Lea Wittenberg
November 24, 2013
CURRICULUM VITAE AND LIST OF PUBLICATION
1. CURRICULUM VITAE
1. PERSONAL DETAILS
Permanent Address:
22b Shoshanat Hacarmel st., Haifa 34321, Israel
Home Telephone number:
(972)-4-8379803;
Office Address and Phone:
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,
University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel; (972)-4-8249609
Cellular Phoner:
(972)-50-3705170
Fax Number
(972)-4-8249605
Electronic Address:
leaw@geo.haifa.ac.il; lea.wittenberg@gmail.com
2. HIGHER EDUCATION
University of Haifa, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. 1989-1992, B.A.
(Suma cum Lauda).
University of Haifa, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. 1993-1996, M.A.
(Cum Lauda).
University of Newcastle upon Tyne. School of Geography. Physical Geography. 1997-2003
Ph.D
3. ACADEMIC RANKS AND TENURE IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
2002-2003
University of Haifa
Geography and
Environmental Studies
Instructor
2004-2009
University of Haifa
Geography and
Environmental Studies
Lecturer
2009 -
University of Haifa
Geography and
Environmental Studies
Senior lecturer
4. OFFICES IN UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION
2005-2013
Member, faculty of social sciences Educational Committee
2005-2013
Member, faculty of social sciences Committee for special exam dates
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2006-2009
Member, departmental MA committee
2007 - present
Head, departmental Laboratory of Geomorphology
2011 - present
Member, departmental PhD committee
2012 - present
Head of Department, Geography and Environmental Studies
2012 - present
Member, University Graduate Studies Council
2013- present
Elected member, University of Haifa Senate
5. SCHOLARLY POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSIY
Membership in Executive Committees and Scientific Organizations
2004
The 45th Annual meeting of the Israel Geographical Association, University of
Haifa, December 12-14, 2004
2006
Member of the KKL (Jewish National Fund) Committee for the Rehabilitation
of the Northern Forests
2009
The 50th Annual meeting of the Israel Geographical Association, University of
Haifa, December 12-14, 2009
2009
COST FORMAN (Forest management and the water cycle) ACTION
(FP0601) Scientific committee and program organizer
2010 - present
Israel Geographical association - board member
2011
Member of the Ministry of Environment special Committee for the long-term
monitoring of the Carmel fire effects
2011 - present
Member of COMLAND steering committee. The Commission on Land Degradation
& Desertification. International Geographic Union
2012 - present
Geography Steering committee. National Authority for Measurement and Evaluation
in Education – RAMA, ministry of education
2013 - present
Geography- member of profession Committee– Ministry of Education
2013 - present
Editorial Board, Land Degradation and Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Membership in Scientific Organizations
1996-present
IGRG
Israel Geomorphological Research Group
1995-present
IGA
Israel Geographical Association
2004-present
IAG
International Association of Geomorphologists
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AGU
American Geophysical Union
2008-present
EGU
European Geophysical Union
2011 - present
IGU
International Geographic Union
Referee of Scientific Articles for Professional Journal
Catena
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
Israel Journal of Earth Science
Horizons in Geography
The Science of the Total Environment
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie
Land Degradation and Development
Journal of Hydrology
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Geophysical Research Letters
Earth-Science Reviews
Water Resource Research
Forest Ecology and Management
Soil Science Society of America Journal
Geoderma
Landscape and Urban Planning
6. ACTIVE PARTICIPAPTION IN SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES
a. Active Participation
Date
Name of Conference
1991
Annual meeting of the Israel
Geological Society
Fifth International
Conference of the Israel
Society for Ecology and
Environmental: Quality
Environmental Quality and
Ecosystem stability
Annual Meeting of the Israel
Geographical Association
Geomorphology and
Environmental problems.
1992
1993
1994
Place of
Conference
Akko, Israel
Subject of Lecture
The Hebrew
University of
Jerusalem
Forest fire effects on runoff and
erosion
Runoff and erosion processes
after forest fire in Mt. Carmel, A
Mediterranean area.
Bar Ilan
University
University of
Haifa
The hydrological regime
following forest fires.
The hydrological regime of
karstic slopes.
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1995
The Second Israel
Geomorphological Research
Group (IGRG) conference
Israel River Conference
1995
International Conference on
Geomorphic Response of
Mediterranean and Arid
Areas to Climate Change
1996
The third Israel
Geomorphological Research
Group (IGRG) conference
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 28th annual
conference
LIS/GIS 98 conference,
Israel Cartographical
Association
1997
1998
1999
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Tel Aviv
University
Hebrew
University of
Jerusalem and
Bar-Ilan
University
Eilat, Israel
Chanel Microtopography of
gravel bed streams.
Surface runoff over karstic slopes
after forest fire - morphological
and climatic factors.
Congress Center,
Haifa
Flow development in Mt. Carmel
Streams – geomorphological and
climatological conditions.
University of
Haifa
Classification of the
sedimentlogical characteristics of
a point bar using picture analysis.
The South Tyne River, UK.
The geomorphological effects of
the 30-31.12.1999 rainstorm.
