Prof. Ori Adam
Head of Graduate Program in Atmospheric Science
Academic head of the Hebrew University Climate Science Center (HUCS)
Academic head of the Hebrew University Research Computing Services (HURCS)
2022 ≤ The Hebrew University. Associate Professor
2022-2023 University Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Research associate
2016 ≤ The Hebrew University. Senior lecturer (assistant professor)
2013 – 2016 ETH Zürich. Postdoc (Prof. Tapio Schneider)
2011 – 2013 Tel-Aviv University. Postdoc (Prof. Nili Harnik)
2005 – 2011 Ph.D. Atmospheric Dynamics. The Hebrew University (Prof. Nathan Paldor)
2002 – 2004 M.Sc. Astrophysics. The Hebrew University
1997 – 2001 B.Sc. Physics. City College of New York
Current group members
Sreerag Sudheendran
Ph.D. Candidate
Research: Understanding the Ocean’s role in the seasonal cycle of the ITCZ
Shubham Pachpor
Ph.D. Candidate (co-advised by Ehud Strobach and Nadav Lensky)
Research: Effect of the Sea of Galilee on local meteorology.
Maya Shourky
M.Sc.
Research: Using Lagrangian back trajectories to identify the origin of ENSO heat anomalies.
Noam Cohen
Pre-M.Sc.
Research: Energetic constraints on the intensity of the coupled ocean-atmosphere circulation.
Ofer Cohen
M.Sc
Research: Importance of coupled processes to sub-seasonal forecasting in the eastern Mediterranean.
Past group members
Ignasi Vallés Casanova
Postdoc
Research: Effect of Sharan dust on tropical Atlantic variability
Amita Kumar
Postdoc
Research: Improving sub-seasonal forecasts in the Eastern Mediterranean by implementing idealized coupled ocean-atmosphere processes in numerical weather prediction models.
Moran Erez
M.Sc.
Research: Transient response of the tropical rain belt to volcanic events.
Ofir Ariel
M.Sc.
Research: Lagrangian trajectories in the wind-driven ocean circulation.
Maya Samuels
M.Sc.
Research: Dynamic and energetic constraints on the Pacific thermocline.
Eilat Elbaum
M.Sc.
Research: Relating large-scale and local processes driving eastern-Mediterranean precipitation changes
Noga Liberty
Undergrad
Research topic: Revisiting Riehl’s definition of the width of the tropics
Hilla Afargan-Gerstman
Postdoc
Research: Zonally asymmetric variations of the mean overturning circulation
Giora Hasson
Undergrad
Research: Coupled tropical ocean-atmosphere dynamics in an idealised shallow water model
Shuyan Lu
Undergrad
Visiting student, Zhejiang University, China
Research: The expansion of tropical climate under global warming
Arnon Ben-Levy
Undergrad
Research: Axi-symmetric anti-Hadley circulation