'''Dan Shechtman''' ([[bahasa Ibrani|Ibrani]]: דן שכטמן) ({{lahirmati|[[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]]|24|1|1941}})<ref name="oldcv">[{{Cite web |url=http://www.academy.ac.il/data/persons_data/34/DshechtmanCV3.pdf |title=Dan Shechtman – Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities] |access-date=2012-01-10 |archive-date=2011-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110224144/http://www.academy.ac.il/data/persons_data/34/DshechtmanCV3.pdf |dead-url=yes }}</ref> adalah ''Philip Tobias Professor of Materials Science'' di [[Institut Teknologi Technion - Israel]], Rekanan [[Ames Laboratory]] milik [[Departemen Energi Amerika Serikat|Departemen Energi AS]], dan Profesor Ilmu Material di [[Iowa State University]]. Pada 8 April 1982, ketika sedang beristirahat di [[National Institute of Standards and Technology|U.S. National Bureau of Standards]] di [[Washington, D.C.]], Shechtman menemukan [[fase ikosahedral]], yang membuka bidang baru dalam [[kuasikristal|kristal kuasiperiodik]].<ref name="discovery">{{cite web |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141067724 |title=Israeli Wins Chemistry Nobel For Quasicrystals |publisher=npr.org |date= |accessdate=2011-10-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007110853/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141067724 |archivedate=2011-10-07 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Ia memenangkan [[Hadiah Nobel Kimia]] 2011 atas "penemuan kuasikristal".<ref>[http://www.newswise.com/articles/iowa-state-ames-laboratory-technion-scientist-wins-nobel-prize-in-chemistry Iowa State, Ames Laboratory, Technion Scientist Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry]</ref>