Hof Hacarmel 1999 flood.
Annual meeting of the Israel
Geological Society
3rd Carmel Research
Meeting
MEDPINE – International
workshop on Mediterranean
Pines
Dead Sea, Israel
1999
International conference on
drainage basin dynamics and
morphology
The Hebrew
University of
Jerusalem
2000
Annual Meeting of the Israel
Geographical Association
(IGA).
4th Carmel Research
Meeting
University of
Haifa
Annual Meeting of the Israel
Geographical Association
(IGA).
The Mediterranean:
Problems and Challenges at
the Beginning of the 21st
Century.
Annual Meeting of the Israel
Geographical Association
(IGA)
Ben-Gurion
University of the
Negev
University of
Haifa
1999
1999
2000
2002
2004
2005
University of
Haifa
Beit Oren, Mt.
Carmel, Israel
University of
Haifa
The Hebrew
University
Jerusalem
4
Spatial and temporal distribution
of clusters in gravel bed rivers.
The effects of wildfire on the
hydrological and the
sedimentological regime of a
burnt natural pine forest.
Structural patterns of coarse
gravel riverbeds: typology
assessment of the roles of grain
size and river regime.
Cluster formation in gravel bed
rivers – the role of grain size and
river regime.
1) The paleogeography and the
stratigraphy of Nahal Galim, Mt.
Carmel - preliminary results.
2) Rainfall-runoff relationships in
the Nahal Oren watershed.
Experimental basin for runoff and
sediment measurements
Filed Laboratory for the study of
floods in Mediterranean Mt.
Streams results from 2001-2003.
1) Flow routing and transmission
losses processes in a mountainous
bedrock channel – Nahal Oren,
Israel.
2) Spatial and temporal patterns
of soil and vegetation recovery
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2006
Annual Meeting of the Israel
Geographical Association
(IGA)
Tel Aviv
University
2006
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 34th annual
conference
The Congress
Center, Haifa
2006
Israel Water Association 3rd annual conference
2007
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 35th annual
conference
Ben-Gurion
University of the
Negev
Weitzman
Institute of
Science
2008
Annual Meeting of the Israel
Geographical Association
(IGA)
Bar-Ilan
University
2008
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 36th annual
conference
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 37th annual
conference
Annual Meeting of the Israel
Geographical Association
(IGA)
Weitzman
Institute of
Science
following forest fires.
1) The effect of post-fire
vegetation re growth on runoff
and erosion.
2) hydrologic and sedimentologic
responses to small check dams
drawdowns in a spring-dominated
wetland-river ecosystem, En Afeq
nature reserve, NW Israel
1) Short and long term recovery
processes in the top soil layers
following sequential forest fires at
the Carmel Mountain, Israel.
2) The relationship between
vegetation regeneration and
runoff and sediment yield
following a wildfire - a case study
from the Carmel Mountain, Israel
Using artificial floods for river
restoration and reclamation – En
Afeq case study.
1) Assessing long term fire effects
using "historical fire" – Mt.
Carmel case study.
2) The relationship between
vegetation regeneration and
runoff and sediment yield
following a wildfire - a case study
from the Carmel Mountain, Israel
1) Assessing soil erosion potential
in Mediterranean region - the role
of physiographic conditions.
2) Long term effects of forest fires
on soil-vegetation rehabilitation
dynamics.
Spatial distribution of forest fires
in Israel – implications for forest
sustainable management
Technion
Israel Institute of
technology
Spatio-temporal changes in fire
regime and vegetation cover
1945-2007
The Hebrew
University
Jerusalem
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 38th annual
conference
Ben-Gurion
University of the
Negev
1) Temporal changes in the
chemical attributes of the erosion
and runoff following forest fires Biriya 2006
2) Spatio-temporal changes in fire
regime and vegetation cover
1945-2007
Changes in vegetation richness
diversity and coverage following
recurrent fires
6/2009
12/2010
6/2010
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6/2011
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 39th annual
conference
Megiddo
Regional
Council
1) The interplay between Pinus
halepensis and Forest Fire
Regime of Mt. Carmel.
2) vegetation structure and
diversity following recurrent fires.
3) Changes in water and sediment
regimes after recurrent fires.
4) characterizing revegetation
processes in areas affected by
Construction waste.
9/2011
Land Degradation and
Geoinformatics
Modifications in the
characteristics of the factors
affecting the potential for soil
erosion
12/2012
Annual Meeting of the Israel
Geographical Association
(IGA)
Department of
Geography and
Environmental
Development,
Ben-Gurion
University of the
Negev, Israel
Department of
Geography and
Environmental
Development,
Ben-Gurion
University of the
Negev, Israel
Date
Name of Conference
1991
European Society for Soil
Conservation – Soil
Erosion and Degradation
as a Consequence of
Forest Fires
International association
of Geomorphologists
(IAG) Third International
Geomorphology
Conference.
British Geomorphological
Research Group, annual
conference of the RGSIBG. University of
Strathclyde
Gravel-Bed Rivers 2000
Workshop
1993
1996
2000
1) Short- and long-term effects of
forest fires on fire-induced soil
water repellency. Mt. Carmel case
study.
