The Porter School of Environmental Studies
Manuscripts2021
Flow cytometric measurements as a proxy for sporulation intensity in the cultured macroalga Ulva (Chlorophyta)
Polyhydroxyalkanoates and biochar from green macroalgal Ulva sp. biomass subcritical hydrolysates: Process optimization and a priori economic and greenhouse emissions break-even analysis
Marine Bacteria Associated with the Green Seaweed Ulva sp. for the Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates.
2020
High-voltage pulsed electric fields eliminate Pseudomonas aeruginosa stable infection in a mouse burn model.
Hydrothermal processing of a green seaweed Ulva sp. for the production of monosaccharides, polyhydroxyalkanoates, and hydrochar
Saving energy on meat air convection drying with pulsed electric field coupled to mechanical press water removal.
Biorefinery for the co-production of protein, hydrochar and additional co-products from a green seaweed Ulva sp. with subcritical water hydrolysis
Asymmetric voltage multiplying circuit coupled to sliding electrodes for biomass fractionation with high-voltage and high current pulsed electric fields
Sensitivity analysis of electrical bioimpedance patterns of breast cancer cells labeled with magnetic nanoparticles: forming the foundation for a biosensor of circulating tumor cells
Differential cell death and regrowth of dermal fibroblasts and keratinocytes after application of pulsed electric fields.
Engineering bacteria-seaweed symbioses for modulating the photosynthate content of Ulva (Chlorophyta): Significant for the feedstock of bioethanol production.
Detection and Differentiation of Bacteria by Using Electrical Bio-Impedance Spectroscopy.
Aeration and nitrogen modulated growth rate and chemical composition of green macroalgae Ulva sp. cultured in a photobioreactor
Integrated biorefinery process for sustainable fractionation of Ulva ohnoi (Chlorophyta): process optimization and revenue analysis
High-voltage pulsed electric field laboratory device with asymmetric voltage multiplier for marine macroalgae electroporation
Distributed flux balance analysis simulations of serial biomass fermentation by two organisms
Challenges for marine macroalgal biomass production in Indian coastal waters
The Seaweed Resources of Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Label-free cDNA detection based on RF scattering parameters: A new approach for an inexpensive gene sensor
Energy efficient dewatering of far offshore grown green macroalgae Ulva sp. biomass with pulsed electric fields and mechanical press
2019
Molecular harvesting with electroporation for tissue profiling
A laboratory IGBT-based high-voltage pulsed electric field generator for effective water diffusivity enhancement in chicken meat
Algae Window for reducing energy consumption of building structures in the Mediterranean city of Tel-Aviv, Israel
High-voltage pulsed electric fields preprocessing enhances extraction of starch, proteins and ash from marine macroalgae Ulva ohnoi
Deep water nutrient supply for an offshore Ulva sp. cultivation project in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: experimental simulation and modeling.
Co-production of monosaccharides and hydrochar from green macroalgae Ulva (Chlorophyta) sp. with subcritical hydrolysis and carbonization.
Green technology in green macroalgal biorefineries
A biosensor capable of identifying low quantities of breast cancer cells by electrical impedance spectroscopy
IGBT-based pulsed electric fields generator for disinfection: design and in vitro studies on Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Feasibility study of Ulva sp. (Chlorophyta) intensive cultivation in a coastal area of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Starch from the sea: The green macroalga Ulva ohnoi as a potential source for sustainable starch production in the marine biorefinery
Sparse NIR Optimization method (SNIRO) to quantify analyte composition with visible (VIS)/near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy (350nm-2500nm).
Selective inactivation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus epidermidis with pulsed electric fields and antibiotics.
Towards waste meat biorefinery: extraction of proteins from waste chicken meat with non-thermal pulsed electric fields and mechanical pressing.
In silico food allergenic risk evaluation of proteins extracted from macroalgae Ulva sp. with pulsed electric fields.
Macroalgal biomass subcritical hydrolysates for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) by Haloferax mediterranei.
Extraction of proteins from two marine macroalgae, Ulva sp. and Gracilaria sp., for food application, and evaluating digestibility, amino acid composition and antioxidant properties of the protein concentrates
2018
Functional protein concentrates extracted from the green marine macroalga Ulva sp., by high voltage pulsed electric fields and mechanical press.
Rejuvenation of aged rat skin with pulsed electric fields.
