| Expert Name | Mr. Amos Richmond |
| Title | Professor |
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| Institution | Ben Gurion University of the Negev |
| City | Sede Boqer |
| Country | Israel |
| Telephone | 972 7 659 6797 |
| Email | amosr(at)bgumail.bgu.ac.il |
| Work Experience | My work experience relates to two fields of expertise - Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology. In the former, my early experience (1956-61) concerns farm advising in tree horticulture in Israel. In late 1959 I served on an expedition to probe the agricultural potential in then French Guinea. Several years later, while on sabbatical leave (1984-85), I served as an advisor to 'Operation Hunger' in S. Africa. In this capacity I advised on approaches to uplift the quality of lives of the natives of Namaqualand. My experience and field work in Biotechnology relates to mass production of microalgae for industrial purposes. Field experience was obtained in setting up Ein-Yahav Algae and advising to Dainippon Algae in Thailand, Cyanotech in Hawaii and at present, involvement in two Israeli endeavors. |
| Qualifications | Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1963 |
| Number of Publications | 98 |
| Awards | - The Miles & Lillian Cahn Chair in Economic Botany in Arid Zones, 1983
- The Bergman Prize for Distinction in Applied Research
- The Ben-Gurion Prize; in recognition of founding and directing BGU's Jacob Blaustein Desert Research Institute at Sede Boqe |
| Other Activities | - Chairman, Israel Botanical Society, 1972-74;
- Special Advisor, International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Science (IFIAS) 1983-88;
- Editorial Board, Israel Journal of Botany, 1973-76;
- Chairman of the Interim Secretariat of the International Society of Applied Algology, 1996-99;
- Chairman of Environmental R&D Organisations (R&D Ramon, R&D Hatzeva) |
| Publications | 1. Richmond, A., 1987: Greening of the desert. Technology in Society, 9: 113-121;
2. Richmond, A., (ed), 1986: Handbook of Microalgal Mass Cultures. CRC Press, Boca-Raton, FI;
3. Richmond, A., 1996: Efficient utilization of high irradiance for production of photoautotrophic cell mass: A survey. J. Appl. Phycol. 32: 1066-73;
4. Richmond, A., 1999: Physiological principles and modes of cultivation in mass production of photoautotrophic microalgae. In: Chemicals from microalgae, Cohen, Z., (ed.), Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 353-386;
5. Richmond, A., 1999: 30 years of microalgal biotechnology: a personal view. An opening lecture in 'Algae and Human Affairs in the 21st century'. 8th International Conference on Applied Algology, Montecatini Terme, Italy. (Piccardi, R., Materassi, R., and Tredici, M.R., eds) Univ. degli Studi di Firenze. |
| Discipline | Agricultural Sciences |
| Last updated | 09/05/2007 12:11:00 |
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