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Eilon Adar

Professor at the ZIWR at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

About me

Prof. (Emeritus) Eilon Adar (Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)

Prof. Adar is an expert in arid zones hydrology and Middle East water issues. Prof. Adar’s research activities focus on quantitative assessment of groundwater flow systems and recharge sources in complex arid basins with puzzling geology and scarce hydrological information. He developed the Mixing Cell Model approach in hydrology used in numerous basins worldwide. Prof. Adar is also dedicated to cross-border water resources in the Middle East and strengthening the R&D of water innovations within the industry. Prof. Adar completed his undergraduate studies in Geography, Geology, and Climatology at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1974 and earned his M.Sc. in Physical Geography and Hydrology from the same institution in 1979. Prof. Adar earned his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, Tucson, in the USA in 1984, with a Major in Hydrology and a Minor in Soil Water Engineering.

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