About
In my DMB, IMET and COMB leadership capacities, I have overseen comprehensive multidisciplinary research and development programs that apply the tools of modern biology and biotechnology to study, protect and enhance marine resources. Under my leadership, COMB/IMET/DMB have become internationally known for their work to advance aquaculture and fisheries biotechnology, marine functional genomics, microbial oceanography and extremophile studies, marine environmental biotechnology and bioremediation, and marine natural product discovery. My own basic and applied research focuses on the physiology, endocrinology and molecular biology of reproduction using finfish and other marine animal models, and includes developing technologies for the exogenous manipulation of reproduction and spawning in farmed fish. During the last 15 years I have also led multidisciplinary R&D program focusing on the development of new generations of environmentally responsible aquaculture platforms, that are land-based and fully contained.Research interests
Fish reproductive biology and endocrinology, molecular physiology and neuro-endocrinology of reproduction, comparative reproductive endocrinology, broodstock management and manipulation of spawning in aquaculture. Recirculating, land-based marine aquaculture systems. Application of Biotechnology in Sustainable Aquaculture.Teaching interests
Fish and comparative endocrinology and reproductive biology, marine biotechnology. Sustainable aquacultureEducation
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Ph D, Fish Endocrinology/Aquaculture
— University of Paris VI (1982) Hormonal cycles and reproduction in the rainbow trout
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MS, Oceanography/Marine Biology
— Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1976) The gonadal cycle of the protandrous hermaphrodite fish Sparus aurata
- BS, Biology — Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1974)