Zwi G. Weinberg
November 2013
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born in 1950 in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Married plus 3.
University Education and Additional Training
1971-1974 B.Sc. in Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
1974-1976 M.Sc. in Biochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Thesis: Methylation of DNA in Drosophila melanogaster. Advisor: Prof. A. Razin.
1974-1976 Teaching license in Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
1979-1982 Ph.D. in Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.
Thesis: Heat initiated binding in Fish. Advisor: prof. R.C. Baker.
1988-1989 Sabbatical leave, Dept. of Microbiology, Colorado State University,
Ft. Collins, CO. With Prof. Tengerdy on inoculants and enzymes in silage.
1995-1996 Sabbatical leave, Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA, Madison, WI. With Dr.
Muck, on ensiling technology.
2002
Sabbatical leave, Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA, Madison, WI. With Dr.
Muck, on probiotic effect of lactic acid bacteria for ruminants.
2007
Sabbatical leave, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware.
With Dr. Kung, on the effect of lactic acid bacteria on in vitro silage digestibility.
2011
Sabbatical leave, Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA, Madison, WI. With Dr.
Muck, on probiotic effect of lactic acid bacteria for ruminants.
Positions and Academic Status
Research Scientist, Forage Preservation Unit, The Volcani Center, Israel (since 2004, Grade
A+, equivalent to full professor).
2008 to Date- Adjunct Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Research interests
Ensiling biochemistry and microbiology, utilization and preservation of by-products for
ruminant feeding, the potential probiotic effect of lactic acid bacteria on ruminants, cattle
manure microbiology in context with cultivation.
Teaching experience
1983-1994, 2005- to date, Lecturer of “Meat Technology”, Faculty of Agriculture, The
Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel.
1984-1992
Co-Lecturer of “Physiology and Methodology of Sensory Evaluation of Food
Products”, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel.
Special course: “Introduction to Food Science”, The Volcani Center, Bet
1986
Dagan, Israel.
Coordinator of a special advanced course in Agricultural Sciences: “Safe and
1988
Healthy Products in Agriculture”, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.
Coordinator of a special course: “Food Science and Technology”, The Volcani
1992
Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.
Coordinator of a special course: "Food Science and Technology”, The
1994
Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.
1997 -2002 Lecturer in “Introduction to Food Science”, Tadmor Hotel Management
School, Herzelya, Israel.
2003, 2005
Co-Lecturer at the international post-graduate course on "Ruminants: Meat
Production and Management". The Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew
University, Rehovot, Israel.
2005
Coordinator of a special course: "Methods and Analyses", Institute for
Technology and Storage of Agricultural Products, The Volcani Center, Bet
Dagan, Israel.
Instruction of Graduate and Post Doctoral Graduates
1997
Dr. I. Filya from Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey, in silage research
methodologies (for 8 months).
1997
Dr. G. Wutai from University of Beijin, China, in silage research
methodologies (for 6 months).
2001
Prof. Yijin Yan, from China, in silage research methodologies (for 6 months).
2006
Mrs. Osnat Shatz, The Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Rehovot. For M.Sc. degree. Thesis subject: The effect of LAB
silage inoculants on fiber degradability on rumen fluid (2 years).
2008
Dr. Cihat Yildiz, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey, in silage research
methodologies (for 6 months).
2008
Mr. Prabhat Khanal, from Nepal, The Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Rehovot. For M.Sc. degree. Thesis subject: Changes
and losses during aerobic exposure of silages (2 years).
2011
Mrs. Ilana Tenenbaum, The Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Rehovot. For M.Sc. degree. Thesis subject: Using salicornia silages
in ruminant feeding (in progress).
2012
Mrs. Svellana Oigy, The Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Rehovot. For M.Sc. degree. Thesis subject: Development of
molecular tools to follow changes lactic acid bacteria during ensiling of forage
crops (in progress).
Recent Most Relevant Publications:
1. Weinberg, Z.G., Chen, Y. And Weinberg, P. (2008) Ensiling olive cake with and
without molasses. Bioresource Technol. 99, 1526-29.
2. Weinberg, Z.G., Chen, Y. and Solomon, R. (2009) The quality of commercial
wheat silages in Israel. J. Dairy Sci. 92, 638-644.).
3. Chen, Y. and Weinberg, Z.G. (2009) Changes during aerobic exposure of wheat silages.
Anim. Feed Sci and Technol. 154, 76-82.
4. Weinberg, Z.G., Khanal, P., Yildiz, C., Chen, Y. and Arieli, A. (2010) Effects of stage of
maturity at harvest, wilting and LAB inoculants on the aerobic stability wheat silages.
Anim. Feed Sci. and Technol .158, 29-35.
5. Weinberg, Z.G., Chen, Y., Prabhat, K., Pinto, R., Zakin, V. and Sela, S. (2011) The
effect of cattle manure cultivation on moisture content and survival of E. coli.
J. Animal Sci. 89, 874-881.
6. Weinberg, Z.G., Chen, Y., Miron, D., Raviv, Y., Nahim, E., Bloch, A., Yosef, E.,
Nikbajat, M. and Miron, J. (2011) Short communication: preservation of total mixed
rations for dairy cows in bales wrapped with polyethylene stretch film – a commercial scale
experiment. Anim. Feed Sci. and Technol. 164, 125-129.
7. Muck, R.E., Weinberg, Z.G. and Contreras-Govea, F.E. (2013) Silage extracts used to
study the mode of action of silage inoculants in ruminants. Agricultural and Food
Science 22, 108-114.
8. Weinberg, Z.G. and Muck, R.E. (2013). Potential probiotic effect of lactic acid bacteria
silage inoculants on ruminants. Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Forage Quality and
Conservation, Campinas, S.P., Brazil, July 22-23. Pp. 47-69. (invited paper).
9. Chen, Y. and Weinberg, Z.G. (2013). The effect of re-location of whole crop wheat and
corn silages on their quality. J. Dairy Sci. (accepted).
10.Weinberg, Z.G. and Chen, Y. (2013)
Effects of storage period on the composition of whole crop wheat and corn silages. Anim.
Feed Sci. and Technol. (accepted).