Research Fellows

Ehud Gonen is PhD candidate at the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Haifa and a Researcher at Haifa Maritime Policy and Strategy Research Center. Ehud's area of research is OFDI (Outgoing Foreign Direct Investment) from China into the Sea-Port sector under China Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) . Ehud held the position of Senior Fellow Researcher at the Harold Hartog School of Government & Policy...

Nir Zarchi is a research fellow at the Haifa Research Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy at the University of Haifa since 2015. He received his M.A. in National Security & Political Science studies (2014) from the University of Haifa and his B.Sc in Industrial Engineering (2003) from Ben-Gurion University. His research focuses on Energy Policy and Critical Infrastructures in the maritime arena, while using OR methods. Over the years Zarchi TEMP has performed several...

Lt. Cmdr. Mark Shipton is an M.A. student in the National Security Maritime Strategy program and an MBA student in the Port and Shipping Management program at the University of Haifa. He is an officer in the Israeli Navy with over 15 years of experience in submarine warfare. Mark holds a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations (summa cum laude, 98). His latest research focuses on the effects of anthropogenic noise pollution on the marine ecosystem and maritime security...

Semion Polinov holds a B.A. (summa cum laude, 94) and an M.A (magna cum laude, 93) both from the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa. Since 2017, Semion Ph.D. Candidate at Dr. Moses Strauss Department of Marine Geosciences at the University of Haifa. His Ph.D. work deals with “Historical changes in human activities in the Mediterranean Sea and their drivers”...

Itai Sela is CEO at Naval Dome cyber defense solution for maritime platforms. Itai served as a Naval Commander and has 25 years of experience in the Israeli Navy and Prime Ministers Office holding numerous field and HQ commanding positions. Itai holds a BA in Social Sciences from Bar Ilan University and an MBA from Ben Gurion University.

Tim Jenkins is a security consultant with international experience. He has served in both the Australian and Israeli militaries, in combat units and leadership positions. His first MA is in National Security Studies from the School of Political Sciences at University of Haifa and he is currently working on a second MA in Maritime Strategy...

I am 28 years old, originally from Ein Harod (Meuhad) Kibbutz in Jezreel Valley, and studying for a master’s degree in the thesis track of the Program for National Security and Maritime Strategy at the University of Haifa, under the supervision of Prof. Shaul Chorev. I was born and raised in Ein Harod; at the age of 19, after a year in which I worked with children as part of the Kadima organization in Rehovot...

Tzevy Mirkin is a historian, specialising in the history of the Russian Navy and Russian Naval Strategy. In 2014 taught a course on the history of the Russian foreign policy at the Faculty of Government of the IDC in Herzliya. In the past served as an analyst at the Center for Political Research of the Israeli Foreign Ministry and as a diplomat at the Israeli embassies in Russia and in Latvia. He is Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Maritime Civilizations...

Itsik Bilia is a MA student in the National Security and Maritime Strategy program at University of Haifa. He holds a degree in Software Engineering (cum laude) from ORT Braude College (2002) and he has 15 years of experience working in the field of software development in several Israeli high tech industry companies, including Rafael, SanDisk and Western Digital. He served in the Israeli Army in the field of Military Intelligence...