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Name: Naftali Lazarovitch.
Date and place of birth: 1972, Rehovot, Israel.
Address at work: Wyler Department for Dryland Agriculture,
French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands,
Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
Sede Boqer Campus, 84990, Israel.
Phone: 972-8-6563454, Fax: 972-8-6596757, lazarovi@bgu.ac.il
Address at home: Midreshet Ben-Gurion, POB 101, 84990, Israel.
Phone: 972-8-6532186, Mobile: 972-52-5793098.
· Education
1994-1997 B.Sc. - Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ).
1997-2001 M.Sc. - Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, HUJ.
Name of advisor: Prof. Uri Shani.
Title of thesis: The effect of soil water potential, hydraulic properties and source characteristic on the discharge of subsurface sources.
2001-2006 Ph.D. - Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, HUJ.
Name of advisor: Prof. Uri Shani.
Title of thesis: Feedback processes in a subsurface water source-soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.
· Employment History
2011-present Senior Lecturer, Wyler Department for Dryland Agriculture, French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
2006-2011 Lecturer, Wyler Department for Dryland Agriculture, French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
2005-2006 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona with Arthur W. Warrick.
2005 Post-Doctoral Fellow, U.S. Salinity Laboratory Riverside, California with Scott A. Bradford.
2004-2005 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science University of Arizona with Thomas L. Thompson and Arthur W. Warrick.
1997-2004 Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, HUJ (Physics A, Physics B, Physical Chemistry, Fundamentals of Soil Science, Fundamentals of Irrigation Science, Irrigation Principles, Crop Irrigation Regimes, Basic Irrigation Systems)
1996-1997 Research Assistant, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, HUJ.
(a) Positions in academic administration (departmental, faculty and university)
2009 - present Teaching committee - French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Albert Katz International School, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU).
2011 - present Greenhouse committee - French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, BGU.
2011- present Blaustein Center for Scientific Cooperation committee - BGU.
(b) Professional functions outside universities/institutions
2007 - present Israeli Soil Science Society Council.
(c) Membership in professional/scientific societies
2004 - present Soil Science Society of America.
2006 - present International Soil Science Society.
2007 - present Israeli Soil Science Society.
2008 - present Lysimeter Research Group.
2010 - present European Geosciences Union.
(a) Courses taught
Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies, BGU, Sede Boqer Campus.
· Soil physics - 001-2-2038 (graduate level).
· Crop irrigation regimes - 001-2-2035 (graduate level).
· Advanced modeling of water flow and contaminant transport in porous media using HYDRUS software packages - 001-2-2039 (graduate level) - Jointly with Jirka Šimůnek.
· Operation and analysis of environmental monitoring systems - 001-2-5055 (graduate level) - Jointly with Ofer Dahan.
(b) Research Students
1. Eviatar Itiel (BGU) - Jointly with Moshe Silberbush and Alon Ben-Gal - Ph.D., 2008-.
2. Adam Abramson (BGU) - Jointly with Eilon Adar and Alon Tal - Ph.D., 2008-.
3. Sharon Dabach (HUJ) - Jointly with Uri Shani - Ph.D., 2008-.
4. Or Sperling (BGU) - Jointly with Amnon Schwartz- Ph.D., 2009-
5. Dilia Kool (BGU) - Jointly with Alon Ben-Gal - Ph.D., 2010-
6. Tom Groenveld (BGU) - Jointly with Alon Ben-Gal - Ph.D., 2010-
7. Nadav Tal (BGU) - M.Sc., 2007-2009.
8. Or Sperling (BGU) - M.Sc., 2007-2009.
9. Parashuram Bhantana (BGU) - M.Sc., 2007-2009.
10. Lonia Friedlander (BGU) - Jointly with Alon Tal - M.Sc., 2008-2010.
11. Tom Groenveld (BGU) - Jointly with Alon Ben-Gal - M.Sc., 2008-2010.
12. Johana Bachman (Osnabrück, Germany)- Jointly with Rüdiger Anlauf- M.Sc., 2009-2010.
13. Leilah Krounbi (BGU) - M.Sc., 2008-2011.
14. Iael Raij (BGU) - M.Sc., 2011-.
15. Miyanda Moombe (BGU) M.Sc., 2012-.
- Awards, Citations, Honors, Fellowships
Honors, Citation Awards
2003 - Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Professor Eli Rawitz Endowment scholarship.
2004 - Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Advanced studies scholarship.
2004 - The Baron De Hirsch fund - Postdoctoral fellowship.
2009 - Gerda Frieberg Chair in Agricultural Water Management.
