Dr. Shikma Zaarur

Shikma Zaarur
Dr.
Shikma
Zaarur
Department of Soil and Water Sciences, office #13 The Robert H Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Rehovot, Israel

Employment History

Senior Lecturer - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Rehovot, Israel. (2019-present)

Postdoctoral researcher - The Fredy & Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Research Focus: Geochemical tracers and paleo-climate. Hosts: Prof. Yigal Erel and Mordechai Stein. (2016-2019)

Postdoctoral associate - Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research focus: Microbial sulfate reduction and sulfur isotope fractionation. Hosts: Profs. Tanja Bosak and Shuhei Ono. (2014-2015)

Education

PhD. Yale University, New Haven CT, USA. 
Department of Geology and Geophysics, 2014. Academic Advisor: Prof. Hagit Affek
Thesis: Clumped isotope thermometry as a tool for reconstructing terrestrial environments: case studies from the Levant and East Africa.

MA. The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2008.

BSc. Ben Gurion University, Be’er Sheva, Israel.
epartment of Geology and Environmental Sciences. 2005 Cum Laude