Chen
Mechel
Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Supervisor Prof. Ido KaminerChen Mechel is a physicist and PhD candidate specializing in light–matter interaction at the quantum level. He explores how light and matter exchange information, aiming to enhance this interaction to improve measurement devices such as quantum microscopes. Chen’s goal is to advance quantum technologies and uncover new insights into electron–photon quantum phenomena in complex chemical and biological systems, particularly photosynthesis.
Chen’s goal is to advance quantum technologies and uncover new insights into electron–photon quantum phenomena in complex chemical and biological systems, particularly photosynthesis.
Chen earned his BSc in physics and computer science and MSc in physics from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and has lived in Haifa since birth. Chen served as an officer in the intelligence corps of the IDF and volunteers at the Israeli Physics Olympiad for high school students. In his free time, he enjoys listening to music, playing the piano, hiking, and reading.
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