Our Team
Prof. Yaron Toledo
Lab Director
Dr. Boaz Mayzel
Lab and Sea-going management
Dr. Victoria Grigorieva
Research Associate
Areas of expertise:
Global wind wave analysis, including extreme waves;
Historical wave data;
Long-term climate dynamics;
Ocean-atmosphere interaction.
Dr. Rotem Soffer
Research Associate
Wave and shearing current interactions
Dr. Gal Akrish
Post-doctoral Student
Infragravity wave modeling
Starting Feb 2025
Nir Haim
PhD Student
My research aims to improve the estimation of key physical properties of the ocean—such as sea surface elevation, wind-waves, currents, and temperature—over operational timescales ranging from hours to days. These properties are critical for a wide range of activities within marine and coastal environments. While prediction and monitoring systems perform adequately in deeper waters, their effectiveness diminishes in shallow waters due to increased physical complexity. By integrating numerical models with in-situ measurements and remote sensing data, I seek to enhance our ability to detect, analyze, and better understand the dynamic processes occurring in coastal regions.
Oshrat Klein
PhD student
Oshrat's research performs a theoretical investigation of surface gravity waves in the presence of shear-turbulence flow. She investigates the dynamics of wave growth in stratified shear flows and examines the mechanisms creating shear instability.
This work is done in collaboration with Prof. Eyal Heifetz.
Qasem Slalha
PhD student
Quasem's research aims to extract bathymetric and current mapping using data from the satellite and other remote-sensing instruments. The first part of his PhD calibrates VENµS satellite multispectral images in conjunction with Lidar bathymetry mapping, photogrammetry images, and in-situ single beam mapping to provide a satellite remote-sensing technique of constructing bathymetric mapping.
This work is done in collaboration with Prof. Arnon Karnieli.
Jacob Zaken
PhD student
Jacob's Research Topics:
Physical oceanography, Sub mesoscale circulation,
SOM analysis, Measurements analysis, HF Radar.
Alon Akivis
MSc Student
My thesis focuses on Nonlinear Triad wave interactions, specifically implementing nonlinear stochastic evolution equations for deep to shallow water wave shoaling into the widely used oceanographic model, Wave Watch III. This research aims to enhance our understanding of infra-gravity wave modulation, thereby improving predictions of wave dynamics in coastal regions. Utilizing numerical modeling, our objectives include advancing knowledge about infra-gravity wave propagation and its implications for harbor engineering, global environmental trends, and near-shore sediment transport. This work aligns with our lab's broader goals of deepening the fundamentals of surface wave physics to address critical oceanographic challenges.
