Technion president: Nobel win – a day of celebration for Israel

Technion President Prof. Peretz Lavie congratulated Prof. Daniel Shechtman for winning the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

"This is a day of celebration not just for the Technion but for the entire State of Israel. We are very excited. We always knew that Prof. Shechtman's discoveries changed the face of science, and it was clear to us that he would win the desired prize at some point. We are happy that it happened this year." (Tomer Velmer)