Marina Krivorot

Dr. Meyer L. Rosoff and Rev. Benzion Bauer Prize for Excellence in Water Research, 2004.

It is very encouraging, and will really help me to proceed with my M.Sc. studies and complete the research successfully. I would now like to tell you a little about myself.
My name is Marina Krivorot, and I was born in 1975 in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1990, together with my parents, I made "Aliya" to Israel. After a period of repatriation I joined the 10th grade in high school, where I studied for three years. After high school I, like all other young Israelis, went into the Army, and performed my military service in the Home Front Command.
During the second year of my military service I met my future husband, and we were married the next year. We now have one child. By the time we were married I was already a first year student at Ben-Gurion University, studying in the department of Laboratory Medicine, within the School of Medicine. There I gained a B.Med.Lab.Sc. degree, and after graduation I was employed for one year in a medical laboratory, and then for two and a half years as a chemist in the laboratory of a pharmaceutical plant. While working there, I decided to continue my education and two years ago I joined the Department of Environmental Engineering at BGU to study for a M.Sc. degree.
I am currently in the third year of my studies towards a M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering. During this past year, I left my previous position and became a full time student at the university in order to dedicate my time fully to my research. More then one year still remains until the completion of my studies at BGU.

Description of research:

Purification of Groundwater from Organic Contaminants by MEUF (Micellar-Enhanced Ultrafiltration)

Supervisors: Dr. Jack Gilron and Prof. Yoram Oren

There are many methods of purification, and I decided to choose the MEUF approach. According to this method, a detergent is added to the contaminated water causing the formation of micelles, consisting of detergent molecules bonded with molecules of organic pollutants.
The size of the micelle is larger than that of the organic pollutant, and this allows us to filter the contaminated water by means of UF (ultrafiltration).