2) Soil erosion following forest
fires: spatio-temporal scales
3) Changes in TSS amount
following the 2010 fire – Nahal
Oren study
4) Wildland-Urban interface: the
effect of anthropogenic
disturbances on vegetation
dynamics in urban margins
Place of
Conference
BarcelonaValencia, Spain
Subject of Lecture
Hamilton Canada
Runoff and erosion field studies
after forest fire in Mount Carmel,
a Mediterranean area
Glasgow UK
Soil moisture and runoff
generation in disturbed
Mediterranean forests
Canterbury
University, New
Bed clusters in humid perennial
and Mediterranean ephemeral
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Runoff and erosion processes
after forest fire in Mt. Carmel, a
Mediterranean area.
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Zealand
2004
International Conference
on River/Catchment
Dynamics: Natural
Processes and Human
Impacts
The 30th Congress of the
International Geographical
Union/Incorporating Joint
International
Geomorphology
Conference
Soil Science Society of
America Annual
Conference
Solsona,
Catalonia, Spain
Sixth International
Conference on
Geomorphology –
Geomorphology in Region
of Environmental Contrast
4th USGS Wildland Fire
Science Workshop
Zaragoza, Spain
1/2007
International Meeting of
fire Effects on Soil
Properties
University of
Barcelona, Spain
4/2007
European Geosciences
Union general assembly
4th International Wildland
Fire Conference
Vienna, Austria
12/2007
American Geophysical
Union Fall Meeting
San Francisco
CA, USA
4/2008
European Geosciences
Union general assembly
Vienna, Austria
2004
2005
2005
2005
5/2007
streams: the effect of bed material
sorting and clast size
Flow regime, large floods and bed
structure morphology, along
Mediterranean ephemeral streams
– Mt. Carmel, Israel
Glasgow, UK
Trends in the pattern of the large
hydrologically-effective
rainstorms in the Eastern
Mediterranean – Nahal Oren, Mt.
Carmel, Israel
Salt Lake City
Utah, USA
A Multi-Country Assessment of
Vegetation Dynamics, Soil
Erosion, and Watershed
Degradation after Wildfires
Arizona
Spatial and temporal patterns of
vegetation recovery following
sequences of forest fires in a
Mediterranean landscape, Mt.
Camel Israel
Seasonal assessments of wildfire
effects on land degradation and
vegetation dynamics
1) The development and the break
down of hydrophobic layer after
forest fires in Mt. Carmel, Israel
2) Wildfires effect on soil
properties - a 20-year view, Mt.
Carmel, Israel
(Eco)Systems, complexity and
stability – a theoretical framework
Satellite-derived vegetation
dynamics applied to post-fire
vulnerability assessment in
eastern Spain
1) Long term dynamic changes in
soil organic matter following
forest fires
2) Differential Recovery Rates of
Post Fire Runoff and Erosion: The
Effects of Slope, Aspect and
Vegetation
3) The Effects of Repeated Fires
on Vegetation Communities
Structure and Implications for
Geomorphological Processes
1) Post fire induced soil water
repellency – modeling short and
Long-term processes.
2) Soil properties controlling the
effects of fire on water repellency
Tucson AZ, USA
Seville, Spain
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in Terra Rosa.
3) Fires influence on soil
properties in Mt. Carmel, Israel a long-term view.
1) Eco-geomorphic responses of
burned Mediterranean forests on
different soil types.
2) Soil type as a factor controlling
water repellency in fire affected
areas: evidences from field trials
in Mt. Carmel (Israel).
3) Soil-vegetation dynamic
changes after forest fires Mt.
Carmel, Israel.
Water repellency in
Mediterranean burned soils. A
comparison between field and
laboratory data
1) The relative importance of soil
water repellency in determining
runoff-infiltration processes in
burned Mediterranean forest soils
2) Soil water repellency after
recurrent fires, Mt. Carmel,
ISRAEL
1) Testing LAPSUS-D, a daily
sediment delivery model, in a
meso-scale Mediterranean
catchment: a case study in Israel.
2) Runoff and sediment yield in
Nahal Oren Basin, Mt. Carmel
Israel - a comparison between pre
and post 2010 forest fire
(preliminary-results)
1) The influence of recurrent
forest fires on the abundance of
Pinus halepensis Mill.
2) The interplay between Pinus
halepensis and Forest Fire
Regime of Mt. Carmel.
