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.

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Ahmed Hassan Zewail 1

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instanceOf Egyptian-American scientist ⓘ
Nobel laureate ⓘ
chemist ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree BSc in Chemistry ⓘ
PhD in Chemistry ⓘ
awardReceived King Faisal International Prize in Science ⓘ
Nobel Prize ⓘ
surface form: 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 Ahmed Zewail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zewail
fieldOfWork chemistry ⓘ
femtochemistry ⓘ
physical chemistry ⓘ
ultrafast laser spectroscopy ⓘ
fullName Ahmed Zewail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Cairo University → notableAlumni → Ahmed Zewail ⓘ
Ahmed Zewail → fullName → Ahmed Zewail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ahmed Hassan Zewail
Ahmed Zewail → familyName → Ahmed Zewail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zewail
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry → notableRecipient → Ahmed Zewail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ahmed H. Zewail
Davy Medal → notableRecipient → Ahmed Zewail ⓘ
Priestley Medal → hasRecipient → Ahmed Zewail ⓘ
Othmer Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Ahmed Zewail ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) → notableLaureate → Ahmed Zewail ⓘ
subject surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Willard Gibbs Medal → notableRecipient → Ahmed Zewail ⓘ
Richard N. Zare → doctoralStudent → Ahmed Zewail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ahmed H. Zewail
Faraday Lectureship Prize → notableRecipient → Ahmed Zewail ⓘ
RSC Centenary Prize → notableRecipient → Ahmed Zewail ⓘ
John D. Roberts → notableStudent → Ahmed Zewail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ahmed H. Zewail
Harrison Howe Award → notableRecipient → Ahmed Zewail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ahmed H. Zewail