Curriculum Vitae
Tali Mass
Date of Birth: January 10th, 1969
Place of birth: Jerusalem, Israel
Citizenship: Israeli (i.d 023874084)
Address:
IMCS Rutgers University NJ
Telephone:
Work 732-932-6555 ex 379
Home 732-354-3969
E-mail address: tmass@marine.rutgers.edu
Education:
Ph.D. student 2006-2010, The Department of Evolution Systematics and Ecology, Life
Sciences Institute, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and H. Steinitz
Marine Biology Laboratory, Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences, Eilat,
Israel.
Thesis research: Biological and ecological effects of flow on corals (supervisor:
Prof. Amatzia Genin)
M.Sc. 2003-2005, The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences,
Bar-Ilan University, Israel and H. Steinitz Marine Biology Laboratory,
Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences, Eilat, Israel.
Thesis Title: Photosynthesis and calcification in the Red sea coral Stylophora
pistillata. (supervisors: Prof. Zvi Dubinsky, Dr. Razi Vago)
B.Sc. 2000-2003, The Israeli Maritime College (part of Ruppin college), Israel.
Undergraduate Studies: Completed 12 years at the Hebrew Gymnasia High
school, Jerusalem. Majors: Biology, and English. Graduated in 1986.
Employment:
2004-2010: Teaching assistant at the Interuniversity Institute in Eilat in the following
courses: Ecosystem of the Red Sea Biology of Coral
Biogeochemistry of Coral Reefs
Research Methods in Oceanography
Marine Photosynthesis
Quantitative Methods in Ecology
2005-2006: Teaching assistant at the Israel Maritime College in the following courses:
Ecosystem of the Mediterranean Sea
Invertebrate Zoology
Marine botanic
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2006: EcoOcean Israel (www.ecococean.com)
Project coordinator: main work subjects:
Marine environment subjects.
Develop educational programs for schools.
Pollution monitoring projects in the Mediterranean
2001-2003: Teaching students in the Israeli Maritime college for Israeli yacht
master certification.
1991-2000: Tour guide in Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey.
1987-1989: Completed full military service as Physical fitness trainer.
Awards:
2010: Aharon Katzir Student Travel Fellowships grant.
2009: Berko award for excellence in research, Inter-University institute of Eilat.
2009: Israel association of university women award, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Israel
2009: Best student publication of 2008 award, the sixth Annual meeting of the
Israeli Association for Aquatic Sciences (IAAS)
2008: Polver award of the United Israel Appeal Federations of Canada.
Publications:
Mass T, Einbinder S, Brokovich E, Shashar N, Vago R, Erez J, Dubinsky Z (2007)
Photoacclimation of Stylophora pistillata to light extremes: metabolism and
calcification. Mar Ecol Prog Ser: 334, 93-102
Mass T, Genin A, (2008) Environmental vs. intrinsic determination of colony symmetry
in the coral Pocillopora verrucosa Mar Ecol Prog Ser 369, 131-137
Einbinder S, Mass T, Brokovich E, Dubinsky Z, Erez Y, Tchernov D, (2009) Changes in
morphology and diet of the coral Stylophora pistillata along the depth gradient.
Mar Ecol Prog Ser: 381: 167–174
Raz-Baha M, Faibish H, Mass T, Rinkevich B, (2009) Three-dimensional laser scanning
methodology as a novel tool for coral surface area measurements. Limnol.
Oceanogr.: Methods 7: 657–663
Mass T, Genin A, Shavit U, Grinstein M, Tchernov D, (2010) Flow enhances photosynthesis
in marine benthic autotrophs by increasing the efflux of oxygen from the organism to
the water. PNAS: 107: 2527-2531.
Mass T, Kline D I, Roopin M, Veal CJ, Cohen S, Iluz D, Levy O, (2010) The spectral
quality of light is a key driver of photosynthesis and photoadaptation in
Stylophora pistillata colonies from different depths. J Exp Biol: 213: 4084-4091
Mass T, Brickner I, Hendy E, Genin A, (2011) Enduring physiological and reproductive
benefits of enhanced flow for a stony coral. Limnol. Oceanogr.56(6): 2176-2188.
Tchernov D, Mass T, Gruber D. F, (2012) Consequences of Parasitic to Symbiotic
Transition Triggered by Ancient Climate Event? TREE: 27(4):194-195.
Mass T, Drake JL, Haramaty L, Rosenthal Y, Schofield OME, Sherrell RM, Falkowski
PG, (2012) Aragonite precipitation by “nano-polyps” in coral cell culture. PLoS
ONE: 7(4): e35049.
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Chindapol N, Kaandorp JA, Cronemberger C, Mass T and Genin A, Modelling growth
and form of the scleractinian coral Pocillopora verrucosa and the influence of
hydrodynamics, to PLoS Computational Biology (submitted)
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Conference Presentations:
2010- ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon. Oral presentation.
2009 – The sixth Annual meeting of the Israeli Association for Aquatic Sciences
(IAAS), Michmoret, Israel. Oral presentation.
2009 - ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Nice, France. Invited talk.
2008 – The 11th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS), Florida, USA. Poster.
2008 – The Forty-fifth Annual meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel. Oral
presentation.
2008 – The fifth Annual meeting of the Israeli Association for Aquatic Sciences
(IAAS), Michmoret, Israel. Oral presentation
2007 – The Forty-four Annual meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel. Oral
presentation.
2006 – Conference on marine sciences. Israel Maritime College, Michmoret, Israel.
Oral presentation.
2005 – Seminar in the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences of Eilat, Israel.
2005 – Conference on marine sciences. Israel Maritime College, Michmoret, Israel.
Oral presentation.
2005 - The second Annual meeting of the Israeli Association of Aquatic Studies, Bar-Ilan
University, Israel. Oral presentation.
2005 – The Forty-second Annual meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel. Oral
presentation.
Skills and other interests:
 Diving instructor, medic-first-aid instructor and Nitrox instructor. Diving
Federations: PADI
 Trimix diver
 Skipper's certificate - Israel's Administration of Shipping and Ports.
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