2010 - Soil Science Society of America - The Division S-1 Early Career Award.
2011 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Toronto prize for young researchers.
- Scientific Publications (* Published after last promotion)
(a) Chapters in collective volumes - Conference proceedings
1. Ben-Gal, A. and Lazorovitch, N. (2003). Beyond burying the lateral: Current issues and future opportunities for subsurface drip irrigation. Prepared for Netafim Irrigation Co. Invited paper. http://mop.textstore.co.il/data/Subsurface%20drip%20irrigation%202003.pdf
2. Lazarovitch, N., Šimůnek, J., M. Th. van Genuchten, and Shani, U. (2005). Numerical analysis of soil limiting flow from subsurface sources, In: S. Torkzaban and S. M. Hassanizadeh (eds.), Proc. of Workshop on HYDRUS Applications, October 19, 2005, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, ISBN 90-39341125, 53-56, 2005.
3. Lazarovitch, N., Ben-Gal, A., and Shani U. (2005). An automated rotating lysimeter system for greenhouse evapotranspiration-salinity studies. In: Proceedings of the International Salinity Forum, Managing Saline Soils and Water: Science, Technology, and Soil Issues. April 25-27, 2005. Riverside, CA pp:417-420.
4. Lazarovitch, N., Poulton, M., Furman, A. and Warrick, A.W. (2006). A user-friendly program for estimating subsurface wetting patterns. From research institutes to the water industry, International conference, Sede Boqer, Israel, Nov. 28-30, 2006.
5. Krounbi, L. and Lazarovitch, N. (2011) Soil hydraulic properties affecting root water uptake. In Gliński, J., Horabik, J., and Lipiec, J. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Agrophysics, Springer. ISBN 978-90-481-3584-4.
(b) Refereed articles and refereed letters in scientific journals
1. Ben-Gal, A., Lazarovitch, N. and Shani, U. (2004) Subsurface drip irrigation in gravel-filled cavities. Vadose Zone J., 3(4):1407-1413.
2. Lazarovitch, N., Šimůnek, J. and Shani, U. (2005) System dependent boundary condition for water flow from subsurface source, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 69(1):46-50.
3. Lazarovitch, N., Ben-Gal, A. and Shani, U. (2006) An automated rotating lysimeter system for greenhouse evapotranspiration studies, Vadose Zone J., 5(2):801-804.
4. Lazarovitch, N., Shani, U., Thompson, T.L. and Warrick, A.W. (2006) Soil hydraulic properties affecting discharge uniformity of subsurface drip irrigation, J. Irrig. and Drain. Eng. 132(6):531-536.
5. Lazarovitch, N., Šimůnek, J., Ben-Gal, A. and Shani, U. (2007) Uniqueness of soil hydraulic parameters determined by a combined wooding inverse approach. DOI:10.2136/sssaj2005.0420, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 71(3):860-865.
6. Lazarovitch, N., Warrick, A.W., Furman, A. and Šimůnek, J. (2007) Water content distribution in drip irrigation described by moment analyses. Vadose Zone J., 6(1):116-123.
7. Warrick, A.W. and Lazarovitch, N. (2007) Infiltration from a strip source. Water Resour. Res., 43, W03420, doi:10.1029/2006WR004975.
8. Warrick, A.W., Lazarovitch, N., Furman, A. and Zerihun, D. (2007) An explicit infiltration function for furrows, J. Irrig. and Drain. Eng., 133(4):307-313.
9. Segal., E., Bradford, S.A, Shouse, P., Lazarovitch, N. and Corwin, D. (2008) Integration of hard and soft data to characterize field-scale hydraulic properties for flow and transport studies. Vadose Zone J., 7(3):878-889.
10. Dudley, M.L., Ben-Gal, A., and Lazarovitch, N. (2008). Drainage water reuse: biological, physical and technological considerations for system management. J. Environ. Qual. 37:S-25-S-35.
11. Lazarovitch, N. (2008) Comments of “Using HYDRUS-2D simulation model to evaluate wetted soil volume in subsurface drip irrigation systems.” J. Irrig. and Drain. Eng., 134(6):877-878.
12. Lazarovitch, N., Warrick, A.W., Furman, A. and Zerihun, D. (2009) Subsurface water distribution from furrows described by moment analyses. J. Irrig. and Drain. Eng., 135(1):7-12.
13. Roberts, T.L., Lazarovitch, N., Warrick, A.W, and Thompson, T.L. (2009) Modeling salt accumulation with subsurface drip irrigation using HYDRUS-2D. DOI:10.2136/sssaj2008.0033. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 73(1):233-240.
