Amit Gross

Prof. Amit Gross (Director of the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research (ZIWR), The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, (BGU))

Prof. Gross completed his undergraduate studies in the Faculty of Agriculture of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, in 1993. He earned his M.Sc. (1996) and Ph.D. (1999) from Auburn University, USA, studying nutrient cycles in earthen ponds. During his postdoctoral training in Australia and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, he studied various environmental issues related to water treatment and reuse, and in 2003 he joined the faculty at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

Prof. Gross’s research interests include conversion of waste to resource by treatment and efficient use of marginal water and sludge. He also studies environmental risks associated with contaminated water resources and sludge. Prof. Gross’s current academic activities are focused on the reuse of greywater and wastewater for irrigation; treatment of wet organic waste for efficient reuse and minimization of environmental pollution; treatment of aquaculture effluent in recirculating aquaculture and aquaponic systems. Prof. Gross has supervised over 60 graduate students, authored/co-authored >100 peer reviewed articles and a monograph. In 2020, he received the Strage-BGU Award for Excellence in Environmental Sciences