"Developing low-fouling composite membranes for anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs)" Partners: Roy Bernstein (BGU), Dr. Luna Al-Hadidi (National Agricultural Research Center – NARC, Baqa, Jordan) $623,300.

“Next-generation online sensing of the pretreatment and RO membrane cleaning efficiency in seawater desalination process based on nano-plasmonic sensing” 400,000 NIS per year (2 years project)

"Israel-US Collaborative Water-Energy Research Center (Israel-US CoWERC)" Co-Director with Prof. Aaron Packman (Northwestern U.) Partners: Northwestern U., Yale U.,  Technion, Argonne National Laboratory, Mekorot, Fluence Corporation, Galilee Society, DuPont Water Solutions, Evoqua Water Technologies LLC, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, CycloPure, Inc., Current Innovation NFP. 18.4 M USD

“Identification of the type and degree of the fouling during seawater desalination by a sensor based on nano-plasmonic sensing technology” with Prof. Roy Berstein (BGU, co-PI) 100,000$ for the entire grant period.

“Interactions of microbial biofilm and its components with charged surfaces in water treatment electrochemically driven processes”, with Prof. Yoram Oren (BGU) 300,000 NIS per year (4 years project).