14. Lazarovitch, N., Pollton, M., Furman, A. and Warrick, A.W. (2009) Water distribution under trickle irrigation predicted using artificial neural networks. J. Eng. Math., 64:207-218. DOI 10.1007/s10665-009-9282-2.
15. Dahan, O., Talby, R., Yechieli, Y., Adar, E., Lazarovitch, N. and Enzel, Y. (2009) In situ monitoring of water percolation and solute transport using a vadose zone monitoring system. Vadose Zone J., 8(4):1-10. DOI:10.2136/vzj2008.0134.
16. Hinnell, A. C., Lazarovitch, N. and Warrick, A.W. (2009) Explicit infiltration function for boreholes under constant head conditions, Water Resour. Res., 45, W10429, DOI:10.1029/2008WR007685.
17. Bhantana, P. and Lazarovitch, N. (2010) Evapotranspiration, crop coefficient and growth of two young pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) varieties under salt stress. Agric. Water Manage., doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2009.12.016.
18. Hinnell, A., Lazarovitch, N., Pollton, M., Furman, A. and Warrick, A.W. (2010) Neuro-Drip: Estimation of subsurface wetting patterns for drip irrigation using neural networks. Irrigation Science, DOI 10.1007/s00271-010-0214-8.
19. Sperling O. and Lazarovitch, N. (2010) Characterization of water infiltration and redistribution for two-dimensional soil profiles by moment analyses. Vadose Zone J. 9:1-7. DOI:10.2136/vzj2009.0098.
20. Shelef, O., Lazarovitch, N., Rewald, B., Golan-Goldhirsh, A. and Rachmilevitch, S. (2010) Root halotropism? salinity effects on Bassia indica Roots. Plant Biosystems, 144(2):471-478. DOI: 10.1080/11263501003732001.
21. Ityel, E., Lazarovitch, N., Silberbush, M. and Ben-Gal, A. (2011) An introduced
capillary barrier to improve root zone conditions for horticultural crops: physical effects on water content. Irrig. Sci., 29:171-180. DOI: 10.1007/s00271-010-0227-3.
22. Ityel, E., Lazarovitch, N., Silberbush, M. and Ben-Gal, A. (2011) An artificial capillary
barrier to improve root zone conditions for horticultural crops: response of pepper, lettuce melon and tomato. Irrig. Sci., DOI: 10.1007/s00271-011-0281-5.
23. Dabach, S. Lazarovitch, N., Šimůnek, J. and Shani U. (2011) Numerical investigation
of irrigation scheduling based on soil water status. Irrig. Sci., DOI: 10.1007/s00271-011- 0289-x.
24. Abramson, A., N. Becker, Y. Garb, and N. Lazarovitch (2011), Willingness to pay,
borrow, and work for rural water service improvements in developing countries, Water Resour. Res., 47, W11512, doi:10.1029/2010WR010147.
25. Ityel, E., Lazarovitch, N., Silberbush, M. and Ben-Gal, A. (2012) An artificial capillary barrier to improve root-zone conditions for horticultural crops: response of pepper plants to matric head and irrigation water salinity. Agric. Water Manage. 105:13-20. DOI:10.1016/j.agwat.2011.12.016
(c) Published scientific reports and technical papers
1. Ben-Gal, A., Shani, U., Lazarovitch, N., Zigmond, L. and Horvitz, G. (2003) Subsurface
drip irrigation in gravel-filled cavities. Report for Arava R&D (In Hebrew).
2. Ityel, E., Maduel, A., Ofenbach, R., Golan., R., Ben-Gal, A. and Lazarovitch, N., (2007)
The influence of the irrigation quantity and the root zone structure on the yield of bell pepper. Report for Arava R&D (In Hebrew).
3. Ityel, E., Maduel, A., Ofenbach, R., Golan., R., Kapon, M., Ben-Gal, A. and Lazarovitch,
N., (2008) The influence of root zone structure on bell pepper plants grown in lysimeters. Report for Arava R&D (In Hebrew).
4. Ben-Gal, A., Kremer, S, Lazarovitch, N., Ityel, E. and Ofenbach, R. (2009) Investigation
the combination of irrigation frequency and the distance between drippers in bell pepper plants. Report for Arava R&D (In Hebrew).
