Current Lab Members

 

Shula Blum Lab technician

Email: blumsh@agri.huji.ac.il

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Vincent Ayieko Master student working on characterization of silica deposited by Slp1.

Email: vincent.ayieko@mail.huji.ac.il

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Noa Kirby Master student working in collaboration with Shuki Saranga on the histology of teff culm, root, and root-shoot junction.

Email: noa.kirby@mail.huji.ac.il

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Gabriela Haint Master student working on silica treatements to tomatoes under heat stress.

Email: gabriela.haint@mail.huji.ac.il

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Dr. Srinath Palakurthy Postdoc fellow working on silica in vitro precipitation by lignin

Email: srinath.palakurthy@mail.huji.ac.il

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Mai Ben Hamou Master student working on analysis of milk fat via Raman microspectroscopy, in collaboration with Nurit Argov-Argaman

Email: maibenhamou@gmail.com

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Alumni Students and Former Postdocs

Dr. Sabrina Diehn Postdoc fellow who worked on the composition and structure of teff culm. Now an analyst in IRUBIS.

Email: sabrina_diehn@web.de

Dr. Tom Lindtner completed a PhD thesis on the hygroscopically-active seed dispersal unit of oats at the SaLSA graduate school, Humboldt University, Berlin.

Email: lindtner.tom@gmail.com

Dr. Nerya Zexer completed a PhD thesis on the deposition of silica in sorghum roots: THESIS. Now in a postdoc internship mentored by Charles Anderson at Penn State U.

Email: neryazexer@gmail.com

Dr. Victor Rodriguez graduated a PhD program on silica precipitation by plant materials at the SaLSA graduate school, Humboldt University, Berlin: THESIS.

Email: rodriguez.zancajo@gmail.com

Lidya Sintu Alemayhu completed a project in the frame of the international program. Lidya developed a method to estimate leaf age based on Raman micro-spectroscopy and thermal gravimetric analysis.

Email: sintualemayhu@gmail.com

Fikadu Biru worked on silicon reducing dark induce senescence: THESIS.

Recently completed a PhD thesis with Scott Johnson.

Email: F.Biru@westernsydney.edu.au

Michal Arad worked on the effects of silicon on leaves under darkness stress: THESIS

Email: michalarad22@gmail.com

Dr. Santosh Kumar worked on silicon mineralization in plants.

Now at the School of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar 751024, Odisha, India.

Email: skg.research@gmail.com

Dr. Milan Soukup worked on root sorghum silicification.

Dr. Oshry Markovich worked on silicon-related metabolism in plants: THESIS.

Now head of research team in RAHAN Meristem.

​​Guy Weizmann worked on cell wall biosynthesis and assembly.

Nimrod Ziv worked on silica solubility in soils.

Now works as a winemaker in Soreq Winery.

Dr. Yael Abraham worked on hygroscopic seed dispersal and smart textiles.

Now head of high-school excellence program ALPHA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Dr. Hagit Nissan worked on silica effects on the cells grown in suspension: THESIS.

Now  works in developing teaching programs at the Davidson Institute of Science Education.

Dikla Cohen worked on bio-silicification in sorghum leaves: THESIS.

Now works as Chief Agronomist at BOL Pharma.

Yifat Tishler worked on production of bio-fuels from wheat straw: THESIS.

Now works as Product Manager at Phytech Ltd.

Dr. Ilana Shtein worked on the histology of movement in plants.

Now an independent scientist in Ariel University. 

Dr. Nicole Schreiber worked on the structure of seed mucilage.

Dr. Miriam Silva worked on changes in the structure of tomato peels under salt stress: THESIS.

Now Head of bioassay at IBI-Ag, Rehovot.