Israel Schechter
Professor, Head of Chemistry Program
Chemistry Program
Prof. Israel Schechter holds the Abronson Family Academic Chair at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He did his Ph.D. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1987) and joined the Technion in 1993.
His current research interest includes development of new analytical chemistry technologies, laser spectroscopy, chemometry, and analysis of particulate matter. He has developed the Multiphoton Electron Extraction Spectroscopy (MEES), which is a new analytical spectroscopic method. He has supervised ca. 40 M.Sc. and Ph.D. students and 25 post-doctoral and researchers. He published over 150 scientific papers and edited 6 books.
He serves as the President of the Israel Analytical Chemistry Society, as the head of Israel Laboratory Accreditation Authority, and as the head of the chemistry department at GTIIT.
He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Rev. Anal. Chem. and on the editorial board of 5 journals.
Among his awards are: The Fritz Haber Prize for excellence in research (1988), The Herschel Rich Innovation Award (1994, 1999, 2015), The Gutwirth Award for Excellent Research (1995), The Mitchell Entrepreneurial Award (1995, 2000), The Muriel and David Jacknow Award for Excellence in Teaching (2009) and The Israel Chemical Society Prize for Technological Innovation (2014).
- Analytica chemistry
- Analytical spectroscopy
- laser spectroscopy
S. Tang, N. Vinerot, V. Bulatov,Y. Yavetz-Chen and I. Schechter, Multiphoton Electron Extraction Spectroscopy (MEES) and its comparison to other spectroscopies for direct detection of solids under ambient conditions. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 408 (2016) 8037–8051.
A. Kruve, V. Bulatov and I. Schechter, Quantitative and sensitive mapping of imidacloprid on plants using Multiphoton Electron Extraction Spectroscopy, Chem. Phys. 514 (2018) 125-131
Y. Shlosberg, Y. Farber, S. Hasson, V. Bulatov and I. Schechter, Fast label free identification of bacteria by synchronous fluorescence of amino acids. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 413 (2021) 6857–6866.
S. Tang, V. Bulatov, I. Schechter and B. Dolgin, Parchment characterization by multiphoton electron extraction spectrometry. Archaeometry, (2022) 64, 468–482
D. Fisher, V. Bulatov, and I. Schechter, Authentication and testing of banknotes using Laser Multiphoton Electron Extraction Spectroscopy (MEES), Appl. Sci. (2021), 11, 10465 1-11.
Y. Shlosberg, Y. Farber, S. Hasson, V. Bulatov, and I. Schechter, Identification of bacteria by poly-aromatic hydrocarbons biosensors, Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2022) in press. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-022-03947-2
D. Fisher, V. Bulatov, and I. Schechter, Application of Multiphoton Electron Extraction Spectroscopy (MEES) to Printed Document Forensics. Talanta Open 5 (2022) 100094
T. Filippov, E. Vervitski, H. Kofler, L. Birkan, S. Levy, S. Zimmerman, V. Bulatov, I. Schechter and R. Schuetz, Sub-PPB Detection with Gas-phase Multiphoton Electron Extraction Spectroscopy under Ambient Conditions, Sensors, 2024 24, 2040. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24072040