Zwi G. Weinberg October 2014

CURRICULUM VITAE

Born in 1950 in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Married plus 3.

University Education and Additional Training

1971-1974 B.Sc. in Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

1974-1976 M.Sc. in Biochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Thesis: Methylation of DNA in Drosophila melanogaster. Advisor: Prof. A. Razin.

1974-1976 Teaching license in Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

1979-1982 Ph.D. in Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.

Thesis: Heat initiated binding in Fish. Advisor: prof. R.C. Baker.

1988-1989 Sabbatical leave, Dept. of Microbiology, Colorado State University,

Ft. Collins, CO. With Prof. Tengerdy on inoculants and enzymes in silage.

1995-1996 Sabbatical leave, Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA, Madison, WI. With Dr. Muck, on ensiling technology.

2002 Sabbatical leave, Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA, Madison, WI. With Dr. Muck, on probiotic effect of lactic acid bacteria for ruminants.

2007 Sabbatical leave, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware. With Dr. Kung, on the effect of lactic acid bacteria on in vitro silage digestibility.

2011 Sabbatical leave, Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA, Madison, WI. With Dr. Muck, on probiotic effect of lactic acid bacteria for ruminants.

Positions and Academic Status

Research Scientist, Forage Preservation Unit, The Volcani Center, Israel (since 2004, Grade A+, equivalent to full professor).

2008 to Date- Adjunct Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Research interests

Ensiling biochemistry and microbiology, utilization and preservation of by-products for ruminant feeding, the potential probiotic effect of lactic acid bacteria on ruminants, cattle manure microbiology in context with cultivation.

Teaching experience

1983-1994, 2005- to date, Lecturer of “Meat Technology”, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel.

1984-1992 Co-Lecturer of “Physiology and Methodology of Sensory Evaluation of Food Products”, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel.

1986 Special course: “Introduction to Food Science”, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.

1988 Coordinator of a special advanced course in Agricultural Sciences: “Safe and Healthy Products in Agriculture”, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.

1992 Coordinator of a special course: “Food Science and Technology”, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.

1994 Coordinator of a special course: "Food Science and Technology”, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.

1997 -2002 Lecturer in “Introduction to Food Science”, Tadmor Hotel Management School, Herzelya, Israel.

2003, 2005 Co-Lecturer at the international post-graduate course on "Ruminants: Meat Production and Management". The Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel.

2005 Coordinator of a special course: "Methods and Analyses", Institute for Technology and Storage of Agricultural Products, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.

Instruction of Graduate and Post Doctoral Graduates

1997 Dr. I. Filya from Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey, in silage research methodologies (for 8 months).

1997 Dr. G. Wutai from University of Beijin, China, in silage research methodologies (for 6 months).

2001 Prof. Yijin Yan, from China, in silage research methodologies (for 6 months).

2006 Mrs. Osnat Shatz, The Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot. For M.Sc. degree. Thesis subject: The effect of LAB silage inoculants on fiber degradability on rumen fluid (2 years). Co-advisor with Amichai Arieli.

2008 Dr. Cihat Yildiz, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey, in silage research methodologies (for 6 months).

2008 Mr. Prabhat Khanal, from Nepal, The Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot. For M.Sc. degree. Thesis subject: Changes and losses during aerobic exposure of silages (2 years). Co-advisor with Amichai Arieli.

2012 Mrs. Svellana Oigy, The Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot. For M.Sc. degree. Thesis subject: Development of molecular tools to follow changes lactic acid bacteria during ensiling of forage crops (in progress). Co-advisor with Moshe Shemesh.

Recent Most Relevant Publications:

1. Weinberg, Z.G., Chen, Y. And Weinberg, P. (2008) Ensiling olive cake with and without molasses. Bioresource Technol. 99, 1526-29.

2. Weinberg, Z.G., Chen, Y. and Solomon, R. (2009) The quality of commercial wheat silages in Israel. J. Dairy Sci. 92, 638-644.).

3. Chen, Y. and Weinberg, Z.G. (2009) Changes during aerobic exposure of wheat silages. Anim. Feed Sci and Technol. 154, 76-82.

4. Weinberg, Z.G., Khanal, P., Yildiz, C., Chen, Y. and Arieli, A. (2010) Effects of stage of maturity at harvest, wilting and LAB inoculants on the aerobic stability wheat silages. Anim. Feed Sci. and Technol .158, 29-35.

5. Weinberg, Z.G., Chen, Y., Prabhat, K., Pinto, R., Zakin, V. and Sela, S. (2011) The effect of cattle manure cultivation on moisture content and survival of E. coli.

J. Animal Sci. 89, 874-881.

6. Weinberg, Z.G., Chen, Y., Miron, D., Raviv, Y., Nahim, E., Bloch, A., Yosef, E.,

Nikbajat, M. and Miron, J. (2011) Short communication: preservation of total mixed rations for dairy cows in bales wrapped with polyethylene stretch film – a commercial scale experiment. Anim. Feed Sci. and Technol. 164, 125-129.

7. Muck, R.E., Weinberg, Z.G. and Contreras-Govea, F.E. (2013) Silage extracts used to study the mode of action of silage inoculants in ruminants. Agricultural and Food Science 22, 108-114.

8. Weinberg, Z.G. and Muck, R.E. (2013). Potential probiotic effect of lactic acid bacteria silage inoculants on ruminants. Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Forage Quality and Conservation, Campinas, S.P., Brazil, July 22-23. Pp. 47-69. (invited paper).

9. Weinberg, Z.G. and Chen, Y. (2013). Effects of storage period on the composition of whole crop wheat and corn silages. Anim. Feed Sci. and Technol. 185, 196-200.

10. Chen, Y. and Weinberg, Z.G. (2014). The effect of re-location of whole crop wheat and corn silages on their quality. J. Dairy Sci. 96, 406-410.

11. Weinberg, Z.G., Szakacs, G., Chen, Y., Pinto, R., Berenstein, S., Konya, B. and Sela, S. (2014). Inhibition of Escherichia coli in cultivated cattle manure. J. Anim. Sci. 92, 2336-2341.

Recent Research Grants

2011 Israeli cattle board. Title: the effect of storage duration on silage quality. Principle investigator. For 3 years. Budget $ 7,500/year. (#421-0220-11)

2011 Israeli cattle board. Title: Salicornia as an alternative roughage in ruminants ration. Cooperating investigator. For 3 years. Total budget: $ 13,000/year, Investigator part: $2,000/year for two years (#820-0286-11).

2012 Israeli cattle board. Title: By-products for cattle feeding in Israel. Cooperating investigator. For 3 years. Total budget: $ 26,000/year, Investigator part: $ 9,000/year.

2013  Milobar Company. Title: The effect of additives on the quality of wheat bale silage. For 1 year. Budget: $ 8500.

2013 Chief Scientist Ministry of Agriculture. Grant title: Is treated waste water irrigated forage a source for antibiotic resistance in livestock? Cooperating investigator. For 1 year. Budget: $42,000. Investigator part $12,500.

2014 BARD. Grant title: The effect of selected lactic acid bacteria on the microbial composition and on the survival of pathogens in the rumen in context with their probiotic effect on ruminants. Principle Investigator. For 3 years. Budget $320,000. Investigator's part: $71,000.