Exergy efficiency of solar energy conversion to biomass of green macroalgae Ulva (Chlorophyta) in the photobioreactor
Exergy efficiency of light conversion into biomass in the macroalga Ulva sp.(Chlorophyta) cultivated under the pulsed light in a photobioreactor
Deashing macroalgae biomass by pulsed electric field treatment
Monitoring complex monosaccharide mixtures derived from macroalgae biomass by combined optical and microelectromechanical techniques
Enhancing energy literacy in children using zn/cu/potato batteries
Marine integrated pest management (MIPM) approach for sustainable seagriculture
2017
Prediction of Scar Size in Rats Six Months after Burns Based on Early Post-injury Polarization-Sensitive Optical Frequency Domain Imaging
Diversity of monosaccharides in marine macroalgae from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Macroalgae biorefinery from Kappaphycus alvarezii: conversion modeling and performance prediction for India and Philippines as examples
Seaweed production: overview of the global state exploitation, farming and emerging research activity
Net primary productivity, biofuel production and CO2 emissions reduction potential of Ulva sp. (Chlorophyta) biomass in a coastal area of the Eastern Mediterranean
Design of marine macroalgae photobioreactor integrated into building to support seagriculture for biorefinery and bioeconomy
Offshore macroalgae biomass for bioenergy production: Environmental aspects, technological achievements and challenges
Carbohydrate-based phenotyping of the green macroalga Ulva fasciata using near-infrared spectrometry: potential implications for marine biorefinery
Skin regeneration with all accessory organs following ablation with irreversible electroporation
2016
Rat liver regeneration following ablation with irreversible electroporation
Preventing scars after injury with partial irreversible electroporation
Implementing Bioeconomy with Electrobiorefinery
Thermochemical hydrolysis of macroalgae Ulva for biorefinery: Taguchi robust design method.
Single-step electrical field strength screening to determine electroporation induced transmembrane transport parameters
Energy Efficient Biomass Processing with Pulsed Electric Fields for Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development.
Towards marine biorefineries: Selective proteins extractions from marine macroalgae Ulva with pulsed electric fields.
Global potential of offshore and shallow waters macroalgal biorefineries to provide for food, chemicals and energy: feasibility and sustainability
Nanolayered siRNA Delivery Platforms for Local Silencing of CTGF Reduce Cutaneous Scar Contraction in Third-Degree Burns
Macroalgae (Seaweed) for liquid transportation biofuel production: What is next?
Longitudinal 3D In Vivo Imaging of Collagen Remodeling in Murine Hypertrophic Scars using Polarization-sensitive Optical Frequency Domain Imaging.
Eradication of multidrug resistant pseudomonas biofilm with pulsed electric fields.
2015
The Role of CHI3L1 (Chitinase-3-Like-1) in the Pathogenesis of Infections in Burns in a Mouse Model
Bioenergy—when, where and how?
Environmental exergonomics: sustainability analysis of energy systems considering impacts on eco-systems services
Seaweed biorefineries: exergy efficiency, fermentation and sustainability implications; example of potential production of bioethanol from Kappaphycus alvarezzi in Philippines
Modeling of smart mixing regimes to improve marine biorefinery productivity and energy efficiency
Environmental exergonomics for sustainable design and analysis of energy systems
BioLEGO — a web-based application for biorefinery design and evaluation of serial biomass fermentation
Skin rejuvenation with pulsed electric fields
Tissue heterogeneity in structure and conductivity contribute to cell survival during irreversible electroporation ablation by “electric field sinks”
Long-term Listeria monocytogenes proliferation control in milk by intermittently delivered pulsed electric fields, implications for food security in the low-income countries.
An automated image processing method to quantify of collagen fiber organization within cutaneous scar tissue.
Pulsed electric fields for burn wound disinfection.
Approaching near real-time biosensing: Microfluidic microsphere based biosensor for real-time analyte detection.
2014Proposed Design of Distributed Marine Biorefineries: Thermodynamics, Technology, and Sustainability Implications for Developing economies.Golberg, A, Vitkin,E, Linshiz,G, Ahmad Khan,S, Hillson, N.J, Yakhini Z, Yarmush,M.L. Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining, 8(1): 67-82, 2014. PDF
Electroporation Based Technologies for Medicine: Principles, Applications, and Challenges.
Irreversible electroporation: evolution of a laboratory technique to interventional oncology.
Cloud-enabled microscopy and droplet microfluidic platform for specific detection of Escherichia coli in water.
Efficient Procedure and Methods to Determine Critical Electroporation Parameters.
Eradication of multidrug-resistant A. baumanniii in burn wounds by antiseptic pulsed electric fields.
2013
Fusion of Biology, Computer Science and Engineering – in the quest to efficient and successful Synthetic Biology.
