Shanas Uri

Shanas Uri

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1. Personal details

Name:	Uri Shanas
Permanent home address:	HaSeora 34, Givat Ada, Israel
Office telephone number:	+972 4 9838703
Cellular phone	+972 52 2723995
Fax number:	+972 4 9832167
Electronic address:	shanas@research.haifa.ac.il

2. Higher education

A. Undergraduate and graduate studies

Period of Study	Name of Institution and Department	Degree	Year of Approval of Degree
1985-1988	Tel Aviv University	B.Sc.	1988
1988-1991	Tel Aviv University, Dept. of Zoology	M.Sc. Magna Cum Laude	1991
1991-1996	Tel Aviv University, Dept. of Zoology	Ph.D. Summa Cum Laude	1997

B. Post Doctoral Studies

Period of Study	Name of Institution, Department and Host	Degree	Year of Completion
1996-1998	Columbia University, Department of Psychology; Prof. Rae Silver	Post-doc Research Fellow	1998
1999-2001	University of Haifa - Oranim, Faculty of Science and Science Education, Department of Biology, Prof. Avraham Haim	Post-doc Research Fellow	2001

C. Research visits to overseas laboratories

Dates

Name of institution and department

Rank/Position

Jan - Sep 2007

Massey University, New Zealand, Ecology and Conservation group, Institute for Natural Sciences

Visiting Research Scholar

(Half year Sabbatical)

Jul 2014 – Jul 2015

Portland State University, Environmental Science and Management

Visiting Research Scholar

(Full Sabbatical)

3. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education

Dates	Name of Institution and Department	Rank/Position
2002 - 2003	University of Haifa - Oranim, Faculty of Sciences - Biology, Tivon, Israel	Lecturer (proposed rank)
2003 -2007	University of Haifa - Oranim, Faculty of Sciences - Biology, Tivon, Israel	Lecturer
2007 - 2015	University of Haifa - Oranim, Faculty of Sciences - Biology, Tivon, Israel	Senior Lecturer
2015 -	University of Haifa - Oranim, Faculty of Sciences - Biology, Tivon, Israel	Associate Professor

4. Offices in University Academic Administration

Dates	Office
2008-2009	University Ethics Committee
2007-2009	Faculty Teaching Committee
2008-2009	Department Teaching Committee
2008-present	Green Committee of Oranim Campus (– Chair during 2008-2009)
2009-2012	University Senate member
2009-2013	Department Head, Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa

5. Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the University

Dates	Offices and activities
1991-1996	Israeli Union for Environmental Defense (IUED), Tel Aviv, Israel. Board of Directors. Heading a campaign to prevent the construction of the Trans Israel Highway
2000-2003	Jerusalem Institute, Committee for Environmental Policy

Dates	Offices and activities
2001-present	Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. Teaching courses, and supervising field studies in ecology
2008-2019	Green Movement Party, Experts Committee, Chair and member of the leadership. Leading during 2010 an appeal to the Supreme Court concerning nomination of the Chief of Staff. Leading a campaign to save the Samar Sand dunes
2009-2016	Society for Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI), Board of Directors. Head of the Nature Protection Committee
2009-present	Arava LTSER, Steering Scientific Committee
2009-2013	MAB, UNESCO, local steering committee
	ISF, Ad hoc research evaluation committee
2012-present	IUCN, World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), member
2013-2018	Nature Reserves and Park Authority of Israel, Board of Directors. Member and chair of the professional advisory committee.
2016-present	This is My Earth (TiME), Founder and co-CEO

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