(d) Unrefereed professional articles and publications
1. Ityel, E., Aharon, S., Cohen, S., Ofenbach, R., Golan., R., Tsabari., R., Zvieli, Y., Ben-Gal,
A., Lazarovitch, N. and Silberbush, M. (2007) Growing bell pepper in the Arava: irrigation quantity and quality and the root zone structure. Gan Sade Vameshek 1:28-32. (In Hebrew).
· Lectures and Presentations at Meetings and Invited Seminars not Followed by Published Proceedings
(a) Presentation of papers at conferences/meetings
1. Ben-Gal, A., Lazarovitch, N. and Shani, U. (2003) Water, solute and root distribution from subsurface drip irrigation in gravel trenches. Changing Sciences for a Changing World: Building a Broader Vision. 2003 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meetings, Denver, Co., Nov. 2-6, 2003.
2. Lazarovitch, N., Ben-Gal, A. and Shani, U. (2004) Combined Wooding-inverse method for in-situ estimation of soil hydraulic properties - Science to Secure Food and the Environment, ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings. Seattle, Washington. Oct. 30- Nov. 4, 2004.
3. Lazarovitch, N. and Warrick, A.W. (2005). Influence of soil hydraulic properties on discharge uniformity of subsurface drip irrigation. US West Region Soil Physics Annual Meeting (W-1888), Las Vegas NV, Dec. 31- Jan. 1, 2005.
4. Roberts, T.L., Lazarovitch, N., Thompson, T.L. and Warrick, A.W (2005). Modeling salt accumulation from subsurface drip irrigation. The ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings. Nov. 6-10, 2005, Salt Lake City, UT.
5. Lazarovitch, N. and Warrick, A.W. (2006) Infiltration relationships for furrows. US West Region Soil Physics Annual Meeting (W-1888), Las Vegas NV, Dec. 31- Jan. 1, 2006.
6. Warrick, A.W. and Lazarovitch, N. (2006) Infiltration from surface disc and strip sources.18th World Congress of Soil Science July 9-15, 2006 Philadelphia, PA, USA.
7. Segal, E., Bradford, S.A., Lazarovitch, N., Shouse, P.J. (2006). Transport and fate of nitrate and pathogens at a dairy lagoon water application site. American Society of Agronomy Meetings in Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 12-16, 2006. CD-ROM.
8. Lazarovitch, N., Poulton, M., Furman, A. and Warrick, A.W. (2006). Simulation of water distribution under drip irrigation with artificial neural network. American Society of Agronomy Meetings in Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 12-16, 2006. CD-ROM.
9. Warrick, A.W., Lazarovitch, N., Furman, A. and Šimůnek, J. (2006). Subsurface water distribution described by moment analyses, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H51A-0470.
10. Lazarovitch, N. (2007). A user friendly tool for estimating water content distribution under drip irrigation. Irrigation day, Bet-Dagan Feb. 2, 2007.
11. Ityel, E., Lazarovitch, N. and Ben-Gal, A. (2007). The influence of irrigation quantity and root zone volume on bell pepper. Negev conference, Eshel Hanasi, Feb. 27, 2007.
12. Lazarovitch, N., and Warrick, A.W. (2007) Infiltration from two-dimensional sources. American Society of Agronomy Meetings in New Orleans, LA Nov. 4-8, 2007. CD-ROM.
13. Dudley, L., Ben-Gal, A. and Lazarovitch, N. (2007) Drainage water reuse. American Society of Agronomy Meetings in New Orleans, LA Nov. 4-8, 2007. CD-ROM.
14. Segal, E., Bradford, S.A., Shouse, P., Lazarovitch, N. and Corwin, D. (2007) Integration of hard and soft data to characterize field-scale hydraulic properties for flow and transport studies. American Society of Agronomy Meetings in New Orleans, LA Nov. 4-8, 2007. CD-ROM.
15. Fujimaki, H., Amano, T., Weisbrod, N., Lazarovitch, N., Nachshon, U. and Inoue, M. (2007). Salt accumulation in the upper root zone under subsurface drip irrigation. Annual joint research symposium in the Arid-Land Research Center, Tottori University. 4. Dec. 2007.
16. Ityel, E., Lazarovitch, N., and Ben-Gal, A. (2007) Increasing the root zone water content by capillary barrier, Israeli Soil Science Society, Sede Boqer, Dec. 9-10, 2007.
17. Lazarovitch, N., Tripler, E., Ben-Gal, A. and Shani, U. (2008). An automated rotating lysimeter system for greenhouse evapotranspiration studies. Lysimeter-Workshop, Munich, Germany. 23-25, April 2008.
