IUI hosts local research groups led by resident scientists from its partner universities.
Each group includes technicians, postdocs, graduate students, and trainees, based full-time at the Institute. These groups form the scientific core of IUI, integrating research, teaching, and academic leadership. To learn more about their structure and roles – Read more »

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Prof. Adi Torfstein
Prof. Adi Torfstein

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Fredy & Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science
Institute of Earth Sciences

Research Areas
Oceanography
Geochemistry
Paleoclimate
 
To the researcher's website To the researcher's website adi.torf@mail.huji.ac.il
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Prof. Amatzia Genin
Prof. Amatzia Genin

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.

Research Areas
Coral reef ecology.
Ecology of zooplankton.
Fish ecology.
Predator-prey interactions among reef inhabitants and plankton.
Ecological processes driven by physical-biological interactions in the sea.
To the researcher's website To the researcher's website a.genin@mail.huji.ac.il
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Dr. Derya Akkaynak
Dr. Derya Akkaynak

University of Haifa
Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, Hatter Department of Marine Technologies

Research Areas
Underwater computer vision
Animal vision
Ocean optics

To the researcher's website To the researcher's website dakkaynak@univ.haifa.ac.il
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Dr. Gilad Antler

Ben-Gurion University
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Research Areas

Chemical Oceanography

Biogeochemistry

To the researcher's website To the researcher's website antlerg@post.bgu.ac.il
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Prof. Maoz Fine
Prof. Maoz Fine

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Faculty of Sciences, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

Research Areas
1. Coral reef ecology
2. Global change biology
3. Marine heatwaves and coral bleaching
4. Coral physiology and resilience
5. Transboundary environmental cooperation in the Red Sea

To the researcher's website To the researcher's website maoz.fine@mail.huji.ac.il
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Dr. Miguel Frada
Dr. Miguel Frada

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

Research Areas
Marine Microbiology

To the researcher's website To the researcher's website miguel.frada@mail.huji.ac.il
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Prof. Moshe Kiflawi
Prof. Moshe Kiflawi

Ben-Gurion University
Department of Life Sciences

Research Areas

  • Ecology

  • Behavior of Coral Reef Fish

To the researcher's website To the researcher's website mkiflawi@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
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Prof. Roi Holzman
Prof. Roi Holzman

Tel Aviv University
Department of Zoology

Research Areas

  • Biomechanics

  • Coral Reef Ecology

To the researcher's website To the researcher's website holzman@tauex.tau.ac.il
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Prof. Yeala Shaked
Prof. Yeala Shaked

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Fredy & Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science

Research Areas
Aquatic Biogeochemistry
Trace metal availability
phytoplankton-microbe-mineral interactions
nutrient uptake kinetics


To the researcher's website To the researcher's website yeala.shaked@mail.huji.ac.il
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