Yoram Avnimelech, Professor, Dean
M.Sc. 1960; Ph.D. 1964 (Hebrew University)

Professor Avnimelech joined the Technion in 1964. His academic background led to a strong multi-disciplinary background, covering topics from microbiology to physical chemistry, and from agronomy to health studies. He studied agronomy and specialized in soil sciences (Hebrew University). He received his M.Sc. in Soil Microbiology and Ph.D. in Soil Physical Chemistry (Weizmann Institute & Hebrew University), focusing on physical chemistry aspects of soil phosphorus reactions. Post Doctorate Fellowship (1965-1967) at the US National Bureau of Standards (presently the National Institute of Science & Technology, Washington D.C., USA), studying the physical chemical aspects of bone and teeth structure.
In the years 1989 to 1994, he served as Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Environment, where he was in charge of research conducted and supported by the Ministry, responsible for the interdisciplinary work and committees, represented the Ministry in academic institutions and societies, participated in the Peace talks and served as the advisor to the Minister.
Presently, he is leading a research group in Management of Environmental Systems and holds the S. Gurney chair.

Research interests
He has published more than 100 scientific publications in a variety of fields, covering the very broad aspects of Environmental Sciences: Physical chemistry of phosphorus; Salinity of water and soil; Chemistry & microbiology of Nitrogen in soils; Aquaculture research; Municipal Solid Waste - Recycling, incineration and landfilling; Municipal Solid Waste Composts - Production and Use; Development of environmentally friendly slow release fertilizers (SRF); Sea of Galilee Watershed management.

Selected Publications

Avnimelech Y. 1991. Possible effects of salinity on total phosphorus concentration in Lake Kinneret In: Pawloski L (Ed.) chemistry for the protection of the Environment Plenum Press, N.Y., p 379-386.

Avnimelech, Y., Moshe Bruner, Itai Ezrony, Roy Sela, Malka Kochba, 1996. Stability indexes for municipal solid waste (MSW) compost. Compost Science & Utilization, Vol (2):13-20.

Kochba M., Diab S. and Avnimelech Y. 1994. Modeling of nitrogen transformation in intensively aerated fish ponds. Aquaculture 120:95-104.

Avnimelech Y., Mozes N., Diab S., Kochba M. 1995. Rates of organic carbon and nitrogen degradation in intensive fish ponds.Aquaculture 134 p. 211-216.

E- mail:        agyoram@tx.technion.ac.il
Tel:         972-(0)4-8293170 (office); 972-(0)4-9836302 (home)