Steinitz, Ofer

Berman building, room 101
Tel: 972-2-6586080
Fax: 972-2-6584655
E-mail: ofer.steinitz@mail.huji.ac.il

Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem 91904
Israel

Research Interests: Conservation biology and population genetics

I am a PhD student in the Movement Ecology Lab (thesis was recently submitted). My main research motivation is biological conservation. My research focuses on gene flow within and between Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) populations. In my research I investigated the genetic consequences of planting on native populations.

In my MSc research I focused on biodiversity patterns in the community-level and specialized in land-snail species diversity.

Publications:

Nathan, R., Schurr, F. M., Spiegel, O., Steinitz, O., Trakhtenbrot, A., Tsoar, A. (2008) Mechanisms of Long-Distance Seed Dispersal. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 23, 638-647. PDF

Tsoar A., Allouche O., Steinitz, O., Rotem, D. & Kadmon, R. (2007) A Comparative Evaluation of Presence-Only Methods for Modeling Species Distribution Diversity and Distributions, 13, 397-405. PDF

Steinitz, O., Heller, J., Tsoar, A., Rotem, D. & Kadmon, R. (2006). Environment, Dispersal and Patterns of Species Similarity. Journal of Biogeography 33: 1044-1054. PDF

Steinitz, O., Heller, J., Tsoar, A., Rotem, D. & Kadmon, R. (2005) Predicting regional patterns of similarity in species composition for conservation planning. Conservation Biology 19: 1978-1988. PDF

Awards:

2009            Aharon Katzir fellowship for participation in a workshop on “Estimating gene flow in forest trees”, Bysdgoszcz, Poland 15-19 June 2009.

2009            European Science Foundation ConGen award for participation in the Conservation Genetics Conference, Trondheim, Norway 23-26 May 2009.

2008            EMBO fellowship for a short-term research in a plant genetics laboratory in Firenze, Italy.

2007            Wolf fellowship for Ph.D. students, Wolf foundation

2006            Minerva fellowship for a short-term research in a conservation genetics laboratory in Marburg, Germany.

2004            Rieger – JNF (Jewish National Fund) award in environmental studies.

1998            The Faculty of Science Dean’s award for excellence in studies.

1998            The Faculty of Science Dean’s list.