Regeneration and control of human fibroblast cell density by intermittently delivered pulsed electric fields.
Analytical model of local distribution of chemicals in tissues with first order rate metabolism kinetics.
Nonthermal Irreversible electroporation: Fundamental, Applications, Challenges.
Pico-liter immunosorbent droplet microfluidic platform for point-of-care tetanus diagnostics.
The Impact of Pulsed Electric Fields on Cells and Biomolecules, a Comment on ‘Lightning- triggered electroporation and electrofusion as possible contributors to natural horizontal gene transfer by Tadej Kotnik’.
Non-Thermal, Pulsed Electric Field Cell Ablation: A Novel Tool for Regenerative Medicine and Scarless Skin Regeneration.
Live individual cell functional phenotyping in droplet reactor.
2012
Listeria monocytogenes cell wall constituents charge effect on irreversible electroporation threshold.
A numerical study towards electroporation based treatment planning considering muscle contraction.
Variable Electric Fields for High Throughput Electroporation Protocol Design.
Microbial control in milk by intermittently delivered pulsed electric fields.
Distributed marine biorefineries for developing economies.
2011
In vivo non thermal irreversible electroporation impact on rat liver galvanic apparent internal resistance.
2010
A statistical model for multidimensional irreversible electroporation cell death in tissue.
Galvanic apparent internal impedance: an intrinsic tissue property.
Zn/Cu- vegetative batteries, bioelectrical characterizations and primary cost analyses.
The effect of electroporation type pulsed electric fields on DNA in aqueous solution.
Intermittently Delivered Pulsed Electric Fields for Sterile Storage of Turbid Media.
2009
Irreversible Electroporation for Microbial Control of Drugs in Solution.
Book Chapters
The Use of Irreversible Electroporation in Food Preservation.
Mass Transfer phenomena in Electroporation.
Electroporation Applications in Wound Healing.
Scarless tissue regeneration.
Electroporation in scars/wound healing and skin response.
Pulsed electric fields in marine biorefineries.
Electroporation Applications in Wound Healing.
Scarless tissue regeneration.
Design and analysis of offshore macroalgae biorefineries
Emerging electroporation-based technologies for wound care.
Biorefinery of unique polysaccharides from Laminaria sp, Kappaphycus sp, and Ulva sp.: structure, enzymatic hydrolysis, and bioenergy from released monosaccharides
Enabling bioeconomy with offshore macroalgae biorefineries
Books
Macroalgal Biorefineries for the Blue Economy.
Bioengineering in Wound Healing. A Systems Approach.
Bioelectrochemical phenomena: electrolysis and electroporation.
Patents
An apparatus, system and method for preventing biological contamination to
materials during storage using pulsed electric energy.
Current cage for reduction of non-target tissue exposure to electric fields in
electroporation based treatment.
Device for pulsed electric field skin treatment.
Intermittently Delivered Pulsed Electric Fields For Cell Density And Biofilm Formation Control In Wounds.
PEF for Implant Disinfection.
Pulsed Electric Fields for Hair Growth Induction.
Pulsed electric field device for phytochemicals extraction from macroalgae.
System and method for picoliter volume microfluidic diagnostics.
Methods and devices for treating and preventing conditions of tubular body structures
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PhD Thesis Works
Ulva-bacteria interactions and biomass processing for the production of new energy and food sources
Mark Polikovsky
Envrironmental Sciences
2020.PDF
Graduates MS Thesis Works
Environmetal impacts of bioethnol production from Ulva sp. with two step fermentation by yeast and bacteria
Amichai_Gillis
Envrironmental Sciences
2020.PDF
Hydrothermal Liquefaction: Biomass and waste to biofuels
Siddaq Preet Singh
Envrironmental Sciences
2020.PDF
Simulations of the effects of offshore environmental conditions on macro-alga Ulva spp biomass growth, for bioenergy and food applications
Noam Rosiansky
Envrironmental Sciences
2019.PDF
Solar hydrothermal deconstruction of green macroalgae biomass for biofuel production
Semion Greiserman
Environmental Engineering
2018.PDF
Developing an optical method of detecting monosaccharides concentration seaweed for selective breeding of Ulva Fasciata.
Shai Shefer.
Envrironmental Sciences
2016.PDF
The effect of flashing light on macroalgae growth and energy conversion efficiency: the case study of Ulva sp.
Oz Habiby
Mechanical Engineering- Direct track
2018.PDF
Inactivating Pseudomonas aeruginosa in burns with pulsed electric fields
Andrey Eithan Rubin
Environmental studies
2018.PDF
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