Ahmed Zewail
Chemist, Academic
1946 –
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Who is Ahmed Zewail?
Ahmed Hassan Zewail is an Egyptian- American scientist, known as the "father of femtochemistry", he won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry and became the first Egyptian scientist who won Nobel Prize in a scientific field. He is the Linus Pauling Chair Professor Chemistry, Professor of Physics and the director of the Physical Biology Centre for the Ultrafast Science