Michael Albeck (Hebrew: מיכאל אלבק; born October 1934) is an Israeli organic and bioorganic chemist of tellurium compounds.
He worked as Principal Investigator in the Institute for Fiber and Forest Products in Jerusalem in 1962-1964, as the head of the chemical laboratories of Mekorot Water Company in 1964-1965, and then he joined Bar Ilan University[2] as a faculty member at the Department of Chemistry, becoming a Full Professor in 1978.
Albeck assumed many scientific duties outside Bar Ilan University, including member of the boards of The Weizmann Scientific Press, Dead Sea Works, The German-Israel Binational Foundation (GIF),[7] Teva Pharmaceuticals, and as the President of The Israel Chemical Society.
Michael and his wife Shulamit, a retired Faculty member of the School of Social Work at Bar Ilan University, have four children, including chemistry professor Amnon Albeck, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Albeck’s main scientific interests are in the chemistry [9] and biological activity [10] of organic and inorganic tellurium compounds.