Welcome to PESLL
Prospective and Early-Stage LCA Lab
PESLL research group investigates the life cycle environmental impacts of early-stage technology prior to commercialization to identify environmental hotspots and provide feedback to design of new technology.
Principal Investigator
Current members
Senior Researchers
Dr. Polina Tereshchuk
Researcher
PostDoc Positions in Computational Chemistry
T. M. Group, Dept. of Phys. Electronics, TAU, IL.
QTNano group, Sao Paulo Uni., Brazil.
PhD Cond. Matter Phys., Inst. of Nuclear Phys., Uzbekistan, 2010.
MSc in Nuclear Physics, National University of Uzb., 2003.
BSc in Theoretical Physics, National University of Uzb., 1999.
Research interest: DFT Simulations of atomic-level structures of surfaces and clusters, interactions with molecules and chemical reactions.
Dr. Yaron Aviezer
Researcher
PhD in Environmental Eng. Technion, 2022
MSc in Industrial Eng. and Business Administration, BGU, 1998.
MSc in Environmental Eng. Technion, 2017
BSc in Chemical Eng., Technion, 1990
Research interest: Water chemistry, water & wastewater treatment, supercritical water oxidation, hydrometallurgy, fine chemicals process engineering and modeling, hydrothermal treatment processes.
Dr. Tamar Opher
Researcher
Postdoc in environmental engineering, University of Toronto, CA
PhD in environmental engineering, Technion (2016)
MSc in environmental engineering, Technion (2008)
BSc in computer science, Technion (1999)
BSc in biology, Tel Aviv University (1995)
Research interest: Consequential LCA of emerging technologies and policies; policy and regulation towards a circular economy.
PhD Researchers
Osama Khoury
PhD Candidate - Environmental Science, Technion, Israel
MSc Agr. Soil and Water Science, Hebrew University, Israel, 2021
B.Sc Agr. Biochemistry and Food Science, Hebrew University, Israel, 2017
Research interest: Environmental and Economic Assessment for Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC) of Biosolids to Recover Energy and Nutrients.
Rahamim Batten
PhD Candidate - Civil and Environmental Eng.
MSc in Civil and Environmental Eng., Technion, Israel, 2021
BSc Chemical Eng. University of Surrey, UK, 2013
Research interest: LCA combined with molecular dynamic simulations to quantify thermodynamic data gaps.
Elie Medioni
PhD Candidate - Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP)
MSc in Civil Eng., Fluid Dynamics and Energy, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université Paris-Saclay, France, 2020
MSc thesis, Climate and Energy Laboratory Architecture (CELA), Technion, Israel, 2019
Research interest: Modeling coupled interactions and microclimate to predict buildings’ energy consumption in dense urban areas.
Naama Amir
PhD Student - Civil and Environmental Engineering
MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria, 2019
BSc in Materials Engineering, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion, Israel, 2013
BSc in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Technion, Israel, 2013
Research interest: Evaluation of Pathways for Recycling Valuable Materials from Retired Wind Turbine Blades within a Circular Economy Framework
Amir Shefy
Direct PhD - Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP)
BSc in Polymer Engineering, Shenkar, 2021
Research interest: Process modelling and LCA evaluation for early-stage chemical recycling processes of polymer wastes.
Julius Jandl
PhD Student - Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion, Israel.
MSc in Technical Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, 2023
BSc in Materials Science, University of Leoben, Austria, 2020
Research interest: Sustainability of the energy transition through urban solar energy generation, regarding environmental, economic, and social factors
Hilany Yelloz
PhD – Technion
MSc in Energy and Processes, Lorraine University, France
Diploma in Civil Engineering (Energy, Processes & Environment), École des Mines, France
Former CTO of Sky-Walls Ltd.
Research interest: Strategic LCA and techno-economic assessment of Fe-air batteries for building energy resilience
MSc Researchers
Maaza Gebrehiwet
MSc - Civil and Environmental Engineering
BSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion, 2022.
Research interest: Material Flow Analysis and life cycle assessment for circular economy in agriculture.
Orel Oriya Belo
MSc - Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP)
MBA and BSc in Mechanical Engineering & Geophysics, Tel Aviv University
Former consultant at McKinsey & Company
Research interest: Life cycle assessment of Na-ion battery systems
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Nadav Halali
MSc - Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP)
BSc in Mechanical Engineering and Geophysics, Tel-Aviv University, 2021.
Research interest: Waste treatment using black soldier fly, LCA and environmental policies.
Post-doctoral Fellows
Dr. Musab Maraqa
PhD Candidate - Civil and Environmental Eng.
MSc in Civil and Environmental Eng. Technion, Israel, 2020
BSc in Civil and Environmental Eng., Birzeit University, 2017
Research interest: Lean-BIM-LCA for Optimal Green Building.
Past Members
Lana Khalifa
Research assistant
Dr. Or Galant
Research Consultant
Naomi Rapaport
ME student
Yimeng Tiang
Msc, Structural Engineering
Yehezkel Hen
MSc, Environmental Engineering
Aseel Aborome
Research assistant