President of Israel Isaac Herzog will award the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honour to Prof. Hossam Haick of the Technion in recognition of his exceptional contributions to science, human health, innovation, education, and society, the President’s Office announced this morning.
The selection is a prestigious international recognition of his groundbreaking achievements and his impact on global innovation.
Professor Hossam Haick of the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology has been elected a Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors (NAI). This highly prestigious title is considered the highest professional honor awarded to inventors in the United States and worldwide. It reflects broad and significant recognition of Prof. Haick’s scientific achievements, his groundbreaking inventions, and the global impact of his work in health, technology, and education.
Prof. Haick is among a select group of researchers and inventors worldwide who have completed the full innovation cycle: from basic scientific discovery, through technological development, to real-world impact that touches the lives of millions. In an academic landscape where basic and applied science are often separate, he stands out as someone who bridges these worlds, translating deep scientific discoveries into clinical and technological tools with global influence. His work led to the emergence of a new scientific field – volatilomics, which focuses on volatile biomarkers and chemical signals that characterize disease states.
Prof. Haick is a pioneer in identifying molecular signatures of diseases through breath and skin analysis. This breakthrough has enabled the development of rapid, non-invasive diagnostic methods that produce accurate results within minutes and have been validated in numerous clinical centers worldwide. In addition, his group has developed smart patches for advanced sensing in remote medicine and robotics, as well as molecular imaging technologies based on chemical signatures that require no radiation, enabling early detection and personalized diagnosis.
On the industrial and applied side, Prof. Haick holds dozens of patents and has founded several startup companies based on his inventions. These companies have contributed to the implementation of revolutionary technologies in diagnostics, wearable devices, and electronic sensing. He also founded and leads seven European Union consortia, comprising more than 70 partners across four continents, promoting the development and clinical application of advanced medical technologies on a global scale.
In the academic arena, Prof. Haick has published more than 500 scientific papers and authored two books in the field of sensing and volatile biomarkers. He is considered an influential educator in scientific innovation and has supervised more than 110 graduate and postdoctoral students, many of whom now lead research groups and technology companies. The online course he developed on nanotechnology and nanosensors – the first of its kind in the world – has reached more than one million learners from 87 countries.
The official induction ceremony for the National Academy of Inventors took place on June 4, 2026, at the iconic Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The event is considered a major international stage for presenting breakthrough ideas, shaping global discussions, and advancing the future of innovation. During the ceremony, Prof. Haick will receive a medal, certificate, lapel pin, and rosette from the NAI President and the representative of the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office).
This award honors outstanding individuals who have displayed excellence in areas of science communication, education, broadening participation in materials, mentoring or community engagement, which reflect the Society’s pursuit to advance materials science and technology to improve the quality of life.
Professor Haick was chosen from a group of extraordinary nominees “For the continuous advancement of materials science worldwide through interdisciplinary collaborations, policy shaping, public engagement, education leadership, entrepreneurship, and outreach across all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds”.
The article “Microneedle Sensors for Multiplex Applications: Toward Advanced Biomedical and Environmental Analysis” was one of the most downloaded during its first 12 months of publication in ADVANCED SENSOR RESEARCH, among work published in an issue between 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2022.
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Prof. Haick from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, ranked first with 42 publications and 4160 citations, followed by Buszewski Boguslaw from Nicholas Copernicus University with 22 publications and 1709 citations. It is noteworthy that three of the top 10 most productive authors were from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and two were from Nicholas Copernicus University.
Yoav has won the prize of “MOSAD Ha-Technion’s Outstanding Worker”, which is the highest prize in the Technion, selected amongst thousands of workers from all over the campus.
The award committee has mentioned that this prize manifests a deep appreciation of the IVS community to Hossam excellent research and to his long-standing contributions to research and dissemination of new knowledge in the field of nanotechnology and more specifically for his groundbreaking achievements in developing advanced self-healing electronic skins.
SNIFFPHONE is a Horizon 2020 EU project that has harnessed nanotechnology, (bio)chemistry, materials engineering, process engineering, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, and medicine to develop and test miniaturized system that relies on artificially intelligent nanoarray for an inexpensive, fast-response, and non-invasive detection of disease via exhaled breath of gastric cancer.
This is the most important recognition granted by the Ministry of Education of China.
The prize is given to a very small number of foreign scientists, and it called on the name of Yangtze River.
The honorary degree is being awarded In recognition of his groundbreaking achievements and significant contribution to the development of cutting-edge approaches to non-invasive medical diagnosis of early-stage disease; for his extraordinary abilities to apply his research findings into advanced and efficient medical devices; for his continued investment in the education of a future generation of scientists through an understanding that the best investment is in promoting research and knowledge among young people; for his contribution and extensive community activities that support the integration of technology in the educational system, and for his work to advance higher education in Israel.
The paper “Diagnosis and Classification of 17 Diseases from 1404 Subjects via Pattern Analysis of Exhaled Molecules” received the #2 most read paper in December 2016 and the list of top-10 of 2016, with more than 13,000 views, in less than 9 days since its publication.
A research breakthrough in Technion Chemical Engineering Prof. Hossam Haick’s lab can lead to artificial skin that senses touch.
Prof. Hossam Haick is heading a research consortium that is developing a product that, when coupled with a smartphone, will be able to screen the user’s breath for early detection of life-threatening diseases.
Prof. Hossam Haick met with Microsoft founder Bill Gates in South Africa. Gates, who is working to eradicate infectious diseases in the Third World, wanted to learn about the innovative technology developed by Prof. Haick: an “adhesive bandage” for fast and inexpensive diagnosis of tuberculosis.
The article describes the motivation ans inspiration of Professor Haick to his research.
The prize was given for the research ” FeelIT- High Resolution Touch Sensing Smart Patches”.
The award is given to prominent researchers who have significantly influenced their fields of study, provided they maintain some type of cooperation with research institutes in Germany. It is granted in recognition of a researcher’s achievements as a whole – discoveries, theories, and insights.
Prof. Haick received the award for his tremendous contribution to the diagnosis of diseases through innovative markers that he discovered in his research at Technion. These are markers that are present in the breath and skin.
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The prize was given for creative management in the 21st Century High Technology. The prize is conferred for the FeelIT Project that is being transformed from basic research to products, solutions and/or processes that can compete in global markets.
Those pictures were selected from hundreds of other projects due to the innovative and unique project-Sniffphone.
The list includes honorees from 37 countries and sorts them by six categories: health; earth; justice & equality; spaces; information; and stories. This recognition is in honors of the efforts of Prof. Haick to deliver non-invasive diagnostic tools that can contribute for better health being at affordable cost, both in the developed and developing countries.
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Yaniv Wolf has won the prize for his work “Flexible Sensors based on gold Nanoparticles and organic ligands” under the guidance of Professor Hossam Haick.
The Carlsberg Foundation supports excellent basic research within the fields of natural science, the humanities and social science.
The paper of Dr. Haitham Amal in Gut has been recommended in F1000Prime as being of special significance in its field by F1000 Faculty Member Jean Marie Houghton
The Baroness Ariane de Rothschild Women Doctoral Program aspires to promote gender equality in Israeli society and academia by supporting highly motivated and talented women of various backgrounds and different fields.
