Alumni

In memory of:

Yael Zilka, MSc (1970-2022)

Lab Manager

Ecology , Business Management


Nathan Levi (1990-2022)

(Co-advisor: Dr. Tarin Paz-Kagan, Prof. Arnon Karnieli)

Ph.D. Student:
Remote sensing and soil quality index, Ecological restoration (Ph.D. Thesis)

Postdocs

Rachel Schwarz, PhD

Agrophotovoltaics

schwarzr@post.bgu.ac.il


Talia Gabay, PhD

Environmental Microbiology, Soil Crust Restoration (Ph.D. Thesis)

taliagab@post.bgu.ac.il


Itamar Giladi, PhD

Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

itushgi@exchange.bgu.ac.il


Giorgi (Gigi) Kozhoridze, PhD

Spatial Ecology, Data Processing, Remote Sensing and GIS, Geostatistics

kozhorid@post.bgu.ac.il


Lab Manager

Zehava Siegal, MSc

Ecologist, Israel Nature and Parks Authority

zehavasiegal@gmail.com

Research Students

PhD

Yaniv Shmuel, PhD

Coral Ecology, Community Structure of Marine Organisms

(2022)

yanivshmu@gmail.com


Klil Noy PhD

Spatiotemporal analysis of satellite images in sandy environments

kliln@post.bgu.ac.il


Ido Filin, PhD

Title:  “Aspects of the reciprocal relationship between the dynamics of a quantitative trait and its variation, and the dynamics of species ranges and biological invasions” (2008)

ido@filin.fi


Jonathan (Yoni) Belmaker, PhD

Title:  “Factors shaping coral reef fish assemblages: From the local to the regional scale” (2008)

School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University

jonathan.belmaker@gmail.com


Gal Yaacobi, PhD

Title:  “The effect of temporal and spatial variability on the genetic structure and diversity of beetle populations along geographic gradients” (2011)

BioBee LTD, Sde Eliahu

galy@biobee.com


Guy Rotem, PhD

Title:  “Scale-dependent effects of a fragmented agro-ecosystem on a reptile community” (2014)

ECOLOGYWISE, Research Associate, Spatial Ecology Lab, BGU

rottemguy@gmail.com


Yoni Gavish, PhD

Title:  “Fragmentation per-se effects of diversity patterns: empirical and theoretical aspects” (2014)

Research Associate, University of Haifa

gavishyoni@gmail.com


Udi Columbus, PhD

Title:  “Ecological restoration of the sand dune system at north-western Negev: Restoring the Aeolian activity and faunal response” (2014)

Ecologist, Israel Nature and Parks Authority

udic@npa.org.il


Yoav Avneon, PhD

Title:  “Spatial analysis of road permeability: from patterns to processes” (2019)

yoavyeledteva@gmail.com


Irith Aloni, PhD

Title:  “The effect of climate at the wintering grounds of long-distance migratory passerines on the birds’ spring migration phenology, body condition and behavior upon arrival in Eilat” (2019)

irital@bgu.ac.il


Itai Renan, PhD

(Tel Aviv University)

Title: Taxonomic revision and ecology of the Graphipterus serrator group (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiinae) (2021)

ittai.renan@hamaarag.org.il


MSc

Naomi Hill (2003)

Udi Segev (Sogavker) (2004)

Gillie Pragai (2004)

Gal Yaacobi (2004)

Elad Topel (2005)

Dafna Kaufman (2007)

Zeev Bin (2008)

Yoav Bartan (2009)

Anat Tzafrir (2012)

Amir Glick (2016)

Kesem Kazes (2017)

Merav Shemesh (2019)

Tom Zylberberg (2020) (M.Sc. Thesis)

Matan Markfeld (2021)

Naama Rahamim (2022)

Ben Poodiack

Etai Oshinsky

Segev Tamir

Tomer karni

Tamar Shabi (2023)


BSc (Project Students)

Orna Shimoni (1999)

Udi Segev (2000) 

Cher Ashtamker (2002) 

Noam Ben-Moshe (2003) 

Yamit Tal (2004) 

Reichan Niv (2006) 

Michal Shilo (2006) 

Udi Ron (2006) 

Tamar Harel (2007)

Ziv Weitz (2012)

Naama Schachter (2016)

Naama Rachamim (2017)

Tom Zilberberg (2017)

Noam Zurek (2019)

Yalin Divinsky (2019)

Goni Barki (2019)

Sharon Moscovitz (2020)

Peleg Jakubovits (2020)

Ophir Gidron (2021)

Ofir Elhadef

Stav Biran