Hila Segre
הילה סגרה
Curriculum vitae
Education
04/2015-09/2019 Ph.D. student, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Advisors: Dr. Assaf Shwartz and Prof. Yohay Carmel. Dissertation: Modeling alternatives for planning and management of ecological corridors in agricultural environments.
10/2010-01/2013 M.Sc. student, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Advisors: Prof. Ronen Kadmon and Dr. Zalmen Henkin. Title of thesis: Effects of cattle grazing on herbaceous species diversity in a dry-Mediterranean rangeland.
10/2007-10/2010 B.Sc. student, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Professional Experience
9/2022- Resarcher at the department of Natural Resources in Volcani center, ARO
11/2020-8/2022 Post-doctoral researcher, Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation group, Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands. Host: Prof. David Kleijn. Projects: SHOWCASing synergies between agriculture, biodiversity and Ecosystem services to help farmers capitalising on native biodiversity (https://showcase-project.eu/), Open library of pollinator Biodiversity and ecosystem Services scenarios (https://www.beeproject.science/observ.html).
10/2019-10/2020 Post-doctoral position, Department of Natural Resources, Agricultural Research Organization (Volcani Center) and The Department of Entomology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Host: Dr. Asaf Sadeh and Prof. Moshe Coll. Project: The relationship between induced phytochemical diversity, arthropod herbivores and natural enemies in organic and conventional vegetable crops.
Prizes & Awards
2020 Shortlisted for Shouthwood prize for best paper by an early career researcher. Journal of Applied Ecology special virtual issue covering my work: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2664.Southwood_Prize_2020
2020 BARD (US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund) Vaadia Postdoctoral Fellowship (awarded and declined due to competing offer at Wageningen University & Research).
2019 Workshop for young women leaders in science with HFP-Consulting, hosted by the Technion (given to selected 16 female PhD candidates)
Reviews
I reviewed papers for leading journal in my field, among them Journal of Applied Ecology, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Ecological Indicators. See my Publons account for a full list.
Outreach
2020 Lecturing in youth activities ("Noar Shocher Mada").
2018 Agricultural Extension Service (Ministry of Agriculture) winter seminar for farmers, January 2018, Kefar-Blum, Israel. Seminar title: “Costs and benefits of implementing field-margins practice in Emek-Harod”.
2016-2019 Member in the Environmental farming experts’ forum (Deshe institute and The Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences).
2017 Contributed popular science article http://www.kalanit.org.il/grazing-herbs/ (Hebrew)
Students
Master’s degree students
2021 Kiki de Waart, “Effect of structural and floral resources on pollinators in agri-environmental interventions”, co-supervisor: Thijs Fijen.
2021 Zhang Rongqian, “Effects of biodiversity interventions on pest control services”, co-supervisor: David Kleijn.
Bachelor degree students
2022 Inge Bach, “The effect of Semi-natural habitats (SNH) on the body size of hoverflies in agricultural lands”, co-supervisor: Thijs Fijen.
Teaching
2016-2018 Teaching assistant “GIS for planners” for B.Sc. and M.Sc., Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Mean evaluation 4.5/5 over three years.
2015 Teaching assistant “Ecology for engineers” for B.Sc. students, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.