Project about ahmed zewail biography
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999 [1]
Ahmed Zewail-First Muslim Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Submitted by: Prof. Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed
That the first science Nobel prizewinner from the Arabic-speaking world (also the first Muslim to win a Nobel in Chemistry), Ahmed Hassan Zewail, pioneer of ultrafast chemistry, was also a diplomat is apparent in his unique list of distinctions. Few scientists can have been garlanded by foundations in both Israel and Saudi Arabia, served in the Pontifical Academy of Sciences – and had their face on several postage stamps while living. He died on 2 August 2016, aged 70. [2]
Personal Life and Education
Ahmed Zewail the eldest child of a middle-class family, Zewail was born on 26 February 1946 in Damanhour, Egypt on the 26th of February, 1946. He grew up in Desouk, Egypt, a small town 80 kilometres from Alexandria. After a state-school education, he took undergraduate (B.Sc. in 1967) and a Master’s degree in chemistry in 1969 at the Uni
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Physics History Network
Dates
February 26, 1946 – August 2, 2016
Authorized Form of Name
Zewail, Ahmed H.
Additional Forms of Names
Zewail, A. H.
Zewail, Ahmed H., 1946-2016
Zewail, Ahmed Hassan, 1946-2016
Abstract
Ahmed H. Zewail was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1999 "for his studies of the transition states of kemikalie reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy." Zewail was a major influence in the field of kemikalie Physics; he mentored many students at the California Insitute of Technology and was recognized for his contributions bygd many organizations and institutions around the world.
Important Dates
February 26, 1946Birth, Damanhūr (Egypt).
1967B.Sc grad in Chemistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria (Egypt).
1969M.Sc degree in Chemistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria (Egypt).
1974Ph.D in Chemical Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.).
1974 – 1976Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, Berke
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Ahmed Zewail
Egyptian chemist (1946–2016)
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| Born | Ahmed Hassan Zewail (1946-02-26)February 26, 1946 Damanhur, Egypt |
| Died | August 2, 2016(2016-08-02) (aged 70) Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | 6th of October, Giza, Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Citizenship | Egypt United States (naturalized)[3] |
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| Known for | Femtochemistry |
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| Thesis | Optical and magnetic resonance spectra of triplet excitons and localized states in molecular crystals (1975) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robin M. Hochstrasser |
Ahmed Hassan Zewail (February 26, 1946 – August 2, 2016) was an Egyptian-American chemist,[4] known as the "father of femtochemistry".[5] He was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry and became the first Egyptian and Arab to win a Nobel Prize in a scientific field,&#