Fire effects on soil properties and
erosional dynamics: new
perspectives
2/2009
International Meeting of
Fire Effects on Soil
Properties – 2nd edition
Marmaris, Turkey
4/2010
European Geosciences
Union general assembly
Vienna, Austria
3/2011
International Meeting of
Fire Effects on Soil
Properties – 3rd edition
Minho University
Portugal
4/2011
European Geosciences
Union general assembly
Vienna, Austria
6/2011
MEDPINE 4: 4th
International Conference
on Mediterranean Pines
Petit Louvre,
Avignon, France
1/2012
Climate change & forest
fires in the
Mediterranean basin:
management & risk
reduction
European Geosciences
Union general assembly
Nir Etzion
Vienna, Austria
Post-fire effects on hydrological
and erodibility factors in a
simulated burn and rainfall
experiment
European Geosciences
Union general assembly
Vienna, Austria
Effects of wildfire disturbances on
Multi-scale Connectivity
4/2012
4/2013
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Estes Park, Colorado USA
AGU Chapman
Conference on
Post-wildfire
Runoff and
Erosion Response
1) An idealized model of plant
and soil dynamics
2) Changes in flow characteristics
in burnt areas after forest
management
b. Organization of Conferences or Sessions
Date
Name of
Conference
Place of
Conference
6/2007
Israel Society for Ecology
and Environmental Quality
Sciences – 35th annual
conference
Fire Effects on Soil Properties
Weitzman
Institute of
Science
2/2009
Marmaris,
Turkey
Vienna,
Austria
Subject of Conference/
Role at Conference/
Comments
Chairperson of "Open space"
session
Chairperson of opening session
4/2009
European Geosciences Union
General Assembly
Convener, SSS18/BG2.8/NH8.3
Wildfire in forest landscapes:
desertification, degradation,
debris flows, & damage control
Scientific committee and
program organizer.
Chair person:
Management, runoff and
sedimentation
2009
Scientific Workshop: Water
issues in Dryland Forestry
COST FORMAN (Forest
management and the water
cycle) ACTION (FP0601)
Ben Gurion
University,
Sede-Boqer
Campus
8/2010
COMLAND (Commission on
Land Degradation) Meeting
and Field Trip International
Geographical Union (IGU)
Regional Meeting in Israel
Haifa
University
Scientific committee and
program organizer
10/2012
IV FuegoRED International
Meeting
Universidad
La Laguna,
Tenerife
Scientific committee
7. COLOQUIM TALKS AND OTHER INVITED ADRESSES
Date
Place of Lecture
Name of Forum
Presentation/Comments
12/2006
The Agriculture
Research
Organization of
Israel, Rehovot
The Hebrew
University of
Jerusalem,
Department of
geography
The Hebrew
Ministry of
Environmental protection
– special workshop on
forest fires
Physical Geography
Colloquium
Fire effects on soil erosion –
processes and dynamics.
KKL forestry department
1) Post-fire soil preservation
1/2007
6/2007
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Soil erosion risk maps
following the 2006 fires
Lea Wittenberg
University of
Jerusalem, Faculty of
Agriculture
7/2008
2/2009
2/2011
Ben-Gurion
University of the
Negev, Department
of Geography and
Environmental
Development
Drom Hasharon
Drainage authority –
Neve Yarak
EIN AFEQ
3/2011
Technion: The green
Campus
6/2011
Agriculture Research
Organization (ARO)
Volcani Center
Agriculture Research
Organization (ARO)
Volcani Center
4/2012
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– forestry and
development, Annual
Seminar
implications to soil erosion.
Departmental Colloquium The role of recurrent fires on
soil-vegetation dynamics in
Mediterranean ecosystems.
Soil conservation and
runoff management
professional workshop
Nature Reserve Authority
SCICOM meeting
Seminar talk: Mt.
Carmel: Restoration
policy following
December 2010 fire
Seminar talk: Forest fires
in Israel: Ecology and
Management
Seminar talk: Soil, Water
and Environmental
Sciences
12/2012
The Hebrew
University, Jerusalem
Department of
geography,
Seminar talk
9/2007
Menlo Park,
California
4/2008
Vienna, Austria
US Geological Survey Western Earth Surface
Processes seminar
European Geosciences
Union general assembly
5/2010
Vienna, Austria
European Geosciences
Union general assembly
10/2012
Chios Greece
10/2012
Universidad LA
Laguna, Tenerife
International center for
maritime research and
tradition, Maria Tsakos
Foundation
Fuegored - Effects of
Forest Fires on Soils
7/2013
The Mykolas
Romeris
University -
methods – preliminary
results from Biriya Forest.
2) Forestry management
following forest fires,
Soil erosion in forested basin,
vegetation and organic matter
effects.
Post fire soil properties and
erosional processes – processes
and implications.
Fire Effects on soil properties
and geo-system dynamics
Fire effects on soil-ecology
dynamics.
Forest fire effects on soil
erosion
in
Mediterranean
ecosystems:
causes
and
consequences
Repeated
fires
in
the
Mediterranean surroundings:
long-term consequences
Wild Fire Effects on Soil
Properties – a long term view,
Mt. Carmel, Israel
Soil
erosion
and
land
degradation in Mediterranean
ecosystems
The relative importance of
hydrophobicity in determining
runoff-infiltration processes in
burned forest soils.
