
Group members

Dr. Alon Nissan
Principal Investigator
Email: alon.nissan@mail.huji.ac.il
Tel: +972 89489912
Address: Lubell building, room 18
Dr. Tzuriel Levin
Lab manager
Email: tzuriell@savion.huji.ac.il
Address: Lubell building, room 39
Dr. Yoel Grinshpon
Postdoc
Email: yoel.grinshpon@mail.huji.ac.il
Address: Lubell building, room 39
Investigating how bacteria navigate through porous media and use different motility strategies under varying soil conditions through modeling and observation.
Dr. Dvir Mendelson
Postdoc
Email: dn.mendelson@gmail.com
Address: Lubell building, room 39
Studying roots - microbial interactions in the rhizosphere using microfluidic soil-analog chips

Noy Kaminer
PhD student
Email: noy.kaminer@mail.huji.ac.il
Address: Lubell building, room 39
Studying carbon-use efficiency and sequestration in the soil–plant–atmosphere system using physiological measurements, isotopic tracing, and root phenotyping.

Omer Eyal
MSc student
Email: omer.eyal1@mail.huji.ac.il
Address: Lubell building, room 39
Studying microbial spatial organization and behavior in soil-like microfluidic systems.

Shaul Gazit
MSc student
Email: shaul.gazit@mail.huji.ac.il
Address: Lubell building, room 39
Investigating how soil mineral composition regulates organic carbon stability and decomposition using global datasets and machine learning.

Asif Charazi
MSc student
Email: asif.charazi@mail.huji.ac.il
Address: Lubell building, room 39

Itai David
MSc student
Email: itai.david3@mail.huji.ac.il
Address: Lubell building, room 39
Investigating how (semi)arid soils influence microbial respiration sensitivity to moisture and temperature.

Sharon Edweins
MSc student
Email: sharon.edweins@mail.huji.ac.il
Address: Lubell building,
Studying microbial adaptation to environmental conditions in soil systems.
Yoav Choavi
Lab Technician
Email: yoavcohavi11@gmail.com
Address: Lubell building
Examining how irrigation water quality affects soil carbon dynamics, greenhouse gas emissions, and carbon stabilization.