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Prof. Jack Gilron, Dept. Head |
Department of Desalination & Water Treatment
Areas of interest:
Membrane processes for treating water (particularly in nanofiltration and reverse osmosis) and in treating desalination brines.
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Dr. Christopher J. Arnusch |
Department of Desalination & Water Treatment
Areas of interest :
Molecular recognition, and multivalency effects for prevention of membrane scaling and biofouling and for purification of water and wastewater; Design and characterization of new membrane polymer compositions; Definition of parameters involved in membrane fouling and degradation by accurately controlling the design and composition of polymer layers on membranes; Improvement of membrane chemical stability.
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Dr. Avraham Be'er |
Department of Desalination & Water Treatment
Areas of interest:
Complex bacterial phenomena; group behavior mechanisms; collective bacterial motion in liquids; swarming motility; competition between sibling colonies; phenotypic switching; colony morphogenesis; bacteriocins; interactions between bacteria and polymeric membranes; particle tracking; superdiffusion; biorheology; biosurfactants; thin biofilms.
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Dr. Moshe Herzberg |
Department of Desalination & Water Treatment
Areas of interest:
Biofouling of pressure driven membranes; initial stages of bacterial biofilm formation (adhesion and irreversible attachment); biofilm reactors; mass transfer in biofilms.
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Dr. Roni Kasher |
Department of Desalination & Water Treatment
Areas of interest:
Synthesis and characterization of novel nano-filtration and reverse-osmosis membranes for water desalination and treatment; peptide synthesis, peptide chemistry and biologically active peptides.
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Prof. Yoram Oren, Emeritus |
Department of Desalination & Water Treatment
Areas of interest:
Electrically driven membrane separations: electrodialysis, capacitive deionization; transport phenomena in membranes for water treatment; fouling mechanisms of membranes; membrane characterization by electrochemical methods.
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Dr. Rami Messalem, Emeritus |
Department of Desalination & Water Treatment
Areas of interest:
Membrane processes for treating municipal and industrial wastewater (particularly in ultra-filtration and micro-filtration, as well as reverse osmosis) and in pre-treating sea-water for desalination; membrane characterization and autopsy of membranes; synthesis of ion-exchange membranes; new stacks for electrodialysis.
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Dr. Charles Linder, Emeritus |
Department of Desalination & Water Treatment
Areas of interest:
Unique ordered ion-exchange membranes for fuel cells and electrodialysis; nanofiltration and reverse osmosis for water treatment and desalination; novel vesicles for targeted controlled release for the treatment of CNS diseases; micro-encapsulation of biologically active agents; development of sulfate permeable asymmetric mosaic membranes for nanofiltration; improved chemically stable nanofiltration.
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Dr. Sofia Belfer, Emeritus |
Department of Desalination & Water Treatment
Areas of interest:
Preparation and application of reactive polymers. Involved in projects related to membrane technology and the synthesis of selective ion-exchange resins and the applications of both technologies to different separation processes
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Dr. Emanuel Korngold, Emeritus |
Department of Desalination & Water Treatment
Areas of interest:
Ion-exchange: ion-exchange properties, selectivity, special uses, wastewater treatment; membranes: permselective membranes for electrodialysis properties and special uses; electrodialysis: pretreatment and operation; pervaporation; ion-exchange hollow fibers.
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