Fire effects on soil properties
and erosion processes
Mediterranean eco-geo system
dynamics: consequences of
repeated fire disturbances
FESP4 - 4th Int. Meeting Fire effects on soil-vegetation
of Fire Effects on Soil processes - the role of repeated
Properties
burnings
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Environmental
Management Center
Vilnius, Lithuania
Estes Park, Colorado
USA
AGU Chapman
Conference on
Post-wildfire Runoff and
Erosion Response
Modeling short and long term
water repellency effects on
post-wildfire infiltration and
runoff
8. RESEARCH GRANTED
a. Grants Awarded
1998
The structure of clusters in coarse river beds as a geo-indicator of spatial and
temporal environmental impact
University of Haifa Research Authority Award, NIS 15,000
2000
Forest fire effects on Urban watersheds
Haifa Municipal, NIS 10,000
2002-2005
The hydrological and sedimentological regime of small Mediterranean
watersheds – Mt. Carmel, Israel. (with N. Greenbaum)
Ministry of Agriculture, NIS 100,000
2004-2006
Dryland Vegetation Dynamics and Landscape Vulnerability to Wildfire.
International Arid Land Consortium (IALC) University of Arizona,
$15,000
2004-2008
Contribution of rainfall, runoff and transmission losses volumes in the streams
of Mt. Carmel to the recharge of the Carmel aquifer (with N. Greenbaum)
Israel Water Authority, Ministry of Infrastructure. NIS 350,000
2005-2008
Groundwater Artificial recharge Based on Alternative sources of wateR:
aDvanced INtegrated technologies and management (GABARDINE) (with H.
Kutiel and S. Paz).
Specific targeted Research Project, EU FP6, EURO 129,000
2006-2008
disturbance effects on the runoff/erosion processes and
vegetation dynamics interrelationships (with D. Malkinson)
Israel Science Foundation. NIS 160,000
2006
Temporal changes in soil properties following forest fires – Mt. Carmel case
study
KKL- forestry department, NIS 8,000
2007
Assessing land degradation risks (with Prof. H. Kutiel and D. Malkinson)
Ministry of environmental Protection, NIS 50,000.
2007
Soil erosion risk maps following 2006 forest fires (with D. Malkinson)
Israel Water Authority NIS 15,000
2007-2010
Effects of Forest Fire and Vegetation Regeneration on Stream Hydrology and
Sediment Yield (with D. Malkinson and the Soil Erosion Station – Ministry of
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Agriculture)
KKL and Israel Water Authority, NIS 300,000
2008
Research Authority University of Haifa. 4,000 NIS. Research Grant for Pilot
Study
2008-2011
Reduction of suspended solids of the Jordan River sources and it streams
(with N. Greenbaum and D. Malkinson and in collaboration with the Soil
Erosion Station – Ministry of Agriculture)
Israel Water authority NIS 370,000.
2008-2010
Evaluación de los efectos del fuego en el suelo en ambiente Mediterráneo.
Investigación conjunta entre España e Israel
Evaluation of fire effects on soils under Mediterranean environment, joint
research between Spain and Israel
Spanish Science and Education Ministry Euro 15,000
2009-2012
Post fire vegetation recovery: Impacts of restoration and environment (with D.
Malkinson).
International Arid Land Consortium, 100,000$
2009-2012
Plant stand architecture and the hydrological cycle in planted forests –
implication on water use and supply. (with D. Malkinson). Ministry of
Science, 350,000 NIS
2009
2011-2014
Research Authority University of Haifa. 4,000 NIS. Research Grant
A dynamic graph theory based model for the analysis of movement and
connectivity as a basis for sustainable management in the Biriya Forest (with
D. Malkinson and D. Gasul). Ministry of Agriculture - KKL. 400,000 NIS
2013
Mapping and identifying vulnerable areas (lithology, slope) to soil erosion
with reference to recurring fires (with D. Malkinson). Ministry of
environmental Protection, NIS 50,000.
2013-2015
The effects of various post-fire management methods of burnt wood on the
mineral cycle, erosion and biodiversity following the 2010 Carmel fire.
Ministry of environmental Protection, NIS 450,000.
Research proposals rejected but ranked highly
12/2007
Complex natural systems: stability, resilience and quantitative predictions
(Joint PI's: M.Shechter, Haifa University, M. Sterenberg and T.Dayan - Tel
Aviv University; L. Wittenberg, N. Greenbaum and D. Malkinson –
University of Haifa).
Submitted to the CENTERS OF EXELLENC Israel Science Foundation,
$1.4M; Ranked very good
NOTE: All PI's unless mentioned otherwise
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9. TEACHING
a. Courses taught in recent years:
Introduction to Geomorphology
2006-2013
lecture
B.A.
Introduction to the Physical Environment
2003-2006
lecture
B.A.
Forest fire Ecology
2003-2013
lecture
B.A.
Eco-hydrology
2007
lecture
B.A.
Water seminar (with N. Kliot)
2006
seminar
B.A.
Regional Geography of Israel (With A. Golan)
2004-2010
campus
B.A.
Issues in Physical Geography
2005-2013
lecture
M.A.
Field Methods in Ecology and Physical Geography
2003-2013
campus
B.A.
Seminar in Physical Geography
2007-2013
seminar
M.A.
Machtesh Katan field course (with N. Greenbaum)
2008-2009
campus
B.A.
Forest Hydrology
2011-2013
Seminar
B.A.
Seminar on Soil Erosion and land degradation
2011-2013
seminar
M.A.