18. Lazarovitch, N., Ityel, E., and Ben-Gal, A. (2008). Water and solute balances with lysimeters under bell pepper production. Arava seasonal summary: bell pepper day. Sapir, May 22, 2008.
19. Lazarovitch, N. (2008). Subsurface water distribution from drip irrigation. Advances in Arid Zone Agriculture Water Management and Hydrology, A Tribute to Prof. Jiftah Ben-Asher’s Contributions., Jun. 2, 2008, Sede Boqer.
20. Lazarovitch, N. and Šimůnek, J. (2008). Models for estimating root water uptake. Sept. 10 - 12, 2008, Workshop: Roots an interdisciplinary link. WICC, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
21. Lazarovitch, N., Ben-Gal, A. and Ityel, E. (2008). Easily implemented manipulation of the root zone environment for optimization of water and soils in irrigated dryland agriculture. 15th China Yangling Agricultural Hi-Tech Fair (CAF 2008), Nov. 5-9, 2008, Yangling, China.
22. Lazarovitch, N., Ben-Gal, A. and Ityel, E. (2008). The effect of a capillary barrier on physical conditions in a constructed root zone designed for vegetable cultivation. The second conference on Deserts, Drylands and Desertification. Dec. 14-17, 2008, Sede Boqer.
23. Tal, N., and Lazarovitch, N. (2008). Evaluation of a new in-situ soil solution sampler for colloids in the vadose zone. The second conference on Deserts, Drylands and Desertification. Dec. 14-17, 2008, Sede Boqer.
24. Sperling, O. and Lazarovitch, N. (2008) Water content profiles determination using flatbed scaners and image analysis. The second conference on Deserts, Drylands and Desertification. Dec. 14-17, 2008, Sede Boqer.
25. Bhantana., P. and Lazarovitch, N. (2008). Evapotranspiration and fruit growth of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) under salt stress. The second conference on Deserts, Drylands and Desertification. Dec. 14-17, 2008, Sede Boqer.
26. Shelef, O., Lazarovitch, N., Gendler, T., Golan-Goldhirsh, A., and Rachmilevitch, S. (2009). Root Halotropism? Salinity Effects on Kochia (Basia indica) Roots. The Israeli Society of Plant Sciences. Feb. 18, 2009, Rehovot.
27. Ityel, E., Ben-Gal, A., Lazarovich, N., Cohen, S. and Ofenbach, R. (2009). Introduced
capillary barrier in the root zone can improve conditions for horticultural crops. Dahlia Greidinger International Symposium, March 2-5, 2008, Haifa.
28. Dabach, S., Lazarovitch, N. and Shani, U. (2009). Developing an automatic water emitting-sensing system based on integral tensiometers. Dahlia Greidinger International Symposium, March 2-5, 2009, Haifa.
29. Shelef, O., Lazarovitch, N., Gendler, T., Golan-Goldhirsh, A., and Rachmilevitch, S. (2009). Root Halotropism? Salinity Effects on Kochia (Basia indica) Roots. RootRAP, 7 ISRR Symposium, Sep, 2-4, 2009, Vienna.
30. Lazarovitch, N., Hinnell, A., Furman, A., Poulton, M., Warrick, A. (2009). User-friendly calculators for estimating water flow in variably saturated soils. American Society of Agronomy Meetings in Pittsburg, PA. Nov. 1-5, 2009. CD-ROM.
31 Loewy, A., Weisbrod, N., Lev, O. and Lazarovitch, N. (2009). On the infiltration process in treated effluents spreading basins. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009.
32. Lazarovitch, N. (2009). Water management in irrigated fields: biological, physical, and technological considerations. CLIMATIC CHANGES - CONSEQUENCES AND SOLUTIONS, Bilateral Israeli-Danish symposium project. Dec. 1-2, 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark.
33. Ityel, E., Ben-Gal, A., Silberbush, M. and Lazarovich, N. (2009). Decreasing the effect of salinity stress on bell peper by increasing the matric head. The annual meeting of the Israeli Soil Science Society, Dec. 13, Rehovot.
34. Loewy, A., Weisbrod, N., Lev, O. and Lazarovitch, N. (2010). Flow and Transport processes below the SHAFDAN spreading basins. Israel Geological Sosciey, Feb 16-18, Eylot.
35. Lazarovitch, N., Krounbi, L. and Šimůnek, J. (2010) Models for root water uptake under deficit irrigation. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 12, EGU2010-6272, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, May 2-5, 2010.
