Ahmed Zewail

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Egyptian-American scientist Nobel laureate chemist human

Ahmed Zewail was an Egyptian-American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned as the “father of femtochemistry” for his pioneering work using ultrafast lasers to observe chemical reactions in real time.

Aliases (3)

Ahmed H. Zewail ×1
Ahmed Hassan Zewail ×1
Zewail ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian-American scientist → Nobel laureate → chemist → human →
academicDegree	BSc in Chemistry → PhD in Chemistry →
awardReceived	King Faisal International Prize in Science → Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Order of the Nile → Priestley Medal → Wolf Prize in Chemistry →
burialPlace	Egypt →
countryOfCitizenship	Egypt → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1946-02-26 →
dateOfDeath	2016-08-02 →
developed	femtosecond spectroscopy techniques for chemistry →
educatedAt	Alexandria University → University of Pennsylvania →
employer	California Institute of Technology →
familyName	Zewail →
fieldOfWork	chemistry → femtochemistry → physical chemistry → ultrafast laser spectroscopy →
fullName	Ahmed Hassan Zewail →
gender	male →
givenName	Ahmed →
knownFor	founding femtochemistry → using ultrafast lasers to observe chemical reactions in real time →
languageSpoken	Arabic → English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → Royal Society → United States National Academy of Sciences →
nationality	American → Egyptian →
nickname	father of femtochemistry →
NobelPrize.category	Chemistry →
NobelPrize.motivation	for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy →
NobelPrize.year	1999 →
notableWork	pioneering femtosecond-resolved studies of chemical reactions in the gas phase →
occupation	research scientist → university professor →
placeOfBirth	Damanhur, Egypt →
placeOfDeath	Pasadena, California, United States →
positionHeld	Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Physics → Professor of Physics at Caltech →
researchFocus	transition states of chemical reactions → ultrafast dynamics of chemical reactions →
workplace	California Institute of Technology →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry ("Ahmed H. Zewail") → Davy Medal → Othmer Gold Medal →	notableRecipient
Ahmed Zewail ("Zewail") →	familyName
Ahmed Zewail ("Ahmed Hassan Zewail") →	fullName
Priestley Medal →	hasRecipient
Cairo University →	notableAlumni
Nobel Prize in Chemistry →	notableLaureate