shakedstein@ocean.org.il
Tel: 04 – 9080883
Senior Scientist
Ph.D. 2020, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
At IOLR since 2022
Research interests:
Water resources, salinity issues in Lake Kinneret, physical phenomena in lakes, surface water- groundwater interactions, groundwater flow and solute transport modeling, salt water intrusion, watershed hydrology
Selected publications:
Stein, S., Russak, A., Sivan, O., Yechieli, Y., Rahav, E., Oren, Y., & Kasher, R. (2016). Saline Groundwater from Coastal Aquifers as a Source for Desalination. Environmental science & technology, 50(4), 1955-1963. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03634.
Stein, S., Yechieli, Y., Shalev, E., Kasher, R., Sivan, O. (2019). The effect of pumping saline groundwater for desalination on the fresh–saline water interface dynamics. Water Research. 156, 46–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.03.003
Stein, S., Sola, F., Yechieli, Y., Shalev, E., Sivan, O., Kasher, R., Vallejos, A. (2020). The effects of long-term saline groundwater pumping for desalination on the fresh–saline water interface: Field observations and numerical modelling. Science of the total environment, 732, 139249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139249.
Stein, S., Sivan, O., Yechieli, Y., and Kasher, R. (2021). Redox Condition of Saline Groundwater from Coastal Aquifers Influences Reverse Osmosis Desalination Process. Water Research, 188, 116508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116508.
Stein, S., Sivan, O., Yechieli, Y., Kasher, R., O Nir. (2021). An advantage for desalination of coastal saline groundwater over seawater in view of boron removal requirements. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 7.12 (2021): 2241-2254DOI: 10.1039/D1EW00427A
Stein, S., Michael, H. A., & Dugan, B. (2021). Injection of desalination brine into the saline part of the coastal aquifer; environmental and hydrological implications. Water Research, 207, 117820. 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117820
Stein, S., Shalev, E., Sivan, O., Yechieli, Y (2022). Challenges and approaches for management of seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers. Hydrogeology Journal, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-023-02593-x.
