Academic Staff
Head of DepartmentProf. Wittenberg, Lea leaw@geo.haifa.ac.il
Geomorphology, Hydrology, Forest fires
Prof. Paz, Shlomit shlomit@geo.haifa.ac.il
Climate change; Impacts of climate change on human health and security; Human-environment relations; Environmental issues in the Mediterranean basin; Air pollution.
Prof. Khamaisi, Rassem khamaisi@geo.haifa.ac.il
Urban geography and planning, Public participation and local administration
Prof. Collins-Kreiner, Noga nogack@geo.haifa.ac.il
Human and social geography, Tourism and recreation; Religious tourism (Christian and Jewish); Cartography; Rural Areas.
Prof. Uri Schattnerschattner@univ.haifa.ac.il
Geophysics, geology, tectonics, seismic interpretation, seafloor geomorphology, potential field, Earth system.
Dr. Zohar, Mottimzohar@geo.haifa.ac.il
Natural events, slow history, kit, geography, mapping and cartography
Prof. Greenbaum, Noam noamgr@geo.haifa.ac.il
Geomorphology, Hydrology
Prof. Azaryahu, Maoz maoz.azaryahu@gmail.com
Cultural & historical geography; Commemoration and memorial sites; the Americanization of Israel; and the politics of street names.
Prof. Mansfeld, Yoel yoel@geo.haifa.ac.il
Tourism planning & development
Prof. Shmueli, Deborah deborah@geo.haifa.ac.il
Environmental conflict management
Prof. Golan, Arnon agolan@geo.haifa.ac.il
Historical geography
Prof. Brook, Anna abrook@geo.haifa.ac.il
Spectroscopy and remote sensing; Hyperspectral and thermal imagery; LiDAR processing.
Prof. Malkinson, Dan dmalk@geo.haifa.ac.il
Landscape and urban ecology, Human-wildlife interactions, Green roofs and urban agriculture. Spatial analysis.
Kadas Green Ecology Center - Head
Dr. Katz, David katzd@geo.haifa.ac.il
Natural resource economics and policy; Political and Economic geography; Transboundary resource and environmental management; Water policy and hydropolitics.
Prof. Charney, Igal charney@geo.haifa.ac.il
Urban geography and planning; Metropolitan development; Real estate and urban renewal; Central business districts.
Researchers from the Shamir Research Institute that teach at the department
DR. Eyal Kursbaumekurzbaum@univ.haifa.ac.il
Biological removal of organic contaminants and micro-pollutants from water, Agricultural wastewater purification (dairy farms, fish ponds, olive mills), removal of nitrogen compounds from water (wastewater and drinking water) and immobilization and encapsulation of microbial biomass (bacteria and fungi)
DR. Motti Chartermcharter@geo.haifa.ac.il
Wildlife human conflict, ecosystem services, wildlife management and applied ecology