Raz Jelinek

Professor Raz Jelinek holds the Carole and Barry Kaye Chair in Applied Science at Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel and is also the Vice President and Dean for Research & Development. He holds a PhD (Chemistry) from the University of California, Berkeley. Raz has authored more than 230 peer-reviewed scientific publications and wrote 4 textbooks. Prof. Jelinek is among the pioneers in applications of conjugated polydiacetylenes for sensing applications, in the emerging field of applications of carbon dots as a platform for varied physical and chemical applications, and for identifying physiological catalytic amyloids.