Prof. Rony Wallach


Contact


The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment,
P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
Tel: 972-8-9489170; Fax: 972-8-9475181
email: rony.wallach@mail.huji.ac.il


Education:

1979 - B.Sc. (with honors) in Agricultural Engineering from Technion - Israel Inst. of Tech.
1981 - M.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering from Technion - Israel Inst. of Tech.
1985 - D.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering from Technion - Israel Inst. of Tech.


Previous and Present Appointments

2009-2010 Visiting Professor, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering,
University of Texas, Ausin, USA.

2002- Professor, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Food and Environmental Sci., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1997-2002 Associate Professor, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Food and Environmental Sci., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1995-1996 Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Cornell University, USA

1991-1997 Senior Lecturer, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Food and Environmental Sci., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1988-1991 Lecturer, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Food and Environmental Sci., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1985-1988 Post Doctoral Fellow, UC Riverside, USA

1979-1985 Instructor, Faculty of Agricultural Eng., Technion, Israel.

Research Interests:

Formation of water repellent soils by prolonged effluent irrigation.

Effect of contact angle on unstable water flow in soils.

Plant-water relationships.

Irrigation control using soil sensors.

Surface runoff characterization, quantity and quality, from urban areas

Patents

1. Moshelion M and Wallach R, System for selecting plants from among a population of plants - WO Patent WO/2010/049,939, 2010.

2. Sade N, Moshelion M, Gebretsadik M, Kaldenhoff R, Wallach R, Plants producing high crop yield – WO Patent WO/2011/021190.

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