People
Avi Bar-Massada
Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa at Oranim
I am a spatial and landscape ecologist who develops and studies ecological models, and uses these models to answer fundamental and applied ecological questions in ecological and environmental sciences. I have a deep background in spatial and landscape ecology, ecological modeling, remote sensing, and pyrogeography. The core of my research focuses on understanding how spatial patterns of ecological phenomena are formed, how they can be quantified, and how these spatial patterns affect various ecological processes, especially those related to the interactions between anthropogenic activities and ecosystems, and the diversity and distribution of organisms across multiple spatial scales from local to continental. To answer these questions, I use a variety of scientific approaches, including simulation models, spatial pattern analyses, multivariate statistics, GIS, and remote sensing.
I received my PhD from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in 2008. After that, I've worked for four years as a Research Associate and then as an Assistant Scientist in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. I have been a faculty member in the Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa at Oranim since the Fall of 2012.
Graduate students
Renana Lavi
Ph.D. student, Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa (with Dr. Guy Dovrat, ARO).
Edna Guk
Ph.D. student, Department of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (with Prof. Noam Levin).
Netta Salomon
Ph.D. student (direct track), Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa (with Dr. Assaf Sadeh and Dr. Maor Matzrafi, ARO)
Hamutal Friedman
Ph.D. student, Department of Landscape Architecture, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (with Prof. Assaf Shwartz)
May Lechtman
M.Sc. student, Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa
Alumni
Roy Talbi (Ph.D)
Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa (with Prof. Ido Izhaki).
Dror Denneboom (Ph.D.)
Department of Landscape Architecture, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (with Prof. Assaf Shwartz)
Idit Tikotzki (M.A.)
Department of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (with Prof. Noam Levin)
Achiad Sviri (M.Sc.)
Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa (with Prof. Tamar Keasar)
Eli Haviv (M.Sc.)
Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa (with Prof. Ido Izhaki)
Itai Namir (M.Sc.)
Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University (with Prof. Yoni Belmaker)
Yoni Gavish, Ph.D. (postdoctoral research associate)
University of Haifa
Danielle Bashan (M.Sc.)
Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa.
Renana Milavski (M.Sc.)
Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa. (with Dr. Rachel Ben-Sholmo and Prof. Gidi Ne'eman)
Tomer Goeta (Ph.D.)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion (main advisor: Prof. Yohay Carmel)
Eyal Weizmann (graduate research assistant)
B.Sc., Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa at Oranim
Ella Fishman (graduate research assistant)
B.Sc., Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa at Oranim
Guy Nahardiya (graduate research assistant)
B.Sc., Department of Biology, University of Haifa
May Lechtman (undergraduate research project)
B.Sc. student, Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa at Oranim
Segev Tamir (undergraduate research project)
B.Sc. student, Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa at Oranim
Achiad Sviri (undergraduate research project)
B.Sc. student, Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa at Oranim
Timrat Laniado (undergraduate research project)
B.Sc. student, Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa at Oranim
Shlomo Cain (undergraduate research project)
Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa at Oranim.
Etai Oshinsky (undergraduate research project)
Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa at Oranim.
Lilach Yaar (undergraduate research project)
Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa at Oranim.