Marine Biology - Academic Faculty
Prof. Dan Tchernov
Director of the School
Founder & Scientific Director of The Morris Kahn Marine Research Station
Laboratory: Deep Med Lab
Phone: 972-4-8240515 (52515)
Office: 284, Multipurpose Building
Email: dtchernov@univ.haifa.ac.il
Prof. Smadar Ben Tabou de Leon
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Research Area: Regulation and Evolution of Embryonic Developmental Processes
Laboratory:Regulation and Evolution of Development (RED) Lab
Phone: +972-4-8288555
Office: 133, Multipurpose Building
Email: sben-tab@univ.haifa.ac.il
Prof. Ilana Berman-Frank
Head of the Mediterranean Sea Research Center of Israel
Research Areas: The impact of aquatic ecosystems on the environment and society, ranging from the local to the global scales
Laboratory: Aquatic Ecology and Biological Oceanography Laboratory
Phone: +972-4-8288790
Office: 275, Multipurpose Building
Email: iberman2@univ.haifa.ac.il
Prof. Tamar Lotan
Research Areas: Developmental Marine Biology and Molecular Ecology
Laboratory: Cnidarians Developmental Biology and Molecular Ecology
Phone: +972-4-8240034
Office: 265, Multipurpose Building
Email: lotant@univ.haifa.ac.il
Prof. Tali Mass
Research Areas: Coral ecology, physiology and biomineralization
Laboratory: Coral Biomineralization and Physiology
Phone: +972-4-8288977
Office: 269, Multipurpose Building
Email: tmass@univ.haifa.ac.il
Prof. Laura Steindler
Research Areas: Marine Microbiology
Laboratory: The Marine Microbiology Lab
Phone: +972-4-8288987
Office: 189, Multipurpose Building
Email: lsteindler@univ.haifa.ac.il
Prof. Daniel Sher
Research Areas: Chemical Ecology and Microbial Oceanography
Laboratory: The Marine Chemical Ecology Lab
Phone: +972-4-8249349
Office: 270/2, Multipurpose Building
Email: dsher@univ.haifa.ac.il
Dr. Tal Luzzatto Knaan
Research Areas: Functional Metabolomics and Marine Natural Products
Phone: +972-4-8249349
Office: 162, 164, Multipurpose Building
Email: tluzzatto@univ.haifa.ac.il
Dr. Igal Berenshtein
Research Areas: Larval Dispersal and Connectivity, Marine Pollution and Ecosystem Modeling
Laboratory: Marine Ecology and Ocean Health Lab
Phone: +972-4-8240375
Office: 264, Multipurpose Building
Email: iberensht@univ.haifa.ac.il
Prof. Gil Rilov
Research Areas: Marine Ecology and Conservation, Community Ecology
Laboratory: www.rilovlab.com
Phone: +972-4-8565261
Email: rilovg@ocean.org.il
Dr. Maxim Rubin-Blum
Research Areas: Molecular ecophysiology and biogeochemistry in extreme aquatic habitats, focusing on deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps
Lab: Molecular ecophysiology
Phone: +972-4-8565223
Office: IOLR building, Tel-Shikmona
Email: mrubin@ocean.org.il
Prof. (Emeritus) Michael D. Krom
Research Areas: Seawater analysis Lab. For extremely Low concentration detection of nutrients
Phone: +972-4-8280797
Office: 195, Multipurpose Building (and Sdot Yam facility)
Email: m.d.krom@leeds.ac.uk
