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

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

Prof. Idan Efroni

Associate Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489252

idan.efroni@mail.huji.ac.il

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Publications

Regeneration and adventitious root development.

Prof. Rivka Elbaum

Professor

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.

Prof. Leor Eshed-Williams

Associate Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489964

leor.williams@mail.huji.ac.il

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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

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

Dr. Guy Golan

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

guy.golan@mail.huji.ac.il

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Genetics of growth and development of cereal crops, Genotype-by-environment interactions

Prof. José Grünzweig

Associate Professor

+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.

Prof. Ittai Herrmann

Associate Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489757

ittai.herrmann@mail.huji.ac.il

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Publications

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

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Prof. Menachem Moshelion

Professor

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

menachem.moshelion@mail.huji.ac.il

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Publications

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

Prof. Assaf Mosquna

Associate Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489404

assaf.mosquna@mail.huji.ac.il

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

Prof. Naomi Ori

Professor

Head of Department

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489605

naomi.ori@mail.huji.ac.il

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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

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

Dr. Guy Polturak

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

08-9489094

guy.polturak@mail.huji.ac.il

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Plant Specialized Metabolism, Metabolic Engineering

Prof. Shilo Rosenwasser

Associate Professor

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

shilo.rosenwaser@mail.huji.ac.il

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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

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

Prof. Efrat Sheffer

Associate Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489513

efrat.sheffer@mail.huji.ac.il

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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

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Seed germination and seedling establishment

Prof. Oded Shoseyov

Professor

Phone: +972-(0)8-9489084

oded.shoseyov@mail.huji.ac.il

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Publications

Combining plant molecular biology, protein engineering and nano-biotechnology to develop super-performing materials for affordable and sustainable applications.

Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture

The Robert H Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Members

Prof. Shahal Abbo

Dr. Niv De-Malach

Prof. Idan Efroni

Prof. Rivka Elbaum

Prof. Leor Eshed-Williams

Dr. Tamar Friedlander

Dr. Guy Golan

Prof. José Grünzweig

Dr. Smadar Harpaz-Saad

Prof. Ittai Herrmann

Prof. Menachem Moshelion

Prof. Assaf Mosquna

Prof. Naomi Ori

Prof. Zvi Peleg

Dr. Guy Polturak

Prof. Shilo Rosenwasser

Prof. Alon Samach

Prof. Efrat Sheffer

Dr. Doron Shkolnik

Prof. Oded Shoseyov

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