History and philosophy of Geography
2011
seminar
M.A.
b. Supervision of graduate students:
Post-Doc Students:
Dr. Tami Milgrom
2008-2009
Soil erosion risk maps
(with D. Malkinson)
Ph.D. Dissertations:
Naama Tessler
2012
Soil and vegetation resilience after recurrent forest fires in
Mt. Carmel, Israel (with N. Greenbaum)
Idan Kopler
In process
Plant stand architecture and the hydrological cycle in planted forests
– implication on water use and supply. (with D. Malkinson)
Daniela Kopel
In process
Vegetation Assemblies in Patches along the Urban Development
Gradient
M.A. Theses:
Ronel Barzily
2007
Recovery Rates of Post Fire Runoff and Erosion: The Effects
Vegetation (with D. Malkinson)
Naama Tessler
2007
Temporal changes in soil properties following sequences of forest
fires – Mt. Carmel Israel (with N. Greenbaum and D. Malkinson)
Hezi Levi
2009
The development of industrial fires following an earthquake in
Haifa Bay (with N. Greenbaum)
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Dani Laska
In process
Modeling of Shallow landslides (with D. Malkinson and O Katz)
Eldan Ankori
Reduction of suspended solids of Jordan River sources and it
streams (with N. Greenbaum)
Shmuel Arbel
2011
Rainfall-runoff relationship from loess slope under various
management treatments. (with N. Greenbaum)
Seham Hamzi
2010
Annelies Voogt
2010
Fire effects on soil chemical properties (With D. Malkinson)
Francesco Sambalino
2011
Wildfire effects on soil properties: how wildfire frequency affects
soil properties and vegetation regrowth.
Land Water and Development, Wageningen University, the
Netherland.
Heike Vincentie
2012
Mapping soil properties for fire resilience of Mediterranean forest
ecosystems.Land Water and Development, Wageningen University,
the Netherland.
Daniela Kopel
2012
Wildland-Urban interface: the effect of anthropogenic disturbances
on vegetation dynamics in urban margins (with D. Malkinson)
Olga Lishinskaja
In process
Fire severity effects on seeds spatial distribution and germination
rates.
Rani Zituny
In process
The effects of various post-fire management methods of burnt wood
on soil erosion following the 2010 Carmel fire
The impact of regeneration of vegetation after forest fires on soil
conditions and erosion susceptibility in Biriya forest, Israel
Land Water and Development, Wageningen University, the
Netherland
II. PUBLICATIONS
A. Ph.D. DISSERTATION
Structural patterns and bed stability of humid-temperate, Mediterranean and semi-arid gravelbed
rivers. English, 245 pp. 2003. Supervisor: Prof. M.D. Newson. Department of Geography,
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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B. ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS
Published
1. Inbar, M., Tamir, M. and Wittenberg, L. (1992) Runoff and erosion processes after
forest fire in Mount Carmel, a Mediterranean area. Horizons in Geography 35-36: 43-59.
(Hebrew with an English abstract). (equal contribution).
2. Inbar, M., Wittenberg, L. and Tamir, M. (1996) Runoff and erosion processes – the
affect of forest management following forest fire. Ecology and Environment 1-2: 25-33.
(Hebrew with an English abstract).
3. Inbar, M., Wittenberg, L. and Tamir, M. (1997) Soil Erosion and forestry management
ter wildfire in a Mediterranean woodland, Mt. Carmel, Israel. International Journal of
Wildland Fire 7(4): 285-294.
4. Inbar, M., Wittenberg, L. and Tamir, M. (1998) Runoff and erosion processes after
forest fire in Mount Carmel, a Mediterranean area. Geomorphology, 24: 17-33.
5. Wittenberg, L. (2002) Structural patterns of coarse gravel riverbeds: typology, survey
and assessment of the role of grain size and river regime. Geografiska Annaler 84 A: 2537.
6. Wittenberg L. and Inbar, M. (2003) The role of soil moisture variability as determining
overland runoff in a burnt Mediterranean forest. Geo-Oek 24 (1-2): 107-121.
7. Wittenberg, L. Greenbaum, N., Paz, S. And Kutiel, H. (2004) Frequency of Large floods
in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a comparison between two 12-year periods – Nahal
Oren Mt. Carmel, Israel. Special Issue of Horizons in Geography 60-61: 129-138.
8. Wittenberg, L. and Newson, M.D. (2005) particle clusters in gravel bed rivers – an
experimental morphological approach to bed material transport and stability concept.
Earth Surface landform and Processes 30(11): 1351-1368.
9. Wittenberg, L. and Greenbaum, N. (2005) Channel morphology and sedimentology in
mountainous channel: a comparison between disturbed and undisturbed reaches.
International Association of Hydrologists, IAHS Publication 299: 231-242.
10. Wittenberg, L., Greenbaum, N. and Inbar, M. (2005) Flow regime and sediment yield in
ephemeral mountainous streams – experimental catchment – Nahal Oren, Mt. Carmel.
Special Issue of Horizons in Geography 64-65: 173-186. (Hebrew with an English
abstract).
11. Malkinson, D., Wittenberg, L. and Sabag, V. (2005) The relationship between riparian
vegetation patterns and channel morphology - Nahal Oren, Mt. Carmel. Special Issue of
Horizons in Geography 64-65: 173-186. (Hebrew with an English abstract).
