Yoav Shechtman

Yoav Shechtman
יואב שכטמן
Yoav Shechtman, 2018
Born (1980-03-17) 17 March 1980 (age 44)
NationalityIsraeli
Alma mater
Known for
SpouseTamar Navrotsky Shechtman
Scientific career
FieldsBiomedical Engineering
Institutions
Doctoral advisorsMordechai Segev
Yonina Eldar
Other academic advisorsWilliam E. Moerner

Prof. Yoav Shechtman (Hebrew: יואב שכטמן; born March 17, 1980) is an Israeli physicist. He is currently a Harrington Faculty Fellow at The University of Texas after previously heading the Nano-Bio-Optics lab at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Yoav Shechtman is the son of Nobel Prize laureate Dan Shechtman.[1][2]

  1. ^ "The first Edition of the IUPAB Young Investigator Medal and Prize has been awarded to Dr Yoav Shechtman". 4 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ Cohen, Benyamin (8 April 2019). "$100 million grant lets students study STEM for free in this country". From The Grapevine. Retrieved 16 April 2020.