Prof. Menashe is a specialist in environmental biotechnology with an emphasis on water and wastewater bio-treatment. His knowledge integrates multidisciplinary fields including microbiology, biotechnology, water, engineering, polymers and eco-toxicology. His research interests are in the use of biotechnological applications for microorganisms with an emphasis on macro-encapsulation methods, in particular within a confined environment (SBP technology). Prof. Menashe’s recent publications are considered pioneering in the field of microorganism’s macro-encapsulation methods and water utilities. Prof. Menashe has also been granted several patents relating to water treatment methods.

Prof. Menashe took part in designing and establishing the microbiology study program in the early developmental stages of the Water Industry Engineering studies (2010). This included establishing the laboratory infrastructure and providing the laboratory procedures and safety protocols. The water and wastewater microbiology laboratory is considered a unique educational laboratory in Israel, since the students are able to experience working with natural wastewater with a  wide ranges of microorganisms, including pathogens and parasites.  In 2016, Prof. Menashe established his research laboratory, the Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory at the College, which opened new opportunities for applied research in microbiology and water treatment processes, with an emphasis on micropollutants and waste membranes biodegradation. The Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory presents a direct affinity to environmental sustainability by developing an innovative treatment process for persistent contaminants and by reducing the human environmental fingerprint through inventing new water and waste treatment processes associated with a reduction of required infrastructure.

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Ram was a member of the managing committee of the Israeli Water Association for several years and served as a senior consultant to leading Israeli engineering firms and water corporations. He is an expert in the field of water and wastewater treatment technologies and had direct responsibility for these areas as deputy chief engineer in the Israeli national sewerage administration for two years.

Ram obtained his PhD at Imperial College London in 2007, where his thesis focused on the treatment of produced water in ponds systems aimed at the production of highly valuable biomass.

Prior to that, he obtained his MSc from the Technion in 1996, where his thesis centered on the effect of domestic garbage grinders on the sewage systems and wastewater treatment plants. He is still involved in this topic and its implementation to date.

Nowadays, besides his lecturing and research roles as an academic, he is involved in many water-related entrepreneurships, including the development of this international MSc program in water industry engineering.

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He is also the CTO of the Kinneret Innovation Center (KIC), and the CTO of the CaleeTech diabetic glucose-barrier startup. He is a leading researcher in the field of active, functional materials and nanomaterials. He has vast experience in chemical engineering and processes, a wide range of polymerization techniques, compounding equipment (batch and continuous techniques), multi-functional materials, anti-bacterial and anti-viral materials, morphology characterization (SEM, HRSEM) and polymer characterization methods such as TGA, DSC, rotational and capillary rheology, Instron, DMTA, electrical measurements, and others. 

Ran has mentored and advised several startups and has been awarded prestigious grants and scholarships. He also teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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