Prof. Simcha Lev-Yadun
Department of Biology and Environment,
Faculty of Natural Sciences,
University of Haifa- Oranim,
Tivon 36006
Israel
Major Research Interests:
The beginning of agriculture: The biology and genetics of plant domestication.
The ecology and evolution of defensive vegetative coloration in plants.
Developmental processes in plants: meristematic activity and its ecology and regulation, fate of apical meristems, homeosis, pattern formation.
Arabidopsis thaliana as a model for the biology of trees.
Biology and ecology of trees and other woody plants.
Palaeoecology: Dendrochronology, identification of botanical material from archaeological excavations, reconstruction of palaeoenvironments.