Vered Blass is an associate professor in the School of Industrial & Intelligent Systems Engineering at Tel Aviv University, Israel. She established and currently leads the Innovation in Industrial Ecology research lab at Tel Aviv University. She holds PhD and MA degrees in Environmental Science and Management from the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Her research has focused on using industrial ecology tools for management and policy decisions. Currently, her research focuses on life cyc thinking and evaluating the environmental impacts of new business models, new technologies, production, and consumption patterns using a variety of advanced modeling tools. Her research domains are diverse and include the mobility-energy nexus, innovation in a circular economy within the waste, construction, agriculture and water sectors, Green IT, and environmental assessment of early-stage technologies.
Vered is a guest senior research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) jointly associated with the Integrated Assessment and Climate Change, and Sustainable Service Systems research groups in the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program. In 2023 she co-founded the Archimedes center, a national research center for applied systems analysis in Israel, and currently serves as the national academic focal point of the center to IIASA.
In the past, Blass served as a member of a special consulting team to the minister of finance in Israel. She was also a member of the technical expert committee for the Green Industry Platform lead by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). In addition, she has .been serving as the chair of the board for Engineers without Borders in Israel since 2010.
