Prof. Eliezer E. Goldschmidt
Emeritus
Chlorophyll breakdown and chloroplast senescence; role of ethylene in citrus fruit ripening; flower induction in fruit trees; history and genetics of the Citron.
Contact Us
Mailing Address:
The Robert H. Smith Institute of
Plant Sciences and Genetics
in Agriculture
Herzl 229, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
Administrator:
Neomi Maimon
Tel: 972-8-948-9251,
Fax: 972-8-948-9899,
E-mail: neomim@savion.huji.ac.il
Secretary of teaching program:
Ms. Iris Izenshtadt
Tel: 972-8-9489333
E-mail: Iris.Izenshtadt@mail.huji.ac.il
Director:
Prof. Naomi Ori
Tel: 972-8-948-9605
E-mail: naomi.ori@mail.huji.ac.il
Curriculum Vitae
June 29, 2023
Goldschmidt, Eliezer E.
The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture,
Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
P. O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
Tel: 972-8-9489353; Fax: 972-8-9489899; Email: eli.goldsmit@mail.huji.ac.il
Date of birth: July 15, 1938
Place of birth: Jerusalem, Israel
Marital Status: Married + 6
1956-1958 Military Service, IDF
Positions
| 2006 – | Retirement. |
| 1999- | James De Rothschild Professor of Horticulture |
| 1983- | Professor of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 1978-1983 | Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 1972-1977 | Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
Sabbaticals
- Davis, California, Dept. Biochemistry & Biophysics, (Summer 1973).
- Harvard University, The Biological Laboratories (1976-1977).
- Davis, California, Pomology (Fall 1984).
- Smithsonian Inst., Washington D.C. (Winter 1985).
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, Plant Science (1990).
- Harvard University, Center for Jewish Studies (1990/91).
- University of Nottingham, (England), Plant Science (1994/5).
- CSIRO, Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia (Summer 2004).
Miscellaneous
| 1978 | Acting Head, Department of Horticulture. |
| 1980-1983 | Chairman of the Teaching Committee, Faculty of Agriculture. |
| 1982-1983 | Chairman, Interdisciplinary Evaluation Committee of BARD. |
| 1986-1990 | Chairman, Committee for Graduate Students in Agriculture and Applied Biology. |
| 1987- 1996 | Member of the Israeli Citrus Marketing Board. |
| 1991-1993 | Member of the Life Sciences Senior Nomination Committee of the Hebrew University. |
| 2000-2003 | Member of the Humanities and Social Science Senior Nomination Committee of the Hebrew University. |
| 2001-2003 | Chairman of Plant Science Studies. |
| 2002- | Chairman of the Scientific Council, The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens. |
| 2004-2006 | Chairman, Field Crops and Horticulture Evaluation Committee, BARD. |
Teaching
Undergraduate and Graduate courses in Horticulture, Plant Physiology, and the Jewish Laws of Agriculture.
Twenty six Ph.D. graduate students and numerous M.Sc. students.
Scientific Publications (1966-2023)
About 200 Research Articles in International Journals and numerous Hebrew publications in local magazines.
Books
The Biology of Citrus ( P. Spiegel-Roy and E.E. Goldschmidt, Authors ), Cambridge University Press, 1996.
The Etrog Citron: Tradition and Research, Eliezer E. Goldschmidt and Moshe Bar-Joseph, eds. Mosad Harav Kook, Jerusalem, 2018. ( Hebrew).
The Citron Compendium: The Citron (Etrog) Citrus medica L: Science and Tradition, Eliezer E. Goldschmidt and Moshe Bar-Joseph, eds. Springer, 2023.