Gil Bohrer
Assistant Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering & Geodetic Science
Telephone:  +1-614-292-4178
Fax:  +1-614-292-3780
E-mail:  Bohrer.17@osu.edu
Webpage:   http://www.ceegs.ohio-state.edu/~bohrer.17/

Education & Degrees

  • PH.D. – Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University. Dissertation title: Large eddy simulations of forest canopies for determination of biological dispersal by wind. Supervisor: Prof. Roni Avissar. 2007.
  • M.Sc. (Cum laude) – Ecology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Dissertation title: Abundance of VAM fungi and its interactions with host and environmental conditions in natural semi arid habitats in the Kalahari Desert. Supervisors: Prof. D. Ward, Dr. V. Kagan-Zur and Prof. N. Roth-Bejerano. 2001
  • B.Sc. (Suma cum laude) – Biology (Ecology major). 1998.

Research and Teaching Interests

  • Large eddy simulations of wind and fluxes around canopy structure
  • Tree-scale atmosphere-biosphere interactions
  • Forest fire and forest structure interactions
  • Plant hydrodynamics and transpiration
  • Fluid dynamics and ecology of aerial dispersal