I served
as a researcher in the Institute of Soils, water and Environmental Sciences of
the Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center until 2007 specializing in the
study of the fate of pollutants in soils and water bodies and of procedures to
minimize the pollutants' adverse effect on the environment. Between 1994 and
1999 I served as the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of the Environment and for
over two years (2005-2007) as the deputy director in charge of scientific
affairs, of the Agricultural Research Organization. Since 2007 I am active as
an emeritus scientist at the Volcani Center, Institute of Soils, Water and
Environmental Sciences. I chaired or was
a member of a number of important committees that dealt with environmental
issues, for example I chaired the joint government-private sector committee
that determined the methodology, later adopted by the Israeli government, for
formulating environmentally related laws and regulation.