In Memoriam

Prof. Dan Goldberg

Prof. Dan Goldberg

(1915-1993)

Born: 1915, Jerusalem, Israel.
M.Sc. 1939; Sen. Lect. 1960; Assoc. Prof. 1967; Prof. 1978.

Field of Research: Irrigation methods (flood irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, drip irrigation). Design and development of irrigation systems.

Prof. Shmuel Mandel

Prof. Shmuel Mandel

(1919-1995)

Born: 1918, Austria.
Ph.D. 1962. Sen. Lect. 1966; Assoc. Prof. 1972; Prof. 1978.

Field of Research: Groundwater hydrology. Development of national water resources. Salinization of groundwater. Programs for exploitation of groundwater reserves and artificial replenishment.

Prof. Leon Margulies

Prof. Leon Margulies

(1943 - 1997)

Born: 1943, Argentina;
Ph.D. 1975; Sen. Lect. 1988; Assoc. Prof. 1991.

Field of Research: Environmental chemistry. Chemistry of clay-organic reactions. Photostabilization of agrochemicals. Spectroscopy of biological chromophores.

Prof. Ronit Nativ

Prof. Ronit Nativ

(1949 - 2006)

Born: 1949, Israel.
Ph.D. 1984; Assoc. Prof. 1999; Professor 2004

Field of Research: The impact of urbanization on water resources, contaminant transport in porous fractured formations, groundwater contamination in industrial sites, arid-zone hydrology and origin and hydrodynamics of brackish water and brines in deep aquifers.

Prof. Shlomo Rabikowitz

Prof Shlomo Rabikowitz

(1900-2000)

Born: 1899, Russia;
Ph.D. 1938; Assoc. Prof. 1949; Professor 1957.

Field of Research:
Pedology
Soil classification.
Mapping of Israel soils.

Prof. Eliyahu (Ernest) Rawitz

Prof. Eliyahu Razitz

(1927-1995)

Born: 1927, Czechoslovakia;
Ph.D. 1966; Lecturer 1969; Sen. Lect. 1971; Assoc. Prof. 1981.

Field of Research: Development of irrigation scheduling criteria based on soil, plant and atmospheric data. Computer-assisted automatic irrigation monitoring and control using field sensors. Effect of tillage practices on soil structure and water regime. Soil survey.

Prof. Arieh Singer

Prof. Arieh Singer

(1934-2010)

Born: 1934, Czernovitz, Romania;
Ph.D. 1969; Assoc. Prof. 1980; Prof. 1989.

Field of Research: Clay mineralogy, clay mineral formation in the context of soil formation, soil distribution and weathering phenomena; ecological effects on soil mineralogy; interrelationships between clay mineralogy and soil properties; the origin of clay minerals in non-edaphic environments: sediments and marine/lacustrine deposits.