PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 – Migal Galilee Research institute. Fruit tree research.
2023-2024 Research associate at Shamir Research Institute
2020-2023 Postdoc position at Volcani Institute Newe-Yaar Department of fruit trees under the supervision of Dr. Tamar Azoulay-Shamer
2016 –2019 Chief Agronomist at Cropx
2013-2014 Consultant for the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan in banana and date palm cultivation (Mashav, Sinadco)
2008-2012 Banana and Date Palm researcher (applied research) at Northern R&D, Migal, Kiryat Shmona, Israel.
2006-2008 Date Palm researcher at Zemach Nisyonot Agricultural Experiment Station, Jordan Valley, Israel (part time). Researcher of the spectral characteristics of milk at S.A.E, Afikim, Israel (part time).
1990 -1997 Banana grower and farm manager at Kibbutz Afikim Jordan valley ISRAEL.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
2020-2023 Postdoc position at Volcani Institute Newe-Yaar Department of fruit trees under the supervision of Dr. Tamar Azoulay-Shamer
2014-2016 Post Doc at the Ecosystem Center MBl, working with Dr. Zoe Cardon on algal photoprotection and desiccation tolerance.
2014 Post doc at the Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Science and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Working on the mechanism of stomatal oscillations in banana leaves and their relation to leaf hydraulics.
2001-2014 Ph.D. At the Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Science and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Title of thesis: "Mechanisms of Salt Compartmentalization and Salt Exclusion in Banana Plants (Musa Cavendishi c.v. Grand Nain)". Supervisors: Profs. Amnon Schwartz and Uri Shani.
1997-2000 B.Sc with distinction in agriculture at the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.