Ahmed Zewail

Ahmed Zewail (1946-2016) was an Egyptian chemist. He invented femtochemistry and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 1999.

Ahmed Zewail
أحمد حسن زويل
Ahmed Zewail in 2009
Born	Ahmed Hassan Zewail (1946-02-26)February 26, 1946 Damanhour, Egypt
Died	August 2, 2016(2016-08-02) (aged 70) Pasadena, California, U.S.
Nationality	Egyptian American
Alma mater	University of Alexandria (B.S., M.S.) University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.)
Known for	Femtochemistry
Awards	King Faisal International Prize (Saudi Arabia) (1989) Peter Debye Award (1996) E. Bright Wilson Award (1997) Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1999) Order of the Nile (1999) E. O. Lawrence Award (1998) The Franklin Medal (United States) (1998) Paul Karrer Gold Medal (1998) Tolman Award (1997) Wolf Prize (Chemistry) (1993) ForMemRS (2001) Albert Einstein World Award of Science (2006) Othmer Gold Medal (2009) Priestley Medal (2011) Davy Medal (2011)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry Physics
Institutions	California Institute of Technology University of California, Berkeley
Thesis	Optical and magnetic resonance spectra of triplet excitons and localized states in molecular crystals (1975)
Website	www.zewail.caltech.edu

Chemical reactions were once thought impossible to measure, because they happen in only a few femtoseconds. His Nobel award was for using laser technology to measure extremely fast chemical reactions. The laser technology showed how molecules changed during the reaction. He was on the scientific advisory team for the President. Zewail encouraged basic Egyptian education and knowledge.

Related pages

• List of Egyptian scientists

References

• "Ahmed Zewail." Gale Biography in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Biography in Context. Web. 29 May 2015.
• "Ahmed H. Zewail".  Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2015.
• "Zewail, Ahmed Hassan." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2015. Web.  29 May 2015.
• "ZEWAIL - EGYPT SUPPORTS KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY." AllAfrica. 16 Mar. 2015 eLibrary. Web. 29 May. 2015.