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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. David Weiss
Tel: 972-8-948-9436
Fax: 972-8-948-9899
E-mail: david.weiss@mail.huji.ac.il

Academic Staff

Prof. Shahal Abbo

Professor

Jacob and Rachel Liss Chair in Agronomy

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489443

shahal.abbo@mail.huji.ac.il

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Crop evolution in the Near East, Genetics and breeding of chickpea.

Prof. Zach Adam

Professor

Jack Futterman Chair in Agricultural Botany

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489921 | Fax: +972-(0)8-9489329

zach.adam@mail.huji.ac.il

Personal Site

Proteolysis in Chloroplasts.

Dr. Niv De-Malach

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489684

niv.demalach@mail.huji.ac.il

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Competition and biodiversity in plant communities

Dr. Idan Efroni

Associate Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489252

idan.efroni@mail.huji.ac.il

Personal Site

Publications

Regeneration and adventitious root development.

Prof. Rivka Elbaum

Associate Professor

Head of Plant Sciences in Agriculture Bachelor Program

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489335

rivka.elbaum@mail.huji.ac.il

Building A, Room 2118

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Plant cell wall structure and function; Hygroscopic movement for seed dispersal; Silica in plants.

Dr. Yonatan Elkind

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489246

yonatan.elkind@mail.huji.ac.il

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Application of genetic engineering to plant breeding and physiology.

Dr. Leor Eshed-Williams

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489964

leor.williams@mail.huji.ac.il

Personal Site

Meristem development and the mechanism of regeneration, mainly from the chromatin perspective.

Dr. Tamar Friedlander

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489262

tamar.friedlander@mail.huji.ac.il

Personal Site

Computational - theoretical approaches to study self-incompatibility in plant fertilization; evolution and organization of gene regulatory networks.

Prof. José Grünzweig

Associate Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489782

jose.gruenzweig@mail.huji.ac.il

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Human impacts on plants (especially woody species), ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles at organismic, community and ecosystem scales.

Dr. Smadar Harpaz-Saad

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Cyril Rosenbaum Senior Lectureship in Horticulture

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489264

smadar.harpaz@mail.huji.ac.il

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Plant cell wall, cellulose biosynthesis, genes in cell wall function, Seed mucilage to study cell wall metabolism, Fruit tree physiology.

Dr. Ittai Herrmann

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489757

ittai.herrmann@mail.huji.ac.il

Personal Site

Publications

Remote sensing of vegetation, Hyperspectral imaging, Precision agriculture, High-throughput plant phenotyping

Prof. Menachem Moshelion

Associate Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489781 | Mobile: +972-(0)54-8820182

menachem.moshelion@mail.huji.ac.il

Personal Site

Publications

Mechanisms controlling water-use efficiency, water-potential homeostasis and productivity under normal and abiotic stress.

Prof. Assaf Mosquna

Associate Professor

Phone: +972-(0)54-4506508

assaf.mosquna@mail.huji.ac.il

Personal Site

Plant response to environmental stress, novel plant hormones and growth regulators.

Prof. Naomi Ori

Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489605

naomi.ori@mail.huji.ac.il

Personal Site

Mechanisms underlying plasticity of plant development and patterning, leaf, flower and fruit development.

Prof. Zvi Peleg

Associate Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489638

zvi.peleg@mail.huji.ac.il

Personal Site

Lab Website

Plant response to abiotic stress combinations, abiotic stress tolerance in crop-plants, Quantitative genetics of yield.

Dr. Shilo Rosenwasser

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489735/737

shilo.rosenwaser@mail.huji.ac.il

Personal Site

Redox regulation of metabolism, stress acclimation, and cell death in photosynthetic organisms.

Prof. Alon Samach

Associate Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489812

alon.samach@mail.huji.ac.il

Personal Site

Molecular mechanisms involved in plant developmental regulation, specifically the transition to flowering.

Prof. Yehoshua Saranga

Professor

Haim Gvati Chair in Agriculture

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489040

shuki.saranga@mail.huji.ac.il

Personal Site

Physiological and genetic aspects of crop adaptation to stress conditions, Sustainable agriculture, Crops for arid regions.

Dr. Efrat Sheffer

Associate Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489513

efrat.sheffer@mail.huji.ac.il

Personal Site

Linking individual plant strategies to ecosystem processes. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in natural plant communities.

Dr. Doron Shkolnik

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

doron.shkolnik@mail.huji.ac.il

Personal Site

Seed germination and seedling establishment

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Academic Staff

Prof. Shahal Abbo

Prof. Zach Adam

Dr. Niv De-Malach

Dr. Idan Efroni

Prof. Rivka Elbaum

Dr. Yonatan Elkind

Dr. Leor Eshed-Williams

Dr. Tamar Friedlander

Prof. José Grünzweig

Dr. Smadar Harpaz-Saad

Dr. Ittai Herrmann

Prof. Menachem Moshelion

Prof. Assaf Mosquna

Prof. Naomi Ori

Prof. Zvi Peleg

Dr. Shilo Rosenwasser

Prof. Alon Samach

Prof. Yehoshua Saranga

Dr. Efrat Sheffer

Dr. Doron Shkolnik

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