Dan Shechtman

January 9, 2024
Chemist

Quick Facts

Dan Shechtman
Full Name Dan Shechtman
Occupation Chemist
Date Of Birth Jan 24, 1941(1941-01-24)
Age 83
Birthplace Tel Aviv
Country Israel
Birth City Tel Aviv District
Horoscope Capricorn

Dan Shechtman Biography

Name Dan Shechtman
Birthday Jan 24
Birth Year 1941
Place Of Birth Tel Aviv
Home Town Tel Aviv District
Birth Country Israel
Birth Sign Capricorn
Spouse Tzipora Shechtman
Children(s) Yoav Shechtman

Dan Shechtman is one of the most popular and richest Chemist who was born on January 24, 1941 in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel. Israeli scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011. Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals, an ordered structure however not periodic. In January 2014, he announced his candidacy as President of Israel.

He was extensively criticized in the eyes of He was heavily criticized by Linus Pauling because of his non-periodic interpretation of his research. for his non-periodic understanding of the results.

He has four children along with the wife of Prof. Tzipora Shechtman.

Dan Shechtman Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Chemist
House Living in own house.

Dan Shechtman is one of the richest Chemist from Israel. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dan Shechtman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He earned the Ph.D. in engineering of materials at the Technion in 1972.

He was awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics in 1999. He also received in 2000 the Gregori Aminoff Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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Who is Dan Shechtman Dating?

According to our records, Dan Shechtman married to Tzipora Shechtman. As of December 1, 2023, Dan Shechtman’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Dan Ranked on the list of most popular Chemist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Israel. Dan Shechtman celebrates birthday on January 24 of every year.

What did Dan Shechtman discover?

Daniel Shechtman, (born January 24, 1941, Palestine [now Tel Aviv–Yafo, Israel]), Israeli chemist who was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of quasicrystals, a type of crystal in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that follows mathematical rules but without the pattern ever repeating

Why did Dan Shechtman win a Nobel Prize?

Dan Shechtman received the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering crystal structures previously unknown to science: quasicrystals. Quasicrystals have transformed scientists’ understanding of how matter can arrange itself and opened scientists’ minds to a whole new class of materials that can exist.

How did Dan Shechtman discover quasicrystals?

In 1982, when Dan Shechtman was studying what are known as diffraction patterns, which occur when x-rays are passed through the crystals , he discovered a regular diffraction pattern that did not match any periodically repeated structure.

Who got Nobel Prize for the discovery of quasicrystals?

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 is awarded to Dan Shechtman for the discovery of quasicrystals.

When did Ahmed Zewail win the Nobel Prize?

Zewail. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999 was awarded to Ahmed H. Zewail “for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy.”

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