Single cell microalgae photosynthesis monitoring
Investigating the photosynthetic signatures created by different microalgae. As the major source of primary production in the ocean, algae developed different physiological strategies to acclimate to changes in this environment. In my research, we explore mainly the fluorescence signature the algae create and try to define their spectral behavior in varying conditions.  In collaboration with Dr Eitan Lerner, we use a highly sensitive time-resolved fluorescence confocal microscope to measure the different behaviors, on a single-cell level. We believe that a better understanding of population dynamics can be beneficial to many applications in the industrial world as well as in the environmental monitoring field.