Technology Opportunities

Objective/function

The laboratory uses organic geochemistry and chemical ecology in an interdisciplinary approach to develop

• Analytical tools to interact in international projects set up to resolve disasters, such as petroleum spills
• Improved fossil fuels and motor oils
• Hydrogen storage and upgrading of diesel and aviation fuels
• Application of previous studies for bituminous rocks for energy and fuel production

Research provided

• Development of techniques and patented solutions for the bioremediation of petroleum spills, based upon Solar Lake cyanobacterial mats with added stable isotopes of sulfur and carbon
• Development of special dyes and their stabilization and application
• New catalysts of the polyoxometalates family for the ecological improvement of motors oils via HDS as well as reduction of PAH and other aromatics
• Methods to offset the transport of organic pollutants into water reservoirs using sulphate isotopes as a marker for source of salination
• New, environmentally enhanced procedures relating to different types of organic matter and their chemical behavior under acidic conditions via use of solid super acids
• Research and development of products related to the thermal behavior of polymers and brominated compounds (fire retardants)
• Performance of related projects and consultation

Advantages

• The Organic Geochemistry Laboratory has highly skilled, experienced researchers utilizing state-of-the-art equipment and technologies

Available equipment

• Highly sophisticated analytical instrumentation for the study of natural mixtures of compounds using advanced GC-MS as well as GC-MS/MS (ion trap) and isotopic ratios (?34S ; ?13C and others) of bulk and single compounds, as well as single compounds for carbon IRMS

Staff

• Zeev Aizenshtat, PhD
• Irena Miloslavski, Chief Technician
• Three PhD level researchers and four lab assistants

Contact

• Zeev Aizenshtat, PhD zeev@vms.huji.ac.il
• Link to homepage http://chemistry.huji.ac.il/casali/aizenshtat.htm