12. Wittenberg, L, Kutiel, H., Greenbaum, N. and ,Inbar, M. (2007) Short-term changes in
the magnitude, frequency and temporal distribution of floods in the Eastern
Mediterranean region during the last 45 years - Nahal Oren, Mt. Carmel, Israel.
Geomorphology 84: 181-191.
13. Malkinson, D. and Wittenberg, L. (2007) Scaling the effects of riparian vegetation on
cross-sectional characteristics of ephemeral mountain streams—a case study of Nahal
Oren, Mt. Carmel, Israel. Catena 69: 103-110. (equal contribution)
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14. Wittenberg, L., Laronne, J.B. and Newson, M.D. (2007) Bed clusters in humid
perennial and Mediterranean ephemeral gravel-bed streams: the effect of clast size and
bed material sorting. Journal of Hydrology 334 (3-4): 312-318.
15. Wittenberg, L., Malkinson, D., Beeri, O., Tesler, N. and Halutzy, A. (2007) Spatial and
temporal patterns of vegetation recovery following sequences of forest fires in a
Mediterranean landscape, Mt. Camel Israel. Catena 71: 76-83.
16. Tessler, N., Wittenberg, L., Malkinson D., and Greenbaum, N., 2008. Fire effects and
short-term changes in soil water repellency – Mt. Carmel, Israel. Catena 74: 185-191.
17. Mataix-Solera, J., V. Arcenegui, C. Guerrero, M.M. Jordán, P. Dlapa, N. Tessler, L.
Wittenberg. (2008) Can terra rossa become water repellent by burning? A laboratory
approach. Geoderma 147: 178-184.
18. Czamanski, D., Benenson, I., Malkinson, D., Marinov, M., Roth, R. and Wittenberg, L.
(2008) Urban Sprawl and Ecosystems—Can Nature Survive? International Review of
Environmental and Resource Economics 2: 1-45.
19. Tessler, N., Greenbaum, N. and Wittenberg L. (2008) Rehabilitation processes of soil
chemical properties after forest fires in Israel, Mt. Carmel 1983-2006. Horizons in
Geography 71: 118-137. (Hebrew with an English abstract)
20. Wittenberg, L. and Inbar, M. (2009) The role of Fire Disturbance on Runoff and Erosion
Processes – a Long-Term Approach, Mt. Carmel Case Study, Israel. Geographical
Research 47(1): 46-56.
21. Wittenberg, L. and Malkinson, D. (2009) Spatio-temporal perspectives of forest fires
regimes in a maturing Mediterranean mixed pine landscape. European Journal of Forest
research 128: 297-304.
22. Arbel, Y., Greenbaum, N., Lange, J., Shtober-Zisu, N., Grodekd, T., Wittenberg, L. and
Inbar, M. (2009) Hydrologic classification of cave drips in Mediterranean climate based
on hydrograph separation and infiltration mechanisms. Israel Journal of Earth Sciences
57: 291-301.
23. Van Leeuwen, W.J.D., Casady, G., Neary, D., Bautista Aguilar, S., Alloza, J.A., Carmel,
Y., Wittenberg, L. and Malkinson, D. and Orr, B. (2010) Monitoring post wildfire
vegetation recovery with remotely sensed time-series data in Spain, USA and Israel.
International Journal of Wildland Fires 19:75-93.
24. Tessler, N., Malkinson, D., Wittenberg, L. and Greenbaum, N. (2010) wildfires of the
Mt. Carmel and Jerusalem mountains: documentation and temporal analysis. Horizons in
Geography 76: 157-165. (Hebrew with an English abstract).
25. Malkinson, D. and Wittenberg, L. (2011) Post fire induced soil water repellency –
modeling short and long-term processes. Geomorphology 125:186-192.
26. Malkinson, D. and Wittenberg, L., Beeri, O. and Barzilai, R. (2011) Effects of repeated
fires on the structure, composition, and dynamics of Mediterranean maquis: Short- and
long-term perspectives. Ecosystems 14(3):578-488.
27. Wittenberg, L. (2012) Post fire soil ecology: properties and erosinal dynamics. Israel
Journal of Ecology and Evolution 58(2-3): 151-164.
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28. Mataix-Solera, J., Arcenegui, V., Tessler, N., Zornoza, R., Wittenberg, L., Martínez, C.,
Caselles, P., Pérez-Bejarano, A., Malkinson, D., Jordán, M.M. (2013) Soil properties as
key factors controlling water repellency in fire-affected areas: evidences from burned
sites in Spain and Israel. Catena 108:6-13.
29. Tessler N., Wittenberg, L., Greenbaum, N. (2013) Soil water repellency persistence after
recurrent forest fires on Mount Carmel, Israel. International Journal of Wildland Fire
22: 515–526
D. ARTICLES OR CHAPTER IN BOOKS WHICH ARE NOT CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS
1. Markel, D., Reichman, O., Wittenberg, L., Malkinson, D., Glazman, H. and Zuk, A.
(2007) Forest fires after the II Lebanon war and their effect on the dissolved load
transported to Lake Kinneret. Agamit 180: 8-12 (in Hebrew).
