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Dan Shechtman
| Full Name of the recipient | Dan Shechtman |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| Year of Award | 2011 |
| Share in Award | 100.0% |
| Award Shared with | |
| Motivation for the Award | for the discovery of quasicrystals |
| Affiliation at the Time of Award | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel |
| Place of Birth | Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine (now known as Israel ISR) |
| Date of Birth | 24 January 1941 |
| Age at the time of Award | 69 years |
