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Dan Shechtman

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Dan Shechtman (Hebrew: דן שכטמן; born January 24, 1941) is the Philip Tobias Professor of Materials Science at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, an Associate of the US Department of Energy's Ames National Laboratory, and Professor of Materials Science at Iowa State University. On April 8, 1982, while on sabbatical at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C., Shechtman discovered the icosahedral phase, which opened the new field of quasiperiodic crystals, also referred to as "quasicrystals." He was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals, making him one of six Israelis who have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dan Shechtman is the 320th most popular chemist (down from 126th in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from Israel (down from 96th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Israeli Chemist.

Dan Shechtman is most famous for his discovery of a new form of crystal called quasicrystals. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011 for this discovery.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Dan Shechtman ranks 320 out of 602Before him are Anselme Payen, Smithson Tennant, Aziz Sancar, Yuan T. Lee, Michael Smith, and William Henry Perkin. After him are Tapputi, Alexander Butlerov, Charles Friedel, Roger Y. Tsien, Torbern Bergman, and Théophile-Jules Pelouze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Dan Shechtman ranks 145Before him are Senta Berger, Suzanne Mubarak, Goh Chok Tong, Barbara Brylska, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, and G. A. Cohen. After him are David Hemmings, Robert Wilson, Abdiqasim Salad, Renato Corsetti, Otto Sander, and Kyu Sakamoto.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Dan Shechtman ranks 143 out of 466Before him are Yigael Yadin (1917), Alice of Champagne (1196), Shoghi Effendi (1897), Ghil'ad Zuckermann (1971), Al-Hafiz (1074), and A. B. Yehoshua (1936). After him are Ali Hassan Salameh (1940), Israel Tal (1924), Zahir al-Umar (1689), Angelus of Jerusalem (1185), Procopius of Scythopolis (250), and Menahem Golan (1929).

Among CHEMISTS In Israel

Among chemists born in Israel, Dan Shechtman ranks 2Before him are Arieh Warshel (1940).