Program

EPScon 2022 Program

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Thursday, September 15

Time Session/Lecture info
08:30-09:00
Registration & Coffee
 
09:00-09:10
Conference Opening Remarks
 
09:10-10:30
1st session
Chairperson: Elad David 
09:10-09:30
Eran Vos, Weizmann Institute of Science
Climatological controls on the chemical stratigraphy of the Martian polar layer deposits
09:30-09:50
Nathan Wainstein, Weizmann Institute of Science
How was early Mars warm enough to have water on its surface? Testing the proposed sulfur cycle on early Mars
09:50-10:10
Avioz Dagan, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Predicting of Canopy Nitrogen Content based on UAVs and Satellites Data Fusion in Citrus Orchards
10:10-10:30
Huanhuan Wang, Weizmann Institute of Science
Disentangling Soil, Shade, and Tree Canopy Contributions to Mixed Satellite Vegetation Indices in a Sparse Dry Forest
10:30-10:50
Coffee Break
 
10:50-11:50
2nd session
Chairperson: Dori Nissenbaum 
10:50-11:10
Or Hess, Weizmann Institute of Science
Anthropogenic Forcings Reverse a Multi-Century Naturally-Forced Trend of the Boreal Hadley Circulation
11:10-11:30
Or Hadas, Weizmann Institute of Science
The Role of Midlatitude Storms in Controlling Earth?s Cloudiness in the Present and Future Climates
11:30-11:50
Avichay Efraim, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
What causes superbolts over the Mediterranean Sea and the Altiplano?
11:50-12:40
Keynote speaker:
 
11:50-12:40
Gabriella Adler, Breezometer?s Chief Scientific Officer
Bridging the gap between academia and industry
12:40-13:30
Lunch
 
13:30-14:50
3rd session
Chairperson: Maria Smirnova 
13:30-13:50
Lior Greenspoon, Weizmann Institute of Science
The Global Biomass of Wild Mammals
13:50-14:10
Lin Hoober, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Monitoring heavy metals contamination using foraminiferal shells
14:10-14:30
Mohammed Arar, Zuckerberg Insitute for Water Research
Degradation of Atrazine in the Coastal Aquifer
14:30-14:50
Nitai Amiel, Weizmann Institute of Science
Phosphogypsum groundwater contamination in the Negev: spatial monitoring and predicting the extent of future contamination in Ein Boqeq spring
14:50-15:10
Coffee Break
 
15:10-16:30
4th session
Chairperson: Jie Zhao 
15:10-15:30
Roni Grayevsky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Carbon storage through rapid conversion of olivine into oxalate minerals
15:30-15:50
Neta Soto, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
The effect of seagrass halophila stipulanceas disappearance on the biogeochemistry of marine sediments
15:50-16:10
Michal Shaham, Tel Aviv University
Eddy-Internal wave decomposition and kinetic energy transfers in high-resolution turbulent channel flow with near-inertial waves
16:10-16:30
Ynon Hefets, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Effect of the Range of Dipole Interaction Within a DDA-Style Description of the Scattering of Light by Non-Spherical Aerosol and Hydrosol Particles
16:30-17:20
Keynote speaker:
 
16:30-17:20
Itay Halevy, Weizmann Institute of Science
Long-term climate regulation over Earth history and spectacular exceptions
17:20-18:20
POSTER SESSION
 

Deadline for Abstract Registration
August 20, 2022

Organizing committee

The conference is organized by students from the Earth & planetary sciences department at Weizmann Institute of Science.

Dori Nissenbaum
dori.nissenbaum@weizmann.ac.il

Maria Smirnova
maria.smirnova@weizmann.ac.il 

Elad David  
elad.david@weizmann.ac.il

Noy Klaider  
noy.klaider@weizmann.ac.il

Jie Zhao
jie.zhao@weizmann.ac.il

Advicing PI: Dr. Yael Kiro
yael.kiro@weizmann.ac.il

Directing PI: Prof. Oded Aharonson, Head of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Oded.Aharonson@weizmann.ac.il

Conference Coordinator:

Inbal Azoulay  inbal.azoulay@weizmann.ac.il

 

 

Sponsors

The Helen Kimmel Center for Planetary Science

The de Botton center for marine science