His nano-scale research was taken by NASA to test NANO Diamonds in Space. Meet Prof. Alon Hoffman, the new Dean of the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry.

Prof. Alon Hoffman, new Dean at the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry.

Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Alon Hoffman has been on the Technion’s faculty since 1992. His research interests include the physico-chemical processes on surfaces, and the nucleation and growth processes of poly- and nano-crystalline carbon thin films. He specializes in the properties and processes of diamond surfaces, the deposition of diamond films, the interaction of hydrogen with compound semiconductor surfaces, and amorphous polycrystalline silicon films. His research team has published over 170 papers in scientific journals. A native of Argentina, Hoffman is a graduate of the Technion.