The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The R.H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Israel.

Shlomo Nir completed his PhD in Theoretical Physics in 1969. From 1970-1980 he received his RPMI from Buffalo NY. He also participated in Cancer Research Scientist I-IV. He was an associate Professor for Hebrew University; Department of Soil and water Sciences in 1980. He developed the micelle-clay complex for water purification; models for cation adsorption; particle aggregation; membrane fusion; endocytosis; pore formation; filtration of a solution with several pollutants; adsorption and degradation. He has published 254 articles in peer reviewed scientific Journals and books; 3 books; 5 patents; h-index 60.