Earth and Planetary Science

In our department, we explore interactions between physical, chemical and biological processes that dictate the evolution and properties of the Earth and other planet systems. We try to better understand these complex systems using theoretical, laboratory, field and remote sensing approaches. We study topics that are in the core Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as topics that are linked to other disciplines such as ecology, biology and health.

Atmosphere & Climate

Aerosol chemistry & physics

Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric dynamics

Biosphere interactions

Climate change

Cloud physics

Dynamical meteorology

Earth history

Geobiology

Geochemical evolution

Isotope geochemistry

Paleoclimate

Geophysics

Earthquake physics

Geomorphology

Gravity Science

Solid earth

Oceanography

Chemical oceanography

Ocean-atmosphere interactions

Paleoceanography

Physical oceanography

Planetary Science

Exoplanets

Mission hardware

Orbital dynamics

Planetary atmospheres

Planetary evolution

Planetary geomorphology

“Solid Earth” and “Earthquake physics”

Water & Environment

Carbon cycle

Electron microcopy

Environmental chemistry

Environmental microbiology

Health effects of air pollution

Hydrology

Soils

Prof. Oded Aharonson

Prof. Oded Aharonson

research areas

  • Earth and Planetary Science
    • Planetary Science
      • Exoplanets
      • Mission hardware
      • Orbital dynamics
      • Planetary atmospheres
      • Planetary evolution
      • Planetary geomorphology
Prof. Brian Berkowitz

Prof. Brian Berkowitz

research areas

  • Earth and Planetary Science
    • Water & Environment
      • Environmental chemistry
      • Health effects of air pollution
      • Hydrology
      • Soils
  • Energy and Sustainability
    • Chemistry and the environment
  • Organic Chemistry
    • Catalysis
  • Structural and Molecular Biology
    • Biomineralization
  • Theory and Computations
    • Disordered systems
    • Nonlinear dynamics & pattern formation
    • Reaction mechanisms
Prof. Eran Bouchbinder

Prof. Eran Bouchbinder

research areas

  • Biological Physics
    • Bio-materials
    • Cell Mechanics & mechanobiology
    • Interfaces
    • Soft and living matter
  • Chemical Physics
    • Molecular dynamics
  • Earth and Planetary Science
    • Geophysics
      • Earthquake physics
      • Solid earth
    • Planetary Science
      • “Solid Earth” and “Earthquake physics”
  • Materials and Nanoscience
    • Interfaces
    • Mechanical properties
    • Soft matter
  • Theory and Computations
    • Active matter systems
    • Biopolymers
    • Complex solids and fluids
    • Disordered systems
    • Nonlinear dynamics & pattern formation
    • Soft condensed matter
    • Systems far from equilibrium
    • Theoretical biological physics
  • Theory of living matter
Dr. Rei Chemke

Dr. Rei Chemke

research areas

  • Earth and Planetary Science
    • Atmosphere & Climate
      • Atmospheric dynamics
      • Climate change
    • Earth history
      • Paleoclimate
    • Oceanography
      • Ocean-atmosphere interactions
Prof. Itay Halevy

Prof. Itay Halevy

research areas

  • Earth and Planetary Science
    • Atmosphere & Climate
      • Biosphere interactions
    • Earth history
      • Geobiology
      • Geochemical evolution
      • Isotope geochemistry
      • Paleoclimate
    • Geophysics
      • Geomorphology
      • Solid earth
    • Oceanography
      • Chemical oceanography
      • Ocean-atmosphere interactions
      • Paleoceanography
    • Planetary Science
      • Planetary atmospheres
      • Planetary evolution
    • Water & Environment
      • Carbon cycle
      • Environmental chemistry
Prof. Yohai Kaspi

Prof. Yohai Kaspi

research areas

  • Earth and Planetary Science
    • Atmosphere & Climate
      • Atmospheric dynamics
      • Climate change
      • Dynamical meteorology
    • Geophysics
      • Gravity Science
    • Planetary Science
      • Exoplanets
      • Mission hardware
      • Planetary atmospheres
  • Theory and Computations
    • Nonlinear dynamics & pattern formation
Dr. Yael Kiro

Dr. Yael Kiro

research areas

  • Earth and Planetary Science
    • Earth history
      • Isotope geochemistry
      • Paleoclimate
    • Oceanography
      • Chemical oceanography
      • Paleoceanography
    • Water & Environment
      • Hydrology
Prof. Ilan Koren

Prof. Ilan Koren

research areas

  • Earth and Planetary Science
    • Atmosphere & Climate
      • Aerosol chemistry & physics
      • Atmospheric chemistry
      • Atmospheric dynamics
      • Biosphere interactions
      • Climate change
      • Cloud physics
    • Oceanography
      • Ocean-atmosphere interactions
      • Physical oceanography
    • Water & Environment
      • Carbon cycle
      • Hydrology
  • Theory and Computations
    • Nonlinear dynamics & pattern formation
    • Systems far from equilibrium
Prof. Shira Raveh-Rubin

Prof. Shira Raveh-Rubin

research areas

  • Earth and Planetary Science
    • Atmosphere & Climate
      • Atmospheric dynamics
      • Climate change
      • Cloud physics
      • Dynamical meteorology
    • Oceanography
      • Ocean-atmosphere interactions
      • Physical oceanography
Prof. Yinon Rudich

Prof. Yinon Rudich

research areas

  • Chemical Physics
    • Light & matter
  • Earth and Planetary Science
    • Atmosphere & Climate
      • Aerosol chemistry & physics
      • Atmospheric chemistry
      • Cloud physics
    • Water & Environment
      • Electron microcopy
      • Environmental chemistry
      • Environmental microbiology
      • Health effects of air pollution
  • Materials and Nanoscience
    • Advanced spectroscopy & microscopy
    • Interfaces
Prof. Aldo Shemesh

Prof. Aldo Shemesh

research areas

  • Earth and Planetary Science
    • Atmosphere & Climate
      • Climate change
    • Earth history
      • Isotope geochemistry
      • Paleoclimate
    • Oceanography
      • Chemical oceanography
      • Paleoceanography
Prof. Dan Yakir

Prof. Dan Yakir

research areas

  • Earth and Planetary Science
    • Atmosphere & Climate
      • Atmospheric chemistry
      • Biosphere interactions
      • Climate change
    • Earth history
      • Isotope geochemistry
    • Water & Environment
      • Carbon cycle
      • Environmental chemistry
      • Hydrology
      • Soils