We’re thrilled to announce that our exceptional student, Xiaoran Geng, has been awarded the prestigious Presidential Scholarship for the 2024-2025 PhD Direct Track program!

Congratulations to our Master's graduates! Today, we celebrated our graduation ceremony, awarding degrees to the future researchers of the sea and marine environment. We're proud of your achievements and wish you great success in your professional and scientific journeys ahead!

Congrats to Prashant Tewari, our talented PhD student in the Regulation and Evolution of Development (RED) lab, under the supervision of Prof. @Smadar Ben-tabou De-leon, for winning second place in the University of Haifa's 3-Minute Thesis Competition! Prashant's presentation focused on p21-activated kinase in sea urchin development and biomineralization. Great presentation and well deserved award!

Our department recently held its annual retreat, packed with enriching activities: Our students showcased their research on a range of topics, from oceanography to marine geology. It was truly inspiring to witness their passion and dedication! We then savored a delicious meal prepared by our own hands. It turns out our talents extend far beyond the laboratory! To conclude, we watched a thought-provoking film that provided us with new insights into our field.

We are proud to congratulate Prof. Ilana Berman-Frank from the Department of Marine Biology on winning the Rector's Prize for the year 2023-2024! Prof. Berman-Frank is a leading researcher in the field of biological oceanography, focusing on the study of marine microorganisms and their role in carbon and nitrogen cycles in the oceans.

Spring is in the air and students from the Dr. Moses Strauss Department of Marine Geosciences (along with students from other departments) went for a three days trip to the Dead Sea to learn about the sediments and processes. The Dead Sea is a unique and pristine place on Earth in which several depositional processes can be learned, among them those occurring in the deep sea environment.Students from different universities were chosen to participate in a full week of lectures, lab analysis, snorkeling, diving and sailing on the institute research vessel all devoted to study the history of oceans. This year, six of our Israeli and international students participated in this highly intensive, but exciting course.

Charney School researchers are making waves! We are thrilled to announce that our marine biology researchers and students have won the Journal of Food Science's prestigious Tanner Prize for the most cited articles of 2021. Their important research was published in Toxicology and Chemical Food Safety and focuses on assessing heavy metals in the local Israeli seafood, and the exposure to humans through seafood consumption. The research was conducted by Debi Ramon, Danny Morick, Peter Croot, Ran Berzak, Aviad Scheinin, Dan Tchernov, Nadav Davidovich, & Malka Britzi. Read the award-winning article here. Congratulations to our team on this well-deserved recognition! Their research has significant implications for our understanding of seafood safety and will undoubtedly influence future policies and consumer choices.The research was conducted by Debi Ramon, Danny Morick, Peter Croot, Ran Berzak, Aviad Scheinin, Dan Tchernov, Nadav Davidovich, & Malka Britzi. Check out the winning article here: https://lnkd.in/dvmkWT9 Congratulations to our team for this well-deserved recognition! 👏

We are proud to share that Dr. Oren Gal of our of Marine Technologies Department represented us with distinction at MIT Professional Education last week! Dr. Gal gave a captivating seminar talk at the prestigious CSAIL - MIT lab, a leader in AI research at MIT. In addition, Dr. Gal was invited to visit the MIT Ocean Robotics Lab. We are excited to announce that future collaboration between our school and MIT in this important area is planned. We are proud of Dr. Gal's accomplishments and look forward to continued exciting international collaborations!

Congratulations to Mimi Anagnostoudi from our Dr. Moses Strauss Department of Marine Geosciences on her new research published in the prestigious Structural Geology journal! 🎉 Mimi's fascinating study uses innovative physical analogue models to unravel the salt-related gravity-driven deformation history of the Plio-Pleistocene sequence in the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean.

Proud of our Marine Geosciences students who rocked the Israel Geological Society conference! Dr. Guy Lang, Mfoniso Otu, Svetlana Lintser, and Aleksei Nelaev presented their research and impressed everyone. Students from different universities were chosen to participate in a full week of lectures, lab analysis, snorkeling, diving and sailing on the institute research vessel all devoted to study the history of oceans. This year, six of our Israeli and international students participated in this highly intensive, but exciting course.