Ilan Chet

Ilan Chet

Ilan Chet (1939) is an Israeli microbiologists and a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot.

Birth and education

Ilan Chet was born in 1939 in Haifa, Israel. He completed his BSc (1962), MSc (1964) and PhD (1962) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture. He completed his PhD in Microbiology.

Research

Ilan Chet is recognized as a pioneer in the field of biological control of plant pathogens which cause major crop losses. His research concerns with the biological control of plant disease using environment-friendly microorganisms, focusing on the basic, applied, and biotechnological aspects of this field. Chet has published over 300 articles in international scientific journals, edited three books in his field, and holds 30 patents.

Awards and honors

Ilan Chet has received several awards and honors for his work. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Sweden's Lund University in 1991 and the Max-Planck Award for Distinguished Research in 1994. He has also received several prizes. He was awarded the Rothschild Prize in Agriculture in 1990, the Japanese Arima Prize for Applied Microbiology in 1996, the Israel Prize in 1996, and the Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 1998. He has been a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities since 1998.

References

* Ilan Chet [http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/site/en/weizman.asp?pi=371&doc_id=1000]
* The Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 1998 [http://www.wolffund.org.il/full.asp?id=39]


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