Current Projects
2024-2027 Israel-Italy cooperation MOST
“Functionalized Membranes for Advanced Water Treatment Through Oxygen Tolerant Controlled Radical Polymerizations (FMBRUSH)” with Prof. Roy Bernstein (Co-PI) 400,000 NIS
The Italy-Israel Joint Research, Development & Innovation Program (supported by MOST) funds collaborative projects in water technology, agri-food, energy, life sciences, and industrial technology.
2022-2027 Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
“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).
2024-2027 Israel Water Authority
“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.
2024-2027 NSF-BSF
“Precision Engineering of Functional Polymers for High-Performance Silica Scale Inhibitors for Reverse Osmosis Desalination" (Co-PI with Prof. Roy Bernstein (PI)), 350,000 USD
A strategic research partnership between the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF).
"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
2020-2026 USAID MERC
"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.
2024-2026 Israel Innovation Authority (Kamin program)
“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)