My CV
1933 - Born in Krakow, Poland
Nationality: Israel; Marital Status: Married + 3 (adult) children
Address:
(work) - YAFIT (R&D) Laboratory; Fish Breeding Center, Gan Shmuel, Israel 38810
Phone:+972-(0)4-6320008; Fax:+972-(0)4-6320404
(home) - Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, Israel 38810
Phone:+972-(0)4-6320502
1947 - Immigration to Israel
1947-1950 - Agricultural High School - Gan Shmuel
1951-1953 - Military Service (IDA)
1956-1966 - Teacher at Gan Shmuel School
1964-1967 - School Master at Gan Shmuel School
1967-pres.- Fish Breeding Center, Gan Shmuel
Memberships
1. Israeli Fish Breeders Association.
2. Israeli Aquaculture Society.
3. Network of Tropical Aquaculture Scientist.
4. Israeli Zoological Society.
5. International Union of Biological Sciences, Sci. Prog. Reprod. Biol. in Aquacult.
Professional Experience in Aquaculture
1966-1974 Establishment of Gan Shmuel Fish Hatchery and its manager.
1974-1976 Specialization and training in mariculture at Seto Inland Sea Farming Fishery Ass. (SISFFA Tamano Center), Japan.
1976-1981 Senior Research Technician , Fish & Aquaculture Res. Station, Dor; Agricultural Research Organization, Min. of Agriculture, Israel.
1978-1981 Consultant and Supervisor to the MGM Sea Fruits Ltd., Israel.
1978 Consultation to the Fisheries Development Corporation of South Africa on Tilapia culture (3 weeks).
1978-1984 Member of the Steering Committee for Mariculture and Mariculture Industry, Min. of Agriculture, Israel.
1981-1984 Manager of the Gan Shmuel Fish Breeding Center, Israel.
1981-1986 Fish export marketing manager (emphasis on fry and ornamental fish).
1986-1987 Member of the Granot Technologies Committee.
1987-1989 Research Scientist at Fish & Aquaculture Research Station, Dor. Agricultural Res. Organization, Min. of Agriculture, Israel.
1987 Two weeks training in gynogenesis. Bi-national (Holland-Israel) Cooperation in Scientific Exchange. Wageningen Agricultural Univ., Dept. of Fisheries, Holland. 1988 Consultation to the F.D.R Geselschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit GTZ) GmBH, in tilapia culture project, Costa Rica.
1989-pres. Establishment and director of YAFIT (R&D) Laboratory. Applicative Projects in Aquaculture. Gan Shmuel Fish Breeding Center, Israel.
1990-1994 Member of the R&D Aquaculture Steering Committee for Negev and the Arava, Jewish Agency.
1992-pres. Member of Yozmoth Group For R&D, The Granoth Complex, Israel.
1993 Visit to the USA; Prospects for cooperation and marketing of the Israeli Ecological Fish Complex.
1994 Visit to Egypt; Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research, Abassa Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture - Collab. Res. Support Program).
Participation in Scientific Meetings and Expeditions
1973 - FAO/EIFAC Workshop on Fish Reproduction, Hamburg, W. Germany.
1976 - FAO Conference on Aquaculture. Kyoto, Japan.
1979 - FAO/EIFAC Workshop on Mass Rearing of Fry & Fingerlings of Freshwater Fishes. The Hague, Holland. (Lect.: Practical Mass-Culture of the Rotifer Brachionus plicatilis (Mueller).
1980 - Symposium on Coastal Aquaculture, Marine Biological Ass. India, Cochin.
1982 - Joint S. African - Israeli Symposium on Aquaculture. Herzlia, Israel (Lect.: Introduction of Exotic Penaeids into Israeli Aquaculture).
1982 - Symposium on Reproductive Physiology in Fish. Wageningen, Holland. (Poster: Spermiation Response of Carp to Homologous Pituitary Gland).
1983 - Intern. Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture (ISTA I). Nazareth, Israel. (Lect.: The Technique of Mass-Production of Hormonally Sex-inversed All-Male Tilapias).
1984 - International Conference on Aquaculture, Verona Italy.
1986 - Joint Israeli-French Symposium on Reproduction in Fish - Basic & Applied Aspects in Endocrinology and Genetics. (Lect.: Changes in Steroid Concentration During Sexual Ontogenesis in Tilapia) Tel Aviv, Israel.
1987 - International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture (ISTA II), Bangkok, Thailand (Lect.: Field Experiments on Growth Enhancement of Tilapia using Androgen Containing Pellets).
1988 - VI Congress of European Ichthyologists, Budapest, Hungary.
1989 - Satelite Symposium on Application of Endocrinology to Fish Culture. Almunecar (Granada), Spain.
1990 - Symposium on Carp Genetics, Szarvas, Hungary.
1991 - Invited guest at the Inland Fisheries Institute, Zabieniec, Poland. (Lect.: Fish Culture in Israel).
