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Adi Torfstein

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adi.torf@mail.huji.ac.il

Gil Lapid, Ph.D. Student, 2020 - present, "U-decay series as particle flux tracers in the oceans"  (M.Sc. Student, 2017 - 2019, "Thorium dynamics in the Gulf of Aqaba waters")

Noy Levy, Ph.D. Student, 2020 - present, "Geochemical signatures of planktonic foraminifera in the Red Sea", supervised jointly with Dr. Ralf Schiebel (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany)

Efraim Brill, M.Sc. Student, 2022 - present, "Climate change in the Levant: lessons from the last Interglacial", supervised jointly with Dr. Assaf Hochman  (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Aden Clarfield, M.Sc. Student, 2022 - present, "Quantification of the ballasting effect during abrupt sediment resuspension events in the Gulf of Aqaba" 

Lea Sivan, M.Sc. Student, 2024 - present, "History of submarine channels in the eastern Mediterranean Sea", supervised jointly with Dr. Oded Katz (Geological Survey of Israel)

Gilli Edvardson, M.Sc. Student, 2021 - present, "The impact of changes in DIC and alkalinity  in the Gulf of Aqaba", supervised jointly with Dr. Eyal Wurgaft (Open University of Israel)

Lin Hoober, Ph.D. Student (Ben-Gurion University), 2020 - present, "Establishing baseline assessment levels for monitoring coastal heavy metals using foraminiferal shells", supervised jointly with Prof. Sigal Abramovitch (BGU), Barak Herut (IOLR), Nadya Teutsch (GSI)

Ofir Yehoshafat, M.Sc. Student (Ben-Gurion University), 2023 - present, "Biomonitoring of the Gulf of Aqaba using trace element compositions of benthic foraminifera shells", supervised jointly with Prof. Sigal Abramovitch (BGU) and Dr. Sarit Aschkenazi-Polivoda (ADSSC)

Gal Itzkovitch, M.Sc. Student (Ben-Gurion University), 2022 - present, "Assessing the nature of crust layer precipitation on foraminifera shells ", supervised jointly with Prof. Sigal Abramovitch (BGU) 

Dr. Clara Flintrop, postdoc, 2023 - present, "The contribution of marine snow aggregates to export production processes"

Sigalit Amiran-Kan, Lab manager, 2022 - present  

Lab Alumni

Dr. Daniel Palchan, Postdoc, 2017-2018, "Th-excess in the late Quaternary Red Sea" (now Assistant Professor at Ariel University)

Dr. David Weinstein, Postdoc, 2017- 2019, "Mesophotic reef geomorphology categorization, habitat identification, and relationships with surface cover and terrace formation in the Gulf of Aqaba" (now scientist at the USA Army Corps of Engineers)

Dr. Alison Hartman, Postdoc, 2014-2016, "Neodymium as a tracer of the history of seawater and sediment provenance in the modern and late Quaternary Red Sea" (now at University of Missouri)

Dr. Israela Mussan, Postdoc, 10/2022-3/2023, "The effects of particulate aggregates on the isotopic composition of dissolved oxygen in seawater" (now Research Associate III at WHOI)

Dr. Tal Benaltabet, Ph.D. Student, 2016 - 2023, "Dissovled trace metal and Pb isotope dynamics in response to dust storms in the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea" (now postdoc at ETH Zurich)

Dr. Natalie Chernihovsky, Ph.D. Student, 2014- 2021, "High-resolution temporal dynamics of planktonic foraminifera in the Gulf of Aqaba", supervised jointly with Dr. Ahuva Almogi-Labin (Geological Survey of Israel) (now lab manager at Ben-Gurion University, Eilat campus)

Alyona Kuzmenko, M.Sc. Student, 2021 - 2023, "Upper Ugab Valley landscape development", supervised jointly with Prof. Ari Matmon (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Naomi Moshe, M.Sc. Student, 2019 - 2022, "Formation and development mechanisms of submarine canyons ", supervised jointly with Dr. Oded Katz and Dr. Orit Hyams (Geological Survey of Israel) (now lab manager at Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Ortal Sava, M.Sc. Student, 2015-2017, "Late Quaternary history of export production in the Red Sea"

Merav Gilboa, M.Sc. Student, 2015-2018, "Seafloor sediment resuspension processes", supervised jointly with Prof. Gitai Yahel (Ruppin Academic Center)

Vasilisa Krekova, M.Sc. Student (Ben-Gurion University), 2021 - 2024, "Time Series of heavy metal contamination using coastal foraminiferal shells", supervised jointly with Prof. Sigal Abramovitch (BGU)

Ohad Shalom, Undergraduate research assistant, 2015-2017

Barak Yarden, Lab manager, 2014 - 2021  

Omri Khalifa, Lab manager, 2021 - 2022

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