The Winters Lab
Previous and current lab members
2013 - 2015 Yael Rodger
MSc thesis: Identifying hotspots of genetic diversity of Acacia tortilis trees along the Arava valley.
with Dr. Shirli Bar-David (BGU).
2017 - 2018 Hung Manh Nguyen
MSc thesis: Comparing responses of invasive and native Halophila stipulacea populations to thermal stress. With Dr. Yuval Sapir (TAU)
2020 - 2021 Jenipher Masawa
MSc thesis: Understanding the interactions between epiphytic foraminifera and their seagrass host Halophila stipulacea.
with Dr. Michal Gruntman (TAU) &
Dr. Sarit Ashckenazi-Polivoda (ADSSC)
2014 - 2019 Michelle Arland Oscar
PhD thesis: Understanding the physiological and molecular mechanisms that confer salt tolerance upon the tropical seagrass, Halophila stipulacea.
With Prof. Simon Barak (BGU).
2022 – present Dr. Hung Manh Nguyen
Post Doc: A systems biology analysis of Halophila stipulacea physiological and molecular responses to single and combined stressors related to climate change and eutrophication
2015 - 2018 Orly Brandeis
MSc thesis: Contemporary and potential gene flow among Acacia tortilis subpopulations.
with Dr. Shirli Bar-David & Prof. David Salz (BGU).
2019 Tomás Azcárate García
Intern: Effects of thermal and nutrient stress on
Halophila stipulacea
2021 - 2024 Yahel Eshed
MSc thesis: benthic foraminifera associated with seagrass as a model ecosystem for monitoring environmental changes. With Prof. Sigal Abramovich (BGU), Dr. Gilad Antler (BGU) & Dr. Sarit Ashckenazi-Polivoda (ADSSC)
2017 - 2023 Daphna Uni
PhD thesis: Water use in acacia trees”. With Dr. Tamir Klien (Weizmann Institute), and Dr. Efrat Sheffer (Hebrew University).
2024 - present Moran Kaminer
MSc thesis: Predicting the effects of CO2 increase on the nutritional composition of the tropical seagrass- Halophila stipulacea – used as a primary producer in the GoA.
With Dr. Avner Gross1Dr. Dr. Gilad Antler
2016 - 2017 Tran Hoai Thanh
MSc thesis: Effects of oil-contaminated soil on growth and root development of Acacia species. With Prof. Amram Eshel (TAU) & Dr. Einav Mayzlish Gati (Volcani Center).
2019 - 2020 Dr. Pedro Beca-Carretero,
Post Doc: Effects of thermal and nutrient stress on Halophila stipulacea
2021 - present Netaly Lipkin
MSc thesis: Temporal and spatial dynamics of Halophila stipulacea in the northern Gulf of Aqaba. With Dr. Gil Rilov (Uni. Haifa, IOLR).
2021 - present Ryan Sirota
PhD thesis: Impacts of New desalination facilities on seagrasses and benthic bacteria. With: Prof. Edo Bar Zeev (BGU), Eyal Rahav (ILOR)
2024 - present Tal Parnass
Research assistant,
seagrass restoration