1991 - 4th Int. Symp. on Reproductive Physiol. of Fish. U.E.A. Norwich, England. (Poster: Hormonal Profiles Associated with Breeding Behaviour in Oreochromis niloticus).
1992 - Workshop on Gamete and Embryo Storage and Cryopreservation in Aquatic Organisms. INJEP, Marly le Roi, (Paris), France. (Poster: Cryopreservation of Koi Sperm).
1992 - A two week visit hosted by the Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Vodnany, Czechoslovakia.
1992 - Invited speaker to a Broodstock Management and Egg & Larval Quality Conference, A Science in Aquaculture International Conference. Stirling, Scotland (Lect.: Broodstock Maintenance, Breeding and Fry Nursing of Carps).
1993 - Visit to the USA. Invited speaker on nishikigoi genetic improvement. Annual Meeting of Ass. Koi Clubs of America (AKCA). L.A. (Lecture.: The Israeli Koi Experience).
1994 - Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Workshop, Abassa, Egypt (Seminar: Artificial Propagation of Fish).
1994 - 5th Symposium on Genetics in Aquaculture, Halifax, N. Scotia, Canada. (Poster: Ploidy manipulations in Black Carp, Mylopharyngodon piceus).
1994 - 13th Annual Meeting of Associated Koi Clubs of America (AKCA), Baltimore MA, USA. Invited Speaker on Koi Genetics (Lect.: Koi Propagation and Genetics in Israel).
1995 - A two weeks expedition to Galapagos: A Pilgrimage to the Cradle of Evolution. (Sponsored by the TFH Publ.).
1995 - 5th Intl. Symp. on Reproductive Physiol. of Fish. UT, Austin TX, USA. (Poster: Gynogenesis in Albino Grass Carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella V.).
1995 - Conf. on Advances in Modern Biotechnology: Biotechnology New Opportunities in Animals, Plants, Industry and Social Development. Habana, Cuba. Invited Speaker. (Lectur: Tilapia Monosex Culture in Israel).
1995 - Dept. of Biology, Brooklyn Coll. of the City University of New York, G.F. Fried Seminars. (Seminar: Gynogenesis in Japanese Ornamental Carp).
1996 - 6th Int. Zebra Mussel and Other Aquatic Nuisance Species Conf. Dearborn, Michigan USA. (Poster: The Black Carp, Mylopharyngodon piceus, as a Biocontrol of Freshwater Mollusks).
1996 - Symp. on Fish Reproduction 96. Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republik. (Lecture: Breeding Behavior and Associated Steroid Levels in Female Oreochromis niloticus).
1997 - 6th International Symposium on Genetics in Aquaculture; Stirling, Scotland, UK (Poster: Coloration and Scale Pattern in Blue Shubunkin, a Variety of Goldfish).
1997 - Visit as invited scientist to Hiroshima University, Japan (Sept. 7 - Oct. 2/1997). Bi-National Israel-Japan Scientific Exchange Program (Lectures: Aquaculture in Israel; Ploidy Manipulations in Cyprinids; Sex-differentiation and Sex-determination in Tilapias).
1999 - 6th International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish; Bergen, Norway (Poster: Color Inheritance in Two Crosses of Goldfish, Carassius auratus).
2001 - Visit to British Columbia, Canada (A panelist in a round-table discussion on koi at a meeting of the BC koi clubs; Lectures on koi genetics and improvement and reproduction in a one day seminar of BC koi hobbyist, held in Victoria BC).
2002 - International Forum on Tilapia Farming in the 21 Century (A panelist in a round table discussion on tilapia culturing systems; Lecture on "Tilapia Culture in Negev, The Israeli Desert"; Seminar for the PCAMRD staff members: Koi Culture.
Grants and Awards
1973 - Prize for special agricultural achievements in Selective Breeding of Tilapia to Produce Monosex Hybrids. Israel 25th Anniversary, The Menashe Region.
1974 - Scholarship for Training and Specialization in Mariculture (2.5 years). Granted by Japanese Christian Friends of Israel.
1982 - The Ramy Levin Grant for Promotion of Research on the Israeli Fauna. Tel Aviv University.
1985 - Grant by U.S.-Israel CDR/AID Program for Research on: Control of Growth and Reproduction of Tilapia by Hormone and Gene Manipulation. (Co-investigator with Drs. Z. Yaron and B. Moav).
1985 - Paulina and David Trotsky Scholarship for graduate students in Life Sciences. Tel Aviv University.
1988 - The David Ben Gorion Grant, The Fund for Encouragement of Research - Histadrut - The General federation of Labor in Israel (Title: Sexual Ontogenesis in Tilapia).
1990 - Induction of Gynogenesis in Japanese Ornamental (koi) Carp. Ministry of Industry & Trade, Chief Scientist, Jerusalem (4 years).
1993 - Ploidy Manipulations in Chinese Carps, to Produce Sterile and Monosex Populations. The Ministry of Science and Technology, Jerusalem (3 years).
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