Ilan Chet

Ilan Chet (2003)

Ilan Chet ( Hebrew אילן חת) (Born April 12, 1939 in Haifa ) is an Israeli microbiologist and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Faculty of Agricultural Science in Rechovot . He became Deputy Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean in 2010 with responsibility for higher education and research.

Life

Chet was born in Haifa. He completed his B.Sc. and in 1964 his M.Sc. and obtained his Ph.D. in microbiology from the Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Chet is married and has five children.

research

Chet is considered to be a pioneer in the field of biological control of plant pathogens that cause large crop losses. His research concerns the biological control of plant diseases with environmentally friendly microorganisms . Chet has published more than 380 articles in international scientific journals, edited five specialist books, and holds 38 patents.

Awards and honors

Chet has received numerous awards and honors:

1982 Heinrich Christian Burckhardt Medal
1990 Rothschild Prize in Agricultural Science
1991 Honorary doctorate from Lund University
1994 Max Planck Research Prize
1996 Arima Prize for Applied Microbiology
1996 Israel Prize in Agricultural Science.
1998 Wolf Prize in Agricultural Science
2001 Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

2004 EMET Prize

2006 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Haifa

2008 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Naples

He has been a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities since 1998 and in 2000 he was nominated as President of the Weizmann Institute for Sciences , which he headed from 2001 to 2006. In 2014 he was elected a full member of the Academia Europaea .

Individual evidence

↑ El secretariado de Barcelona camina a trancas y barrancas. In: elperiodico.com. El Periódico, October 27, 2010, accessed May 24, 2016 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Union for the Mediterranean Professor Ilan Chet. (English).
^ Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1996. Retrieved May 24, 2016 (Hebrew).
↑ Simply-Smart:תוצאות חיפוש - פרס וולף. In: wolffund.org.il. Retrieved May 24, 2016 (Hebrew).
↑ Simply-Smart:תוצאות חיפוש. In: wolffund.org.il. Retrieved May 24, 2016 (Hebrew).
↑ Weizmann Wonder Wander - Homepage - Weizmann Institute of Science News. In: weizmann.ac.il. Archived from the original on July 8, 2004 ; accessed on May 24, 2016 .
^ Membership directory: Ilan Chet. Academia Europaea, accessed September 30, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Chet, Ilan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Israeli microbiologist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 12, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Haifa

[1] El secretariado de Barcelona camina a trancas y barrancas. In: elperiodico.com. El Periódico, October 27, 2010, accessed May 24, 2016 (Spanish).

[UFM-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Union for the Mediterranean Professor Ilan Chet. (English).

[prize-3] Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1996. Retrieved May 24, 2016 (Hebrew).

[4] Simply-Smart:תוצאות חיפוש - פרס וולף. In: wolffund.org.il. Retrieved May 24, 2016 (Hebrew).

[5] Simply-Smart:תוצאות חיפוש. In: wolffund.org.il. Retrieved May 24, 2016 (Hebrew).

[6] Weizmann Wonder Wander - Homepage - Weizmann Institute of Science News. In: weizmann.ac.il. Archived from the original on July 8, 2004 ; accessed on May 24, 2016 .

[7] Membership directory: Ilan Chet. Academia Europaea, accessed September 30, 2017 .