Name: Alon Silberbush Date: July 2018
CURRICULUMVITAE
1.Personal Details
Permanent Home Address: Kibutz Bror Hail
Office Telephone Number: +972-4-9838909
Cellular Phone: +972-50-9216717
Email Address: alonsil@gmail.com; alon.silberbush@oranim.ac.il
- Higher Education
a. Undergraduateand Graduate Studies
| Degree | Name of Institution and Department | Period of Study |
| BSc | Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Life Sciences | 1997-2000 |
| M.Sc | Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Life Sciences | 2002-2004 |
| PhD. | Haifa University, Evolutionary Ecology | 2004-2009 |
b. Post-Doctoral Studies
| Name of Host | Name of Institution and Department/Lab | Period of Study |
| Yoel Margalith | Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Life Sciences/ Center for Biological Control | 2010-2011 |
William Resetarits | Texas Tech University, Department of Biological Sciences | 2011-2013 |
| Zvika Abramsky | Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Life Sciences/ Center for Biological Control | 2014-2016 |
3.Academic Ranks andTenure in Institutes of Higher Education
| Rank/Position | Name of Institution and Department | Years |
| Lecturer | University of Haifa – Oranim. Department of Biology and the Environment, | 2016-present |
Notes: * represents activities and publications sincelast appointment/promotion.
** represents activities andpublications since tenure was granted (in case of separate procedure)
4. Scholarships, Awards and Prizes
2015 Pratt foundation scholarship- Ben Gurion University
5.Teaching
a.Courses Taught in Recent Years
לחיצה על כפתור Tab – תוסיף שורות לטבלה.
| Number of Students | Level | Type of Course Lecture/Seminar/ Workshop/ Online Course/ Introduction Course (Mandatory) | Name of Course | Years |
| ~35 | | Introduction course | Ecology | 2014-2015 |
| 8 | | Lecture | Chemical ecology | 2016-2017 |
| ~5 | | Lecture/workshop | Habitat selection | 2017-2018 |
| ~20 | | Workshop | Experimental ecology | 2017-2018 |
| 8 | | Lecture/workshop | Population ecology | 2018 |
| 5 | | Seminar | Invasive species | 2018 |
- Miscellaneous
A. Ph.D.Dissertation
Title: Predator-released kairomones affecting mosquito oviposition habitatselection.
Date of submission: July 2010
Number of pages: 68
Language: English
Name of supervisor: Leon Blaustein
University: HaifaUniversity, Israel
Publications: (D2-D4).
Index:
I.F. = ImpactFactor (https://www.scimagojr.com/)
V = Vatat List (The Council for HigherEducation) למקרים שאין מדדים אחרים
R = Ranking (https://www.scimagojr.com/)
Q= Quartile
# = Student
B.Scientific Books(Refereed)
Authored Books - Published
Authored Books - Accepted for Publication
ישלמספר הפריטים ש"התקבלו" במספור המשך לתת סעיף "פורסמו" ולצייןמספר עמודים משוער.
Edited Books and SpecialJournal Issues- Published
Edited Books and SpecialJournal Issues- Accepted for Publication
C. Monographs
Published
Acceptedfor Publication
D. Articlesin Refereed Journals
Published
1)Silberbush, A. Blaustein Land Margalit Y. 2005. Influence of salinity concentration on insect communitystructure: a mesocosm experiment in the Dead Sea Basin Region. Hydrobiologia548 1-10. IF 0.978; Rank 31/106- marine and freshwater biology; Q2.
2)Silberbush A and BlausteinL. 2008. Oviposition habitat selection by a mosquito in response to a predator:are predator-released kairomones air-borne cues? Journal of Vector Ecology 33208-211. IF 1.173; Rank 37/96- Entomology; Q2.
3)SilberbushA, Markman S, Lewinsohn E, Bar E, Cohen J E and Blaustein L.2010. Predator-released hydrocarbons repel oviposition by a mosquito. EcologyLetters 13 1129-1138. (Listed in Facultyof 1000). IF 10.989; Rank 4/158- Ecology; Q1.
4)Silberbush A and BlausteinL. 2011. Mosquito female quantify risk of predation to their progeny whenselecting an oviposition site. Functional Ecology. 25 1091-1095. IF 4.746;Rank 14/158- Ecology; Q1.
5)Warburg A, Faiman R, Shtern A,Silberbush A, Markman S, Cohen J E and Blaustein L. 2011. Ovipositionhabitat selection by Anopheles gambiae in response to chemical cues by Notonectamaculata. Journal of Vector Ecology. 36 421-425. IF 1.022; Rank 37/96-Entomology; Q2.
6)Tsurim I, Silberbush A,Ovadia O, Blaustein L and Margalith Y. 2013. Inter- and intra-specificdensity-dependent effects on development strategies of larval mosquitoes. PloS ONE 8 e57875. IF 4.005; Rank 15/64-Multidisciplinary sciences; Q1.
7)Silberbush A, Menon M, Olson M and Resetarits W J Jr.2014. Culex pipiens-quinquefasciatus hybrids identified in west Texas.Journal of Vector Ecology 39 222-223. IF 1.391; Rank 37/96- Entomology; Q2.
8)Silberbush A, Tsurim I,Rozen R, Ovadia O and Margalith Y. 2014. Species-specificnon-physical interference competition among mosquito larvae. PloS ONE 9 e88650. IF 3.736; Rank 15/64-Multidisciplinary sciences; Q1.
9)Silberbush A, Tsurim I, Margalith Y andBlaustein L. 2014. Interactive effects of salinity and apredator on mosquito oviposition and larval performance. Oecologia 175 575-575.IF3.347; Rank 45/158- Ecology; Q2.
12) Resetarits W J Jr and Silberbush A. 2016. Local contagion and regional compression: habitatselection drives spatially explicit, multi-scale dynamics of colonization inexperimental metacommunities. Ecology Letters. 19 191-200. IF 9.505; Rank 4/158- Ecology; Q1.
13)Tsurim, I. andSilberbush A. 2016 Detrivory, competition, and apparent predation by Culiseta longiareolata in a temporary pool ecosystem. Israel Journal of Ecology andEvolution. 62 138-142. IF 0.483; Rank 123/158- Ecology; Q4.
14)Silberbush A. and Resetarits W J Jr. 2017, Mosquito female response to the presence of larvivorous fish does notmatch threat to larvae. Ecological Entomology. 42 595-600. IF 2.244; Rank11/96- Entomology; Q1.
Acceptedfor Publication
E. Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books(Refereed)
Published
Eveland, L. L.,Bohenek, J., Silberbush, A. and Resetarits, W. J. Jr. 2016. Detection ofFish and Newt kairomones by ovipositing mosquitoes. In: Schulte, B. A., Goodwin T.E. andFerkin M.H. (Editors). Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13. Springer pub, pp247-259.