36. Šimůnek, J., Hopmans, J.W. and Lazarovitch, N. (2010) A new compensated root water and nutrient uptake model implemented in HYDRUS programs. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 12, EGU2010-3640, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, May 2-5, 2010.
37. Groenveld, T., and Lazarovitch, N. (2010) The effect of salinity on water and nutrient uptake: Field and model results. American Society of Agronomy Meetings in Long Beach, CA. Oct. 31 - Nov. 3, 2010. CD-ROM.
38. Tripler, E., Ben-Gal, A., Yehuda, Z. and Lazarovitch, N. (2010) In-situ field lysimeters for optimizing water and nutrient use efficiency. AWRA Annual water reasources conference. Philadelphia, PA. Nov. 1-4, 2010.
39. Groenveld, T., Lazarovitch, N., Yermiyahu U. and Ben-Gal A. (2010) The effect of salinity on water and nutrient uptake: Field and model results. Drylands, Deserts and Desertification: The Route to Restoration Sede Boqer, Nov. 8-11, 2010.
40. Ityel, E., Lazarovich, N., Silberbush, M. and Ben-Gal, A. (2010). Reducing salinity effects on pepper plants by increased matric head. Drylands, Deserts and Desertification: The Route to Restoration Sede Boqer, Nov. 8-11, 2010.
41. Tripler, E., Ben-Gal A., Dabach, S., Yehuda, Z. and Lazarovich, N. (2010). New plant- based feedback irrigation techniques for increasing water use efficiency of crops. Drylands, Deserts and Desertification: The Route to Restoration Sede Boqer, Nov. 8-11, 2010.
42. Abramson, A., Becker, N., Garb, Y., and Lazarovich, N. (2010). . Willingness to pay, borrow, and work: Unlocking the potential of cost recovery for rural water service improvements in LDC’s. Drylands, Deserts and Desertification: The Route to Restoration Sede Boqer, Nov. 8-11, 2010.
43. Groenveld, T., Lazarovitch, N., Yermiyahu U. and Ben-Gal A. (2010). The effect of climate on transpiration reduction due to salinity. The annual meeting of the Israeli Soil Science Society, Dec. 5, Bet-Dagan.
44. Krounbi, L. and Lazarovitch, N. (2010). Root water uptake under deficit irrigation – Model calibration. The annual meeting of the Israeli Soil Science Society, Dec. 5, Bet-Dagan.
45. Lazarovitch, N., Tripler, E., Ben-Gal A. (2011). Improving the irrigation use efficiency in geenhouse production. Negev conference, Jan. 19, Yair.
46. Kool, D., Agam, N., Lazarovitch, N. and Ben-Gal, A. (2011) ET components
investigated individually – testing the two source model in an arid vineyard. Negev conference, Jan. 19, Yair.
47. Sperling, O., Lazarovitch, N., Shapira, O. and Schwartz, A. (2011). Sap flow measurements in date palm trees - A modified approach for water stress sensing. Negev conference, Jan. 19, Yair.
48. Dahan, O., Lazarovitch, N. and Kurtzman, D. (2011). Influence of intensive agriculture in greenhouse on ground water quality. Negev conference, Jan. 19, Yair.
49. Sperling, O., Lazarovitch, N., Shapira, O. and Schwartz, A. (2011). Sap flow measurements in date palm trees – A modified approach for water stress sensing. Annual meeting of the Israeli Society of Plant Sciences, Jan. 24. Sede Boqer.
50. Quansah, L., Krugman, T., Fahima, T., Lazarovitch, N. and Fait, A. (2011). Comparative transcriptomics and metabolomics analysis reveals differential response to drought in two emmer wheat genotypes. Annual meeting of the Israeli Society of Plant Sciences, Jan. 24. Sede Boqer.
51. Dabach, S., Lazarovitch, N., Šimůnek, J. and Shani, U. (2011). Numerical investigation of irrigation scheduling based on soil water status. International symposium on sensing in agriculture. Feb. 21-24, Haifa, Israel.
52. Sperling, O., Lazarovitch, N., Shapira, O. and Schwartz, A. (2011). Sap flow measurements in date palm trees – A modified approach for water stress sensing. International symposium on sensing in agriculture. Feb. 21-24, Haifa, Israel.
53. Tripler, E., Lazarovitch, N., Ben-Gal, A., Zehava, Y., Dabach, S. and Shani, U. (2001). New plant based feedback irrigation techniques for increasing WUE of crops. International symposium on sensing in agriculture. Feb. 21-24, Haifa, Israel.
