Technology Advisory Board

Dr. Nativ Rotbart

Dr. Rotbart is a young soil water and environment scientist.

Dr. Rotbart is a Postdoctoral Fellow, Agriculture Plant science and agronomics, Shamir Research Institute, University of Haifa, Israel.

Currently, Dr. Rotbart is establishing the Laboratory for Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition and precision agriculture in Shamir Research Institute.

The main interests of his research include: Soil chemistry, Plant Nutrition, The use of spectroscopy, remote sensing and GIS as tools for precision irrigation and fertilization.

He has a PhD in Soil and Water Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, ARO.

He holds M. Sc. Agr in Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with the Agricultural Engineering institute, ARO. The thesis was about “Estimating olive leaf minerals concentrations using Vis-Nir spectral reflectance.

He holds B.Sc in Biology and Geography at Tel Aviv university.