זואולוגיה

המחקר שלנו עוסק באינטראקציה בין חיות לסביבתן

Principal_Investigator	Research Topics
Prof. Avigdor Abelson	Coral reef ecology; Ecological procss of marine benthic environments; Restoration of coral reefs; Design of artificial reefs; Marine bioinvasion
Prof. Amir Ayali	Personal Website: Insect locomotion; Bioinspiration and biomimetics;
Prof. Jonathan Belmaker	Personal Website: Broad-scale diversity patterns; Relative species abundance and community assembly; Impact of fishing on Mediterranean fishes; Fish invasion
Dr. Frida Ben-Ami	Personal Website: Host-parasite interactions, Host immunity, Evolution of sexual reproduction, Hybrids and parasitism
Prof. Yehuda Benayahu	Cnidaria; Octocorallia; Aritficial reefs; Invertebrate zoology
Dr. Omri Bronstein	Biology, ecology and taxonomy of benthic marine invertebrates; molecular ecology; echinoderm phylogenomics and evolution; reproduction of broadcast spawning marine species; marine speciation and biodiversity; reproductive isolation, hybridization and the underlying pre- and postzygotic mechanisms
Dr. Netta Dorchin	Personal Website: Taxonomy and systematics of gall midges, Evolution and speciation of phytophagous insects, Ecology of insect-plant interactions
Prof. Tamar Dayan	Personal Website: Evolution of activity patterns of mammals; Archeozoology and paleoecology; Invasion biology; Conservation biology; Comparative morphology
Prof. David Eilam	Ritualized behavior; Social and hormonal factors of collective behavior; Network analysis of cognitive mapping on spatial cognition; Impact of social environment on spatial cognition
Prof. Eli Geffen	Behavioral ecology; Population genetics; Comparative studies on behavioral aspects of birds and mammals; Eco-physiology
Prof. Abraham Hefetz	Chemical behavior and neurochemical bases of nestmate recognition; Caste specific pheromones and queen-worker conflict in the honeybee; Queen-worker conflict over male production
Prof. Roi Holzman	Hydrodynamics modulating relationship between form and function
Prof. Dorothee Huchon	Personal Website: Evolution of Myxozoan genome; Phylogeny of sponges; Rodent phylogeny
Prof. Micha Ilan	Phylum Porifera (sponges); Symbiosis between marine organisms--usually with a sponge as one of the interacting organisms
Dr. Takuya Iwamura	Personal website Spatial modeling, Biodiversity conservation, Land use/cover change, Migratory network, Climate refugia, Social-ecological systems, Environmental sustainability
Prof. Noga Kronfeld-Schor	Interaction between physiological and endocronological processes and the evolutionary ecology of organisms and communities; Circadian rhythmicity
Prof. Yossi Leshem	Different aspects of bird migration - Radars, Motorized glider, Network of ground observers; Ecology of wintering bird populations in Israel; Barn owl and Kestrels in pest control in agriculture
Dr. Eran Levin	Organism's adaptation to changing environments, from the broad scale of the natural ecological setting to the fine scale of molecular and biochemical mechanism focusing on animal models that display extreme adaptations, such as very high or very low metabolic rates and adaptation to extreme climate conditions.
Dr. Ofir Levy	Personal Website The lab studies the impacts of climate change on ecological systems by integrating empirical studies and process-based models. Approaches include field and laboratory studies in animals' thermal adaptation; as well as computational studies that involve microclimate and individual-based models
Prof. Arnon Lotem	Evolution of learning and decision making mechanisms in humans and animals; Mate choice
Prof. Shai Meiri	Personal Website: Morphological variation within and between species at different spatial and temporal scales using Macroecology, Museology, and field-biology
Dr. Gal Ribak	Personal Website: Insect flight; Control of orientation; Swimming in avian divers
Dr. Inon Scharf	Personal Website: Insect behavior and contact point with evolution; Effect of climate on growth, development, and lifespan of insects; Personality of insects
Dr. Noa Shenkar	Personal Website: Study of the class Ascidiacea (ascidians, sea-squirts); Marine bioinvasion.
Dr. Orr Spiegel	Personal Website: Movement ecology; behavioral ecology; social foraging; animal personalities; exploratory behavior; ornithology; individual based modeling; conservation
Prof. Yossi Yovel	Personal Website: Navigation and sensory ecology in wilde bats; Communication and social behavior; Bio-sonar and bat-inspired robotic sonar
Prof. Ilan Golani	Personal Website: Behavior of organisms from the presumed point of view of the organism; Behavioral homologies across the animal kingdom
Prof. Yossi Loya	Baterial infection and coral bleaching; Reproductive strategies of reef corals; Diseases in corals; Effect of global climate change on biodiversity of coral reef communities
Prof. Joseph Terkel [Emeritus]	Studies in communication and navigation in subterranean rodents; Neuroendocrinologyormonal control of maternal behavior; Human-Animal interaction in education and therapy
Prof. Zvi Wollberg [Emeritus]	Our main research focused on the rerouting and reorganization of sensory brain areas as a result of congenital or induced blindness. The animal models that we used were blind mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi) - a subterranean rodent with extremely degenerated eyes, and neonatal enucleated hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).
Prof. Yoram Yom-Tov [Emeritus]	My main research interests are behavioural ecology and ecology of birds and mammals, bird migration, zoogeography and nature conservation.
Prof. Lewi Stone [Retired]	Personal Website: Seasonal epidemics; Mathematical modeling of disease