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Eyal Kurzbaum

Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology lab

Prof. Eyal Kurzbaum leads the Environmental Biotechnology laboratory at the Shamir Research Institute, University of Haifa. His research focuses on innovative solutions in environmental microbiology, particularly in water treatment and purification. Current projects include the biological removal of micropollutants and disinfection by-products from water sources, purification of agricultural wastewater from dairy farms, fish ponds, and olive mills, and the study of antimicrobial compounds derived from microalgae and fungi to combat plant pathogens. Additionally, his lab explores the cultivation of Psilocybe fungi in bioreactors to develop psychoactive biomolecules with pharmaceutical potential.

Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology lab
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  • Biological removal of micropollutants from water

  • Purification of agricultural wastewater (dairy farms, fish ponds, olive mills)

  • Removal of nitrogen compounds from water

  • Immobilization and encapsulation of microbial biomass (bacteria and fungi)

  • Characterization and application of antimicrobial compounds from microalgae and fungi against phytopathogens

  • Removal of disinfection by-products from drinking water

  • Cultivation and study of Psilocybe fungi for psychoactive pharmaceutical development

LP-UV-Nano MgO2 Pretreated Catalysis Followed by Small Bioreactor Platform Capsules Treatment for Superior Kinetic Degradation Performance of 17α-Ethynylestradiol

Materials, 13(1), 83.

Vaddadi, L. P., Avisar, D., Vadivel, V. K., Menashe, O., Kurzbaum, E., Cohen-Yaniv, V., & Mamane, H.
Biodegradation of the Endocrine-Disrupting Chemical 17α-Ethynylestradiol (EE2) by Rhodococcus zopfii and Pseudomonas putida Encapsulated in Small Bioreactor Platform (SBP) Capsules.

Applied Sciences, 10, 336.

Ofir Menashe, Yasmin Raizner, Martin Esteban Kuc, Vered Cohen-Yaniv, Aviv Kaplan, Hadas Mamane, Dror Avisar, Eyal Kurzbaum

Martin Esteban Kuc

Lab manager. M.Sc Biotechnology, Faculty of medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Ben Shahar

PhD Studant, New antimicrobial compounds from microalgae The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Tsuf Doitel

M.Sc Studant, Water sciences disinfection by products removal from drinking water B.Sc. Environmental Sciences, Tel-Hai College, Israel

Sara Azerrad, Ph.D

Ph.D. Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion, Israel