CV A. Beharav

1. Higher Education

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovot, Israel:

1979-1981:

B.Sc. studies (cum laude) in Agricultural Sciences, Department of  Horticulture Sciences. Date granted: June 1982.

1982-1983:

M.Sc. studies (magna cum laude) in Agricultural Sciences, Study Programof Genetics and Breeding. M.Sc. thesis title: "Study on the genetic mechanism of the effects of the Gai/Rht dwarfing genes on the grain weight of wheat." Advisor: Professor Moshe J. Pinthus. Date granted: July 1986.

1986-1990: 

Ph.D. in Genetics and Breeding. Ph. D. thesis title: "Interaction effects of the dwarfing genes Rht1 and Rht2 and polygenes on the growth and grain yield of wheat and its response  to GA". Advisors: Professor Moshe J. Pinthus and Dr. Avigdor Cahaner.  Date granted: June 1991.

1992-1993: 

Post-Doctoral fellow, Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel (With Prof. Y. Cohen); Research subject: Attempts to overcome the barrier of interspecific hybridization between Cucumic melo and C. metuliferus.      

1993-1994: 

Post-Doctoral fellow, Department of Plant Genetics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel (With Prof. M. Feldman); Research subjects: (a) Production and screening of wheat hybrids; (b) Transfer of storage protein genes from wild wheat to cultivated durum genotypes.

2. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education

3.  Offices in University Academic Administration

Special Activities

Oct. 1998-: Head of the Information Center for the gene bank, IoE.

Oct. 1998-2008: Head of the Biostatistics laboratory, IoE

4.  Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the University

Positions in the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture: 

1995-1997: Agriculture Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet- Dagan, Israel: I. Head, Information Center, The Israeli Gene Bank for Agricultural Crops. II. Plant breeder, Department of Genetic Resources and Seed Research.

Membership in Editorial Boards of Scientific Journals:

2003-: Member of the Editorial Board of "Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization", CABI Publishing.

Membership in International Organizations:

2007-: Representative of the Israeli Ministry of Science to the European Community as a Corresponding member of the European Cooperative Program for Crop Genetic Resources (ECPGR) Network (member working group on Leafy Vegetables) organized by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) of the European Community.

5.  Teaching (Courses taught in recent years)

 Last updated: May 2010