Dr. Matat Zohar
Lab Manager
Lab manager; research on hydrothermal recovery of energy, nutrients, and agrochemicals from sewage sludge and black soldier fly frass
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Our lab
Different backgrounds, one loop.
Science is a team effort. Engineers, chemists, and soil and environmental scientists working together on integrated Waste-to-Resource systems.
Lab head
Dr. Roy Posmanik
Principal Investigator · Civil & Environmental Engineering
Dr. Roy Posmanik is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technion, where he leads the W2R Lab. His group combines thermochemical and biological processes to turn organic waste into materials, energy, and chemicals. He was previously a Research Scientist at the Volcani Institute and a postdoc at Cornell University, and holds a Ph.D. from Ben-Gurion University.
Staff & Postdocs
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Dr. Ran Darzi
Postdoc
Hydrothermal co-processing of mixed plastic and biomass waste — engineering their interactions to create biodegradable and functional carbon materials
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Dr. Osama Khoury
Postdoc
Hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge for phosphorus recovery and carbon storage — linking reactor chemistry to techno-economic and life-cycle performance
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Dr. Erez Ruck
Postdoc
Developing waste-derived hydrochar and biochar as sustainable platforms for catalyst and nanomaterial immobilization
PhD Students
3
Hadar Buium
PhD Student
Microbial communities in constructed wetlands that polish agricultural digestate — linking community dynamics to treatment performance and resilience
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Itamar Kaffman
PhD Student
Turning mixed waste biomass into functional carbon nanostructures — tuning feedstock and hydrothermal conditions to design material properties
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Elazar Volk
PhD Student
Beyond Erosion Control: Impact of Service Crop Practice on Soil Salinity and Nitrogen Dynamics in Vertisol Field-Cropping Systems
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4
Naama Kaner
MSc Student
Mild thermochemical fractionation of agricultural residues into fermentable sugars for sustainable protein production
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Nitzan Rainer
MSc Student
Designing activated hydrochar as a low-cost adsorbent — relating its physical structure to pollutant removal from water
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Nadav Halali
MSc Student
Closing the energy loop in black soldier fly farming — hydrothermal processing of frass to recover energy and value
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Yaron Blumental
MSc Student
Making hydrochar safe for soils — identifying the sources of hydrochar phytotoxicity and strategies to reduce it
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Alumni
Where they started
Dr. Rubia Gaur · Postdoc
Dr. Dhamodharan K. · Postdoc
Dr. Ezra Orlofsky · Postdoc
Ran Darzi · PhD
Osama Khoury · MSc + PhD
Itamar Kaffman · MSc
Achiya Husrabi · MSc
Orr Meromi · MSc
Work with us
Your name could be here.
We are always looking for motivated students and postdocs who want to turn waste into tomorrow’s resources.