ACADEMIC DEGREES
2013 PhD (direct track) Bluestein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
2009 MSc (Cum Laude) Bluestein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
2006 BSc Faculty of Life Science, Tel-Aviv University.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2024– Senior Lecturer, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Technion.
2020–2024 Senior Research Scientist (Rank B), Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Volcani Institute.
2017–2020 Research Scientist, Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Volcani Institute.
2014–2017 Postdoctoral fellow at the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Completed PhD theses:
- 2018–2022; Ran Darzi; Technion; Thesis title: Degradation of Plastic Polymers in Subcritical Water; Primary supervisor: Prof Y. Dubowski; Additional supervisor: Dr. R. Posmanik.
Completed MSc theses:
- 2019–2021; Osama Khoury; HUJI; Thesis title: Resource Recovery of Waste Activated Sludge; Primary supervisor: Dr. R. Posmanik; Additional supervisor: Dr. Y. Laor (ARO).
PhD theses in progress:
- 2021–2025 (exp.); Osama Khoury; Technion; Thesis title: Biosolids Valorization via Hydrothermal Carbonization – a Life Cycle Assessment; Primary supervisor: Prof. S. Spatari; Additional supervisor: Dr. R. Posmanik.
MSc theses in progress:
- 2022–2024 (exp.); Itamar Kaufman; HUJI; Thesis title: Nutrient Recovery from Anaerobic Digestate; Primary supervisor: Dr. R. Posmanik.
- 2022–2024 (exp.); Achiya Husrabi; HUJI; Thesis title: Manure Recycling in Agriculture and its Effect on Soil Hydrophobicity and Salinity; Primary supervisor: Dr. M. Borisover (ARO); Additional supervisor: Dr. R. Posmanik.
- 2023–2025 (exp.); Nadav Haleli; Technion (GTEP); Thesis title: Alternative Energy Source in Black Soldier Fly Farming; Primary supervisor: Prof. S. Spatari; Additional supervisor: Dr. R. Posmanik.
- 2023–2025 (exp.); Or Meromi; HUJI; Thesis title: Using Constructed Wetland to Prevent Non-Point Source Pollution of Water Bodies by Anaerobic Digestion Systems; Primary supervisor: Dr. R. Posmanik.
- 2024–2026 (exp.); Matan Skashidlak; Technion; Thesis title: Using Denitrification Bioreactor to Prevent Non-Point Source Pollution of Water Bodies by Agricultural Runoff; Primary supervisor: Dr. R. Posmanik.
