Dr. Miriam Haran

Head of specialization in environmental management at the Faculty of Business Administration

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Principal Assistant Director of the Center for Applied Environmental Research, Hunter College, University of New York, United States. Researcher at universities and companies in Israel and around the world. Chairman of the Remco Green Fund Advisory Committee of the Remco Investment House and Chief Scientist of the Venture Capital Fund: “TAMARIX”.

Development of solutions for food, paper, textile and microelectronics industries.

Former CEO, VP of Industries and Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Environment

In recent years, she has been a member of numerous committees on environmental issues such as: Chair of the Tel Aviv-Israel Partnership Environment Committee, a member of an expert committee on clean air law at the Ministry of Environmental Protection and a member of the Sustainability Project 2030 at the Israel Institute for Research.

Chairman of the Israeli Consumer Council. Member of the Board of Directors of the Technology Company of Ben Gurion University – BGN and of the Jerusalem Institute of Israel Research. Director of the IDF. Director of the “Environmental Services Company”.

Education

Ph.D.

Metallic Organic Chemistry, University of Brandis, Massachusetts (1978).

B.Sc

Natural Sciences, Extended Chemistry and Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1972).

Teaching Areas

Environmental management, environmental strategy, environmental issues, sustainable consumerism and environmental education.

Research interests

Environmental Policy Tools, Consumer Behavior.

Selected Publications

M. Haran, R. Samuels, S. Gabbay and M. Mingelgrin (2002), “Quality Indicators of the State of Chemical Pollution in Israel”, Israel Journal of Chemistry 42.
M. Haran (1998), “Economic Benefits of Environmental Investment” Hazardous Compounds, Vol. 2, No. 3, (Hebrew).
X. Zeng, A. Chung, M. Haran and F. Jordan (1991), “Direct Observation of the Kinetic Fate of a Thiamin- Diphosphate- Bound Enamine Intermediate of Brewer’s Yeast Pyruvate Decarboxylase. Kinetic and Regiospecific Consequences of Allosteric Activation”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 111, 5842.
M. Nitay (Haran), W. Priester and M. Rosenblum (1978), “Lithium Ion Promotion in the Synthesis of Novel Dinuclear Iron-Carbyne Complexes”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 100, 620.
M. Nitay (Haran) and M. Rosenblum (1977), “Importance of Cationic Assistance in the Reaction of M 5(C6H5Fe(CO2)2) Salts with Epoxides”, Journal of Organo-Metallic Chemistry 136, C23.

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