Principal Investigator
PROF. Omri Bronstein
principal investigator
Ph.D. Students
Gal Eviatar
Project: Unravelling patterns of sexual reproduction - echinoderm reproductive behaviour
Lisa Maria Schmidt
Project: Population dynamics in the genomic era: targeted eDNA approaches for marine species
Lachan Roth
Project: The role of reproduction and mortality in shaping species divergence of marine
broadcast spawners
Rotem Zirler
Project: Under the sea - Monitoring cryptic benthic biodiversity of the Israeli Mediterranean using ARMS and metabarcoding
Aran Sofer
Project: Biodiversity assessment of the gulf of Eilat using environmental DNA metabarcoding
alessandra pak
Project: Early Detection of Marine Pathogens through Experimental eDNA Analysis
Masters Students
Shoval Segal
Project: Using environmental DNA analysis (eDNA) as a complementary tool for long-term marine species monitoring using the fish community as a test group
aviva lindell
Project: Molecular surveillance of marine pathogens – towards understanding disease dynamics in coral ecosystems
Lorena Benkel
Project: The reproductive cycle of the invasive sea urchin species Diadema setosum in the Mediterranean Sea
Alumni
Yamit Shkalim
M.SC. student
Project: Ecology, taxonomy and evolution of echinoids in the Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean
Mai Bonomo
M.SC. student
Project: The taxonomy and ecology of sea cucumbers (Holothuridea) in the Gulf of Aqaba with development of a non-invasive underwater DNA sampling method
dr. Hanna Rapuano
Co-supervised with: Prof. Yossi Loya, School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University
PHD student
Project: Aspects of aging in colonial and solitary scleractinian corals
Guillermo Benaim Anderson
PhD student
Project: Beyond the particles: chemical effects of micronized bioplastics on sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus' gametes and fertility
Oz Posner
M.Sc. student
Project: The irregular echinoid fauna in Gulf of Aqaba – ecological and taxonomic aspects
Victoria Fidel
Intern
Project: Message in a bottle - utilising DNA from preservation solutions of museum collection specimens
Dr. Karin Tamar
Postdoctoral fellow
Project: The classification of three geckos and two snakes in Israel
Caterina Martino
Intern - Erasmus+ programme/KA133 – Student Mobility for Traineeship
Project: Crustacea identification within the ARMS project