54. Kool, D., Agam, N., Lazarovitch, N. and Ben-Gal, A. (2011) ET components investigated individually - testing the two source model in an arid vineyard. International symposium on sensing in agriculture. Feb. 21-24, Haifa, Israel.
55. Turkeltaub, T., Kurtzman, D., Lazarovitch, N. and Dahan O. (2011). Monitoring and modeling flow and transport through vadose zones underlying various land uses. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 13, EGU2011-12890, 2011 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 3-8, 2011.
56. Babad, A., Lazarovitch, N., Kurtzman, D. Dahan, O. (2011). Influence of intensive agriculture in greenhouse on ground water quality. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 13, EGU2011-12890, 2011 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 3-8, 2011.
57. Sperling, O., Shapira, O., Cohen, S., Schwartz, A. and Lazarovitch, N., (2011). Sap flow measurements in date palm trees – A modified approach for water stress sensing. The 8th International Workshop on Sap Flow. Volterra, Italy, May 8-12, 2011
58. Lazarovitch, N. (2011). Irrigation studies in arid regions. The 3rd Thai-Israeli Science and Technology Cooperation Conference. Bangkok, Thailand, May 30-31, 2011
59. Borochov-Neori, H., Lazarovitch, N., Judeinstein, S., Patil, B.S. and Holland, D.
(2011). Climate and salinity effects on health promoting and color properties in the pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) fruit arils. 242nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, Colorado, Aug. 28-Sept. 1 2011.
60. Šimůnek, J., Sejna, M., Kandelous, M., Lazarovitch, N. and van Genuchten, M. (2011). Special boundary conditions in HYDRUS (2D/3D) for irrigation systems. American Society of Agronomy Meetings in San Antonio, TX, Oct. 16-19. 2011. CD-ROM.
61. Krounbi, L., Hinnell., A., Šimůnek, J. And Lazarovitch, N. (2011). Root water uptake under deficit irrigation: model calibration and comparison. American Society of Agronomy Meetings in San Antonio, TX, Oct. 16-19. 2011. CD-ROM.
62. Groenveld, T., Ben-Gal, A., Ityel, E., Yermiyahu, U., and Lazarovitch, N. (2011). Quantifying the effect of climate on root water uptake reduction due to salinity. American Society of Agronomy Meetings in San Antonio, TX, Oct. 16-19. 2011. CD-ROM.
63. Ityel, E., Lazarovitch, N. Silberbush, M. and Ben-Gal, A. (2011). An artificial capillary barrier to improve root-zone conditions for horticultural crops. American Society of Agronomy Meetings in San Antonio, TX, Oct. 16-19. 2011. CD-ROM.
64. Ityel, E., Lazarovitch, N. Silberbush, M. and Ben-Gal, A. (2012). An artificial capillary barrier to improve the response of pepper plants to combined water and salinity stress. Israeli society of crop and vegetable sciences. Rehovot, Feb. 6-7. 2012.
· Research Grants (* principal investigator)
1. 2008-2009: JCA charitable foundation - Lazarovitch, N.*, Effect of combined drought and salinity stresses on transpiration, growth, yield and quality of pomegranate. Two years, $26,000.
2. 2008-2010: Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Chief Scientist) - Lazarovitch, N.*, Root water uptake under deficit irrigation: Model calibration and comparison. Three Years, $85,000.
3. 2008-2009: Netafim TM - Lazarovitch, N.*, Increasing the probability of germination and seedling emergence under subsurface drip irrigation. Two years, $17,000.
4. 2009-2011: Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Chief Scientist) - Ben-Gal A.*, Lazarovitch, N., Yermiyahu, U., Blending of desalinated and saline water for efficient agricultural and responsible environmental use. Three Years, $128,000.
5. 2009-2011: Israeli Water Authority - Dahan, O.*, Lazarovitch, N.* and Kurtzman, D., Direct influence of agricultural activities in greenhouses on groundwater quality. Three Years, $180,000.
6. 2009-2011: Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Chief Scientist) - Shapira O.*, Lazarovitch, N., Mualem, Y., Tripler, E., Ben-Gal, A. and Schwartz, A., Evaluating the relationship between water status and production of date palm trees. Three Years, $97,000.
7. 2009-2011: Koshland foundation - Lazarovitch, N.* and Dahan, O., Assessing the direct influence of agricultural activities on groundwater quality in the Arava. Two Years, $45,000.
8. 2009-2010: Syngenta - Rachmilevitch S.* and Lazarovitch, N.*, The response of thiamethoxam on plant growth under pest free conditions. One Year, $32,000.
