This week, we had the honor of celebrating the appointment of Prof. Zvi Ben-Avraham as Founding Governor of the Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences. Prof. Ben-Avraham – Israel Prize laureate, member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and pioneering scientist – founded the school and led it through its first decade, shaping it into a leading institution in marine science.
On July 30, 2025, the School of Marine Sciences held a moving and memorable graduation ceremony, celebrating the achievements of our master’s degree graduates.
The Charney School of Marine Sciences has achieved an outstanding ranking of 27th in the world for "Life Below Water" (SDG 14) in the 2025 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. This year, over 2,400 universities worldwide were evaluated based on their contributions to advancing social, economic, and environmental sustainability, aligned with the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Prof. Diamant’s innovative project focuses on the development of a polymer-based transducer designed to harvest energy from underwater acoustic noise — a cutting-edge approach that merges sustainability, advanced materials science, and marine technology.
This one-day event will bring together researchers, industry professionals, and students to explore the latest developments in marine technologies. The conference will highlight cutting-edge research, breakthrough innovations, and emerging trends shaping the future of the field.
Prof. Diamant’s innovative project focuses on the development of a polymer-based transducer designed to harvest energy from underwater acoustic noise — a cutting-edge approach that merges sustainability, advanced materials science, and marine technology.
In July 2025, the Charney School of Marine Sciences launched one of its most ambitious and multidisciplinary research cruises to date. Over the course of three intensive days at sea, researchers, students, engineers, and professional staff worked side by side—merging diverse fields of expertise, cutting-edge technologies, and a variety of research platforms
Final Event of the Marine Entrepreneurship Course: A Celebration of Innovation and Collaboration The Marine Entrepreneurship Course concluded with an inspiring final event that showcased the creativity, dedication, and teamwork of its participants. Over the past few months the participants worked in teams to develop innovative solutions to real-world maritime challenges.During the event, each team […]
A groundbreaking study led by Prof. Roee Diamant, head of the Underwater Acoustics and Navigation Lab (ANL) in the Hatter Department of Marine Technologies, together with doctoral students Guy Gubnitsky and Yaly Mevorach, has developed the first automated system of its kind for decoding sperm whale
The School of Marine Sciences congratulates Tovah Nehrer, graduate of our MSc program in Marine Biology, on receiving the University of Haifa's Dean of Graduate Studies Award for Outstanding Thesis for the 2024–2025 academic year. Her research, titled "A Conserved Signaling Pathway, a Different Outcome: The Role of the ERK Signaling Pathway in Sea Urchin Skeletal Elongation," was supervised by Prof. Smadar Ben-Tabou de-Leon.
