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Arab Professor Hossam Hayek among the 100 most influential figures in the world in the field of technology
Hussam Haick (born 1975) is an Arab Palestinian scientist with global discoveries in molecular electronics. He is the inventor of a nasal cancer detection device and has received numerous international and local awards. He is a full professor of chemical engineering and an expert in nanotechnology and non-invasive disease diagnosis.
His life : Hussam Haick was born in Nazareth in 1975 to an Arab Christian family.
He completed his secondary education at the Catholic Bishop's School in Nazareth. He then moved on to university, earning a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and then transferring to the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, where he earned his doctorate with distinction. In 2002, he moved to the Weizmann Institute of Science, where he worked as a researcher in the field of molecular electronics.
His research: At the core of his research was finding ways to miniaturize electronic devices to molecular scales 100,000 times smaller than the diameter of a hair. In 2004, Professor Haick traveled to the California Institute of Technology, where he specialized in a new scientific field called "chemical sensors." In 2006, he joined the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology as a scientist and academic member.
Professor Haick leads a research team of 46 PhD students. His research focuses on inventing an electronic nose to diagnose cancer and other diseases in their early stages using the breath—a move that will inspire hope among the general public, and patients in particular, providing hospitals with the ability to provide appropriate treatment and increasing disease recovery rates.
Professor Haick's research has revolutionized science and medicine, and his inventions have generated media buzz and positive feedback among scientists and researchers worldwide. His scientific excellence has been crowned with more than 52 international awards and certificates of appreciation. In 2006, he won the European Union's Distinguished Scientists Award for his revolutionary scientific ideas. In 2008, Dr. Haick was selected among the top 35 young scientists in the world by the prestigious MIT Technology Review. In 2010, Professor Haick led a group of eight European research teams and companies to win a record-breaking grant (LCAOS FP'7 Health Program) to support his scientific ideas and research. Other awards include the French Prize for Scientific Excellence, the Herschel Reich Prize, the Bergmann Prize, the Seiden Prize, the El-Kandil Prize, and others.
Professor Haick holds the title of "Cathedral Pioneers in Science and Technology" and is a Knight of the Order of the French State—an order first established in 1808 by Napoleon Bonaparte and one of the world's most prestigious honors. In addition to these scholarships, Professor Haick leads and chairs European scientific foundations, each comprising 8-10 universities, hospitals, and companies: the Volgacore Foundation, within the Euronanomed program; and the Sniffphone Foundation, within the Horizon2020 program.
Professor Hossam Haick has published more than 170 scientific articles in top journals on nanotechnology and medicine and has authored more than five book chapters. Additionally, Professor Hossam Haick holds more than 28 international patents. To date, Professor Haick's research has been published in leading international scientific journals, and major inventions have been registered worldwide.
Arab professor from Nazareth, Hossam Hayek, was selected among the 100 most influential figures in the field of technology for his "Snapphone" project.
The global technology foundation Nominet Trust announced the selection of Arab Professor Hossam Haick from Nazareth as one of the 100 most influential figures in technology, thanks to his SniffPhone project, a modern technology for rapid medical diagnosis of cancer. The list includes the 100 most advanced and socially influential technological inventions of 2015. The foundation rewards individuals and organizations for their technological inventions that contribute to the development of societies.
Currently, the system, developed by Professor Hossam Haick, a lecturer in the Faculty of Chemical Engineering, is in the development stages. This technology will be integrated with smartphones to quickly diagnose cancer and other diseases based on the individual being diagnosed. The system developed by Professor Haick is equipped with small sensors that will be able to read a person's breathing. It is considered a simple and easy-to-use system that will have no impact on the user's life or work.
The data collected by the device via the cell phone will be transmitted to an information analysis system, which will read and analyze the results to determine whether the person is infected with the disease. If the system provides a positive response regarding the infection, further details will be examined by the treating physician through an advanced digital system.
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