9. 2010-2011: JCA charitable foundation - Offenbach. R., Lazarovitch, N.*, Yermiyahu, U. and Ben-Gal A., Blending of Desalinated water for efficient agricultural and responsible environmental irrigation in the Arava region. Two years, $20,000.
10. 2011-2012: Goldinger fund - Lazarovitch, N.* and Fait, A., Effect of salinity stress on transpiration, growth, yield and quality of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum). Two years, $50,000.
11. 2011-2013: Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Chief Scientist) – Yehuda, Z., Lazarovitch, N. and Fine, P., Increasing water and fertilizers use efficiency in potato using low discharge drip irrigation. Three Years, $118,000.
12. 2011-2014: Syngenta - Lazarovitch, N.*, Rachmilevitch S.* Fait A., Non-related pesticidal effects of Syngenta compounds on plant metabolism and growth. Three Years, $459,000.
13. 2012: JCA charitable foundation - Lazarovitch, N.* and Shapira, O., Irrigation scheduling of date palm trees using heat dissipation sensors. One Year, $20,000.
14. 2012: Renewable Energy Israeli Center for Research Excellence (I-CORE) – Lazarovitch, N. One Year, $67,000.
· Synopsis of research
My studies aim for better understanding of water flow and solute transport in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum as a crucial factor for establishing optimal protocols for farmers and decision makers. The main approach to achieve the research objectives is to raise agricultural water use efficiency using optimal irrigation and fertigation scheduling. This approach is supported by modeling (numerical and analytical), measurement and interpretation of water flow and solute transport in the soil-plant-atmosphere system.
My interest in agriculture started 22 years ago in Kibbutz Kisufim which is located in the western Negev desert. During this period I was responsible for irrigating large cotton fields. Shortly after this, I started my studies in the Faculty of Agriculture in the Hebrew University. My ambition at that stage was to have good background in soil and water sciences. I studied basic courses like physics, mathematics, chemistry, plant biology and many other courses regarding soil, plant and atmosphere. After finishing my B.Sc., I continued directly to my M.Sc. under the supervision of Prof. Uri Shani studying water flow from subsurface sources. This research was expanded into my Ph.D. (under the supervision of Prof. Uri Shani) in which plants and the atmospheric demand for water were coupled with the water source-soil system. The Ph.D. work was summarized in four manuscripts about building new experimental and quantitative techniques. Throughout the M.Sc. and Ph.D. I was a teaching assistant in several courses ranging from basic sciences as physics or physical chemistry to more professional courses regarding irrigation (Full list is in the employment history section). With these robust foundations that were established during ten years at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, I continued for my post doctoral studies at the University of Arizona with the supervising of Prof. Arthur Warrick. There I improved my modeling (analytical and numerical) skills of water flow from multidimensional sources. This work produced five more papers and numerous posters and oral presentations in various meetings. After these two years in the University of Arizona I started my tenure track position in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Currently, my research activities focus on increasing agricultural productivity while maintaining sustainable environment. The orientation of my research is towards arid and semi-arid rural regions in general and the Israeli Negev in particular. The research involves low-input agro-techniques of furrow irrigation on the one hand, and greenhouse-protected crops of high value irrigated with high frequency drip irrigation, using the most advanced technologies on the other hand. The overall goal is to use environmental conditions typical to arid conditions (high solar radiation, low humidity, extreme day and night temperatures, wide open lands, marginal water) to improve the welfare of people live in arid environments, in both developing and developed countries.
Several facilities were built since I started my position at the Ben-Gurion University to enable my research activities. The first novel tool is an automated device that obtains accurate water and solute balances under uniform growing conditions for a large number of plants. The second is an orchard of eighty pomegranate trees that were planted in lysimeters. Half of these lysimeters are located on scales and facilitate water and salinity balances estimation. The last facility was built in the central Arava R&D in Zohar station. In this facility there are twelve large lysimeters in a greenhouse and plots that receive the same treatments as in the lysimeters. These lysimeters are also heavily equipped with water content, salinity, matric head, temperature and oxygen sensors. This facility enables semi commercial experiments with practices that are similar to regular farms.
Part of my time is devoted to improve the ability to estimate soil hydraulic properties in-situ or in the laboratory. Estimating soil hydraulic properties is essential for proper understanding and evaluation of the physical and chemical processes involved in water flow, dissolved salts and pollutants within the vadose zone. Special attention is also given for the sustainability of the agricultural activities. Investigating the transport of agricultural contaminants below the root zone and manipulating the fertigation scheduling could minimize the leachete of pollutants into ground water. |