Our Team

Nimrod Schwartz

Principal Investigator, PhD
Department of Soil and Water Sciences
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Email: nimrod.schwartz@mail.huji.ac.il
Phone: +972.8.948.9288

Jenny Marcos-Hadad

Lab Manager
Email: jennyma@savion.huji.ac.il
Research interest: Spectral induced polarization of soils

Sonya Alzitser

PhD Student
Email: Sonya.Altziser@mail.huji.ac.il
Research: Impacts of Soil Colloids and Soil Structure on the Fate of Organic Pollutants Applying Geoelectrical Methods
(with Prof. Yael Mishael)

Emmanual Akaerue

PhD Student
Email: Emmanual.Akaerue@mail.huji.ac.il
Research: Non-invasive methods for root phenotyping using geophysical imaging and mathematical models

Gal Tzvik

PhD Student
Email: Gal.Tzvik@mail.huji.ac.il
Research: Unraveling the dynamics of root exudates in soil erodability and transport processes
(with Prof. Yael Mishael)

Dvir Hochman

PhD Student
Email: dvir.hochman@mail.huji.ac.il
Research: Understanding the drivers of hydraulic redistribution under salt stress

Canar Saker

PhD Student
Email: Canar.Saker@mail.huji.ac.il
Research: Impact of soil fine-scale heterogeneous structure on the effective hydro-electrical properties of unsaturated soils
(with Dr. Ziv Moreno)

Shahar Shahror

MSc Student
Email: Shahar.Shahror@mail.huji.ac.il
Research: The impact of fluid flow on electrical double layer properties

Osnat Wijler

MSc Student
Email: Osnat.Wijler@mail.huji.ac.il
Research: Monitoring permeable reactive barriers using spectral induced polarization

Former Team Members

Dr. Amit Paporisch

Postdoc Graduate
Current Position: Principal Investigator at ARO Israel
Research: Impact of mucilage on solute transport in soil

Dr. Meirav Cohen

Postdoc Graduate
Current Position: Principal Investigator at Dead Sea and Arava Science Center
Research: Parametric sensitivity analysis in modeling contaminant transport through unsaturated soil media
(with Dr. Ravid Rosenzweig)

Dr. Kuzma Tsukanov

PhD Graduate
Current Position: Postdoc Fellow at Agriculture Research Organization
Research: Electrical properties of roots

Ruth Glebe

MSc Graduate
Research: Impact of pore water velocity on SIP signature of porous media
(with Dr. Matthias Bucker)

Aviad Montagu

MSc Graduate
Email: Aviad.Montagu@mail.huji.ac.il
Research: Monitoring water uptake of sesame using electrical resistivity tomography

Or Kashi

MSc Graduate
Email: or.kashi@mail.huji.ac.il
Research: Genetic-physiologic and underground sensing to improve root system architecture in wheat in a changing climate
(with Prof. Zvi Peleg)

Gal Zakai

MSc Graduate
Research: Soil organic matter-contamination interactions and their impact on soil electrical properties

Harel Bavli

MSc Graduate
Current Position: R&D at Aviv Management and Consulting
Research: Impact of root exudate on solute transport in porous media

Or Litig

MSc Graduate
Current Position: Product Manager at PhyTech
Research: Monitoring plant response with different root systems to drought stress

Foeday Zinnah

MSc Graduate
Current Position: PhD Student at Utah State University