IN MEMORY OF

Prof. Shalom W. Applebaum

Please visit the Plant Pests of the Middle East website.

Research Areas:

Biological control of and by mites

Selected Publications 
Representing Research Activities

• Cohen, E. and Casida, J. E. 1980. Properties of Tribolium gut chitin synthetase. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 13: 121-128.
• Cohen, E. and Casida, J. E. 1980. Inhibition of Tribolium gut chitin synthetase. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 13: 129-136.
• Cohen, E. 1982. In vitro chitin synthesis in an insect: formation and structure of microfibrils. Europ. J. Cell Biol. 16: 289-294.

Research Interests

• Chitin biochemistry
• Genes coding for chitin synthase in insects
• Photostabilization of biocontrol agents
• Resistance and resistance management of insect pests
• Biochemical mechanisms of resistance in insect pests
• Biological clocks and circadian rhythms in insects

Curriculm Vita

Education:

• B.Sc. (1962) Faculty of Agriculture, the Hebrew University.
• M.Sc. (1964) Faculty of Agriculture, the Hebrew University.
• Ph.D. (1970) Dept. of Organic Chemistry, the Hebrew University.
• Postdoc (1971-1972) Dept. of Biological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Academic degrees and appointments:

• 1972 Lecturer -Tel Aviv University
• 2000-2003 Head Dept. of Entomology

IN MEMORY OF

Prof. Ephraim Cohen

1939 - 2020

Book Chapters

Articles and Reviews in Peer Reviewed Scientific Journals

Current Students 

Post Doctoral Scholar:

Dr. Arul Jose Polpass

Graduate:

Maayan Shamir

Arik Levi

Undergraduate:

Nitzan Birnbaum

Lab Alumni:

Yael Aharon

Adi Bechar

Eyal Ben-Ami

Michael Ben-Yosef

Sigal Blay

Tsafrir Brachia

Amir Caspi

Hadass Cohen

Nufar Eshkar

Scott Field

Sagi Gavriel

Liat Gidron

Daniel Glicksman

Roy Kaspi

Current Teaching Activities

Undergraduate

• Introduction to Entomology
• Introduction to Entomology (laboratory)

Graduate

• Reproductive Behavior of Insects
• Agro-ecology Seminar

Research Areas

• Ph.D. 1995, Stanford University
• Professor

Research Areas

• Animal Cognition
• Behavioral Ecology
• Pollination Ecology

Teaching:

• Entomology Lab
• Honey Bee Biology
• Behavioral Ecology of Pollination

Research Interests:

• Decision-making processes in honey bees
• Cognitive ecology of pollination
• Crop pollination

Phi has a background in genetic engineering and bioinformatics. His interests include synthetic elements for controlling insects and to improve our methods, tools and ultimately understanding of insect biology.

Research Areas

I am interested in engineering insect biology with the aim of building novel biotech tools for genetic control of populations in the wild and in the laboratory. We use synthetic biology and computational genetics to build biotech tools that promise to revolutionize the way human societies can sustainably tackle harmful insects.

Curriculum Vitae

1988-1991 B.Sc., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Medicine.

1992-1995 M.Sc., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Pathogen-Vector-Interaction, Supervisor: Prof. Hanokh Czosnek.

1995-2000 Ph.D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Pathogen-Vector-Interaction, Supervisor: Prof. Hanokh Czosnek.

Teaching Areas:

'Biometry and Experimental Analysis' (M.Sc. and Ph.D.):

Course aims:

Learning the principles and practice of statistics in biological research