reefs – Sources, Sinks and Roles.
2009 – 2013 United States – Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) research grant (with Francois. M. M. Morel). Iron bioavailability to phytoplankton: do different taxa share similar uptake mechanisms?
2011 Ring Foundation for Environmental Studies research grant (with N. Keren). Iron acquisition strategies of open ocean phytoplankton.
2009 Israel Science Foundation (ISF), institutional basic equipment grant. In situ measuring and sampling system for oceanography (leading PI).
2007 – 2011 Israel Science Foundation (ISF) research grant. Atmospheric iron inputs to the ocean: Can phytoplankton significantly affect aerosol Fe solubility and redox chemistry?
2007 – 2009 United States – Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) research grant (with F. M. M. Morel). Availability of organically bound iron to marine phytoplankton.
2006 Ring Foundation for Environmental Studies research grant (with N. Keren). Linking phytoplankton's iron homeostasis and iron recycling in the ocean.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2016– 2017 Visiting Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada (sabbatical)
2005 – present Hebrew University's Earth Sciences Inst, and IUI. Courses – Biological Oceanography, Introduction to the ecosystem of the Gulf of Aqaba, Marine biogeochemistry, Nutrient biogeochemistry and uptake, Research Methods in Oceanography, Practical Oceanography.
Summer 2004 Princeton University, Quest- teacher training program, Guest lecturer.
1997 – 2002 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Teaching and Research Assistance.
Summer 2000 IMCS, Rutgers University, Research Internship with Dr. Paul Falkowski. Theme: Iron availability, cellular iron-quotas and nitrogen fixation of the marine cyanobacteria Trichodesmium.
Summer 1999 NOAA laboratory, North Carolina, Research Internship with Dr. William Sunda. Theme: Trace metals-phytoplankton interactions in Chesapeake Bay
1996 - 1997 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Research Assistance. Subject: Radon measurements in springs along the African-Syrian Rift.
Summer 1996 Cranfield University, UK, Research Internship with Dr. Simon Parsons. Theme: Prevention of limescale formation in cooling towers.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2017- present Head of the Oceanography Program, Hebrew Univ
2017- present Member of GEOTRACES Scientific Steering Committee
2016– present Full member SCOR working group: Iron Model Intercomparison Project (FeMIP)
2013 – 2016 Member of the organizing committee of the Israel Association for Aquatic Sciences
2014 Co-organizer of the 5th Kaplan symposium on Biogeochemistry
2010 – 2012 Collaborator in the ESF Research Networking Program: The Functionality of Iron Minerals in Environmental Processes (FIMIN)
2011 – present Review Editor, Frontiers in Microbiological Chemistry
2009 – 2013 Member of COST action ES801
2003 Cruise to the Bering Sea, R/V Kilo Moana, research scientist.
2002 NATO advanced study Inst workshop: Ocean carbon cycle & climate, METU, Turkey.
Panel member and advisor for funding agencies (including: BSF, ISF, Fulbright, MOST).
Manuscript reviewer for scientific journals (including: Science, Environmental Science &Technology; Marine Chemistry; Limnology & Oceanography; Journal of Phycology; Microbial Ecology; Journal of Geophysical Research-atmosphere; Analytica Chimica Acta; Chemosphere, Sensors, Journal of Sea Research, Deep Sea Research, Aquatic Biology, Biogeosciences Discussions, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Reports, Frontiers in Microbiological Chemistry)
Proposal reviewer for funding agencies (including: NSF, Swiss National Science Foundation, Betty and Moore foundation, ISF)