2. Tessler, N., Wittenberg, L., Malkinson, D. and Halutzy, A. (2007) Spatial and temporal
distribution of Mt. Carmel forest fires 1978-2006 – Development of a GIS based archive.
Forest. Journal of Forests, Woodlands and Environment 9: 4-14 (in Hebrew with
English summary).
3. Hamze, S., Wittenberg, L., Markel, D. and Malkinson, D. (2012) Changes in the
chemical features of runoff and erosion after a forest fire. Water and Irrigation 512: 3239 (in Hebrew).
E. ARTICLES IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1. Wittenberg, L., Laronne, J.B. and Newson, M.D. (2000) Bed clusters in humid perennial
and Mediterranean ephemeral gravel – bed streams: the effect of bed material sorting and
clast size. 5th Gravel bed River Workshop, New Zealand, Christchurch (available on CD
format from New Zealand Hydrological Society).
2. Neary, D.G., Orr, B.J., Leeuwen, W., Bautista Aguilar, S., Wittenberg, L. and Carmel,
Y. (2005) A multi-country assessment of vegetation dynamics, soil erosion, and
watershed degradation after wildfires. In: Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona
and the Southwest: Proceedings of the 2005 Meetings of the Arizona Nevada Academy of
Science. April 9, 2005, Las Vegas, NV, Vol. 35: 37-46.
3. Van Leeuwen, W., B.J. Orr, G. Casady, D.G. Neary, S. Bautista Aguilar, Y. Carmel, and
L. Wittenberg. 2005. Seasonal assessments of wildfire effects on land degradation and
vegetation dynamics (poster). 4th USGS Wildland Fire Science Workshop. December 69, 2005, Tucson, AZ.
4. Orr, B.J., Bautista, S., Alloza, J.A., van Leeuwen, W.J.D., Casady, G.M., Davison, J.E.,
Wittenberg, L., Malkinson, D., Carmel, Y., Neary D.G. (2007) Satellite-derived
Vegetation Dynamics Applied to Post-fire Vulnerability Assessment in Eastern Spain. 4th
International Wildland Fire Conference. Seville Spain 13-17 May 2007.
5. Tessler, N, Wittenberg, L., Greenbaum, N. (2011) Soil water repellency after recurrent
fires, Mt. Carmel, ISRAEL. 3rd International meeting on Fire Effects on Soil Properties.
15-19 March 2011, University of Minho, Portugal.
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6. Wittenberg, L., Malkinson, D., Voogt, A., Leska, D., Argaman, E., Keesstra, S. (2011)
The relative importance of soil water repellency in determining runoff-infiltration
processes in burned Mediterranean forest soils. 3rd International meeting on Fire Effects
on Soil Properties. 15-19 March 2011, University of Minho, Portugal.
H. Other Scientific Publications
1. Malkinson, D. and Wittenberg, L. 2006. WAter, VEgetation and Soil (WAVES)
responses to variable fire regimes – A hierarchical model. Final scientific report for
the period 2006-2006, GRANT NO. 882/06, submitted to ISRAEL SCEINCE
FOUNDATION.
2. Orr, B., Bautista, S., Carmel, Y., Neary, D., Van Leeuwen, W., and Wittenberg L.
(2006). Dryland Vegetation Dynamics and Landscape Vulnerability to Wildfire.
Project number: 04R-02. International Arid Land Consortium.
3. Tessler, N., Wittenberg, L., Greenbaum, N. and Malkinson, D. 2006. Temporal
variations in soil properties following forest fires – Mt. Carmel case study. Submitted
to the Jewish National Fund (KKL). 25 pp.
4. Tessler, N., Greenbaum, N. and Wittenberg, L. (2010). Forest fire hazard in the
biosphere reserve of Mt. Carmel. Final report submitted to UNESCO ISRAEL.
5. Aviad, Y., Wittenberg, L., Milgrom, T., Malkinson, D. and Kutiel, H. (2010).
Impact of climate change on soil erosion and land degradation. Report 6.102. The
ministry of Environmental Protection. 44 pp.
6. Van Lueven W., Allan, C., Bautista, S., Casady, G., Malkinson, D., Neary, D., Orr,
B. and Wittenberg, L. (2011). Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery: Impacts of
Restoration and Environment. Project number: 08R-01. International Arid Land
Consortium.
7. Wittenberg, L., and Malkinson, D. (2011) Forest fires effects on the hydrological
and sedimentological regimes and nutrient fluxes in alternating spatial scales – Biriya
forest. Final report submitted to the JNA and the Israel river authority. 53 pp.
Website
Hertzfeld, M., B.J. Orr, W.J.D. van Leeuwen, G. Casady, D.G. Neary, S. Bautista, L.
Wittenberg, Y. Carmel, and D. Malkinson. 2004-2006. Dryland Vegetation Dynamics
and Landscape Vulnerability to Wildfire. Tucson, AZ: Arizona Remote Sensing
Center, University of Arizona. Online: http://wildfire.arid.arizona.edu/.
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