The Research
Group at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
The laboratory of environmental chemistry is part of the Casali Institute of Applied
Chemistry in the Chemistry Institute of the Hebrew University. The group has accumulated expertise in
the following fields: 1) Sol-gel electrochemistry. The group is a world leader
in sol-gel electrochemistry. Among other contributions, the group has
introduced the so called sol-gel
derived composite carbon electrodes (CCEs). The group has utilized sol-gel based
electrodes for electroanalysis, biocatalysis and electrocatalysis. 2)
Speciation of polysulfides and other sulfur compounds in surface water and
other aquatic systems. In a series of publications, the group has demonstrated
that polysulfides are intermediates in the formation of numerous
environmentally important volatile organo-sulfur compounds including
dimethyldisulfide, dimethyltrisulfide and COS.
3) Currently the group is developing techniques for the coupling of
electrochemical flow cells with electrospray mass spectrometry.
The
group consists of 3 permanent staff:
·
Prof. Ovadia
Lev
·
Dr. Alexander
Modestov (Researcher)
·
Dr Jenny Gun (Researcher)
In
addition, the group includes at the moment 4 doctoral students and 3
postdoctoral researchers.