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Dror Fixler

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Dror Fixler
CitizenshipIsraeli
Scientific career
FieldsNanophotonics, Electrical engineering
InstitutionsBar Ilan University

Dror Fixler is an Israeli physicist specializing in optics. He is the director of the Bar-Ilan institute of nanotechnology and advanced materials, a Professor of Electrical engineering and Nanophotonics at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel. He is also a visiting professor in Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, China. He is also an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and posek, and a student of Rabbi Nahum Eliezer Rabinovitch.[1][2]

Fixler is a member of the Nano Photonics Center at the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials,[1] and a Lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering.[3]

In 2015, Fixler received European Science Foundation’s Plasmon-Bionanosense Award.[4]

In 2017, Fixler received the President's International Fellowship Initiative Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).[5]

Research

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Fixler is expert in electro-optics and photonics research including the emission, transmission, detection and sensing of light for biomedical properties.[6][7][8][9]

References

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  1. ^ a b Efrati, Ido (16 August 2014). "Israeli Physicist Uses Gold to Help Detect Cancer Early". Haaretz. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Gargling with Gold Nanoparticles Provides a Non-invasive Way to Diagnose Cancer and May Provide Pathologists with a Useful New Clinical Laboratory Test". The Dark Report. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Prof. Dror Fixler | Faculty of Engineering". Bar-Ilan University. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  4. ^ "European Science Foundation's Plasmon-Bionanosense Award Granted To Dr. Dror Fixler". Birad. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Faculty of Engineering Prof. Dror Fixler Honored by Chinese Academy of Sciences". Bar-Ilan University. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Les juifs peuvent-ils conduire une voiture automatique pendant le shabbat?". Slate magazine (in French). 8 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  7. ^ Sharon, Itamar. "Israeli study uses gold particles to 'seek and destroy' artery blockages". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  8. ^ Siegel-Itzkovich, Judy (8 April 2011). "Will rabbis allow brainy Shabbat driving?". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  9. ^ Miller, Jason. "Just Thinking About Driving on Shabbat". New York Jewish Week. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
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