Microbiology of Water & Wastewater: Process Engineering
Ph.D Ofir Menashe
Head of the M.Sc. Program,
School of Engineering
Water Industry Engineering B.Sc
Areas of Expertise
Selected Courses
- Microbiology: An Introductory
- Ecology: An Introductory
- Toxicology
- Microbiology Process Engineering (Graduated, English)
- Research Methodologies in Water Engineering (Graduated, English)
- Seminar in Water Engineering
Additional Roles
Head of the Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology
Research Comity – Chair
Selected Publications
Beni Lew, Maria Musia Monosov, Sandrine Betito, NadineVizel, Abid Ali Khan, Eyal Kurzbaum, Lilach Iasur Kruh, and Ofir Menashe*, High-rate ex situ and in situ treatment system for groundwater denitrification via membrane-based bacterial macro-encapsulation. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023, vol. 50 103230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2022.103230
Ofir Menashe*, Yasmin Raizner, Martin Esteban Kuc, Vered Cohen-Yaniv, Aviv Kaplan, Hadas Mamane, Dror Avisar and Eyal Kurzbaum, Biodegradation of the Endocrine-Disrupting Chemical 17α-Ethynylestradiol (EE2) by Rhodococcus zopfii and Pseudomonas putida Encapsulated in Small Bioreactor Platform (SBP) Capsules. Applied Sciences, 2020 https://doi.org/10.3390/app10010336.
Eyal Kurzbaum*, Yasmin Raizner, Martin E. Kuc, and Ofir Menashe, Small bioreactor platform capsules provide persistent digestive biomass for continuous bioreactors operated under short hydraulic retention times. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2020. 37:101516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101516.
Eyal Kurzbaum*, Yasmin Raizner, Oded Cohen, Ran Y. Suckeveriene, Anatoly Kulikov, Ben Hakimi, Lilach Iasur Kruh, Yair Farber and Ofir Menashe, Encapsulated Pseudomonas putida for phenol biodegradation: Use of a structural membrane for construction of a well-organized confined particle, Water Research, Vol.121, pages 37-45, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.04.079.
Manohara Halanur Mruthunjayappa*, Cliff Shachar, Amit Imbar, Ofir A. Menashe, Hadas Mamane. Cellulose acetate and polycaprolactone based photoactive ultrafiltration membrane: A novel approach with UV-switchable photocatalytic activity. Separation and Purification Technology, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2023.125102.
Offir Inbar, Moni Shahar, Jacob Gidron, Ido Cohen, Ofir Menashe, Dror Avisar, Analyzing the secondary wastewater-treatment process using Faster R-CNN and YOLOv5 object detection algorithms. Journal of Cleaner Production, July 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137913