Academic Faculty	Research Focus
Chair: Daniel Feuermann, Professor                         Ph.D. Ben Gurion University, 1985 Phone: 972-8-659-6927 | Fax: 972-8-659-6921 | E-mail:  daniel@bgu.ac.il	Production of nanomaterials using highly concentrated solar radiation. Design of optics for concentrating solar collectors. Selective coatings
Yosef Ashkenazy, Associate Professor Ph.D. Bar-Ilan University, 1999 Phone: 972-8-659-6858 | Fax: 972-8-659-6921 | E-mail:  ashkena@bgu.ac.il	Climate dynamics and modeling; sand dunes dynamics and modeling; paleoclimate; statistical analysis (linear and nonlinear) of climate records
Golan Bel, Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) Ph.D. Bar-Ilan University, 2005 Phone: 972-8-659-6845 | Fax: 972-8-659-6921 | E-mail: bel@bgu.ac.il	Statistical physics
Sergey Biryukov, Researcher Grade B Ph.D. Institute for Nuclear Research at Dubna (USSR), 1995 Phone: 972-8-659-6737 | Fax: 972-8-659-6921 | E-mail: beryokov@bgu.ac.il	Impact of environment on solar power production; electrohydrodynamics of small particles motion; optical characterization of large solar concentrators
Georgy I. Bourde, Professor Ph.D. Perm State University (USSR), 1972 Phone: 972-8-659-6847 | Fax: 972-8-659-6921 | E-mail:  georg@bgu.ac.il	Fluid dynamics (current interests:  water waves, hydrodynamic stability); applications of symmetry based methods to differential equations; soliton dynamics
Jeffrey M. Gordon, Professor Ph.D. Brown University (USA), 1976 Phone: 972-8-659-6923 | Fax: 972-8-659-6921 | E-mail: jeff@bgu.ac.il	Nanomaterial synthesis by highly concentrated solar and ultra-bright lamp light; physics and characterization of ultra-efficient solar cells; advanced solar concentrator optics; radiometry and illumination optics; bio-inspired systems
Arnon Karnieli, Professor Ph.D. University of Arizona (USA), 1988 Phone: 972-8-659-6855 | Fax: 972-8-659-6805 | E-mail:  karnieli@bgu.ac.il	Remote sensing; geographic information systems; climate change, precision agriculture
Eugene A. Katz, Professor Ph.D. Moscow Institute for Steel and Alloys (USSR), 1990 Phone: 972-8-659-6739 | Fax: 972-8-659-6736 | E-mail: keugene@bgu.ac.il	Photovoltaic characterization of various solar cells; organic and nanostructured solar cells; photovoltaic operation under concentrated sunlight
Ehud Meron, Professor Ph.D. Weizmann Institute of Science, 1986 Phone: 972-8-659-6926 | Fax: 972-8-659-6921 | E-mail: ehud@bgu.ac.il	Nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation far from equilibrium; spatial ecology; complex systems
Lea Orlovsky,   Ph.D. Phone: 972-8-659-6857 | Fax: 972-8-659-6921 | E-mail: orlovsky@bgu.ac.il	Land cover and land use changes; remote sensing for ecological applications; use of satellite imagery for study land degradation and desertification
Leonid Prigozhin, Professor Ph.D. Ben Gurion University, 1995 Phone: 972-8-659-6922 | Fax: 972-8-659-6921 | E-mail: leonid@bgu.ac.il	Mathematical modeling; variational and free boundary problems; numerical methods; granular mechanics and Aeolian sand transport; applied superconductivity
Isaak Rubinshtein, Professor Ph.D. Weizmann Institute of Science, 1978 Phone: 972-8-659-6924 | Fax: 972-8-659-6921 | E-mail: robinst@bgu.ac.il	Physico-chemical hydrodynamics; membrane electrochemistry; electrokinetics in micro-nano fluidics; concentration polarization in charge selective ionic systems
Arik Yochelis, Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) Ph.D. Ben Gurion University, 2004 Phone: 972-8-659-6794 | Fax: 972-8-659-6736 | E-mail:   yochelis@bgu.ac.il	Nonlinear dynamics in pattern forming systems; spatially localized states in activator-inhibitor systems; autocatalysis & electrochemistry; charge transport/transfer in 'soft' solar cells; energy storage
Boris Zaltzman, Professor Ph.D. Novosibirsk State University (USSR), 1989 Phone: 972-8-659-6928 | Fax: 972-8-659-6921 | E-mail:  boris@bgu.ac.il	Physico-chemical hydrodynamics; membrane electrochemistry; electrokinetics in micro-nano fluidics; concentration polarization in charge selective ionic systems
Amos Zemel, Professor Ph.D. Weizmann Institute of Science, 1982 Phone: 972-8-659-6925 | Fax: 972-8-659-6921 | E-mail: amos@bgu.ac.il	The efficient management of natural resources; optimization under uncertainty; the methodology of dynamic optimization
David Faiman, Professor Emeritus Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA), 1979 Phone: 972-8-659-6933 | Fax: 972-8-659-6736 | E-mail: faiman@bgu.ac.il	Solar radiation measurement ; characterization of concentrator photovoltaic systems; investigation of (vanadium redox) storage batteries
Abraham Kudish, Professor Emeritus Ph.D. Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (USA), 1970 Phone: 972-8-646-1488 | Fax: 972-8-6472-916 | E-mail:  akudish@bgu.ac.il
Zvi Offer, Professor Emeritus Ph.D. University of Bucharest (RO), 1979 Phone: 972-8-659-6849 | Fax: 972-8-659-6921 | E-mail: offer@bgu.ac.il
Avraham Zangvil, Professor Emeritus Ph.D. University of California at Los Angeles (USA), 1975 Phone: 972-8-659-6845 | Fax: 972-8-659-6921 | E-mail: zangvil@bgu.ac.il
Yair Zarmi, Professor Emeritus Ph.D. Weizmann Institute of Science, 1970 Phone: 972-8-659-6920 | Fax: 972-8-659-6921 | E-mail: zarmi@bgu.ac.il	Environmental physics; nonlinear dynamics (solitons and their interactions, wave phenomena in nature); physical aspects of algal biomass production