Dr. Regina Katsman | Multifaceted Awards | Best Researcher Award

Dr. Regina Katsman, University of Haifa, Israel

Regina Katsman is a distinguished senior lecturer at the University of Haifa, where she heads the Laboratory of Computational Physics in Marine Sciences. With a career spanning extensive research and academic leadership, Dr. Katsman specializes in multiphysical interdisciplinary modeling in Earth and Marine Sciences. Her pioneering work includes the development of advanced numerical models and theoretical solutions, focusing on methane dynamics in aquatic sediments, reservoir-induced seismicity, and localized volume reduction defects in rocks. She holds degrees from Kiev National University of Construction and Architecture, Minsk Polytechnic University, and the Technion, and has held research positions at the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Hebrew University. Dr. Katsman’s contributions are widely recognized through numerous publications, conference presentations, and editorial roles in prestigious scientific journals.

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Education

Undergraduate and Graduate Studies

1985-1990: B.Sc.-M.Sc., summa cum laude, Kiev National University of Construction and Architecture, Constructions, Kiev, Ukraine
1992: Study for Ph.D., Minsk Polytechnic University, Construction and Architecture, Minsk, Belarus
1992-1995: M.Sc., magna cum laude, Technion, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Haifa, Israel
1995-1999: Ph.D., Technion, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Haifa, Israel

Post-Doctoral Studies

November 2000-October 2001: National Research Council, Institute for Research in Construction, Ottawa, Canada (Thermally-induced Stresses in Advanced Building Structures), under Dr. A. Baskaran and Prof. R. Paroli
December 2002-February 2005: Weizmann Institute of Science, Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, Rehovot, Israel (Analytical and Numerical models of mechanical and chemical compaction localization patterns), under Dr. E. Aharonov

Higher Education

September 1999-September 2000: Research Fellow, The Technion, National Building Research Institute, Haifa, Israel
March 2005-August 2008: Assistant Staff Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science, Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, Rehovot, Israel
October 2008-February 2010: Research Associate, The Hebrew University, The Institute of Earth Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel
March 2010-September 2010: Senior Research Associate, The Hebrew University, The Institute of Earth Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel
March 2009-September 2012: Researcher, The University of Haifa, Faculty of Natural Sciences, The Dr. Moses Strauss Department of Marine Geosciences, Haifa, Israel
May 2012-September 2016: Adjunct Lecturer, The Technion, Natural Gas and Petroleum Engineering Graduate Study Program, Haifa, Israel

Offices in Academic Administration

2014-2019: Member of MSc Departmental Educational Committee, University of Haifa, Department of Marine Geosciences
2019-May 2024: Head of the International MSc. Departmental Program, University of Haifa, Department of Marine Geosciences

Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the University

Memberships in Academic Professional Associations

2011-present: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Israel Geological Society (IGS)
Israel Rock Mechanics Association (IRMA)
European Association of Geochemistry (EAG)
Israel Association of Computational Mechanics (ISCM)

Editorial Assignments

2018-2020: Guest Editor in Special Issue “Gas in Marine Sediments” in Geo-Marine Letters, v.40
2021-2022: Topical editor in the Research Topic “The Lifetime of Methane Bubbles Through Sediment and Water Column”, in Frontiers in Earth Sciences

Reviewing for Refereed Journal

2012-September 2019: Tectonophysics, Geophysical Journal International, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Solid Earth, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Environmental Science & Technology, Engineering Geology
October 2019-present: Environmental Science & Technology, Geo-Marine Letters, Petroleum science, AIChE Journal, Frontiers in Marine Sciences, Engineering Geology, Limnology & Oceanography: Methods

Publication Top Notes:

Integrated methodology for gas content assessment and prediction in shallow muddy lake sediments: acoustic mapping and correlation analysis

Methane gas dynamics in sediments of Lake Kinneret, Israel, and their controls: Insights from a multiannual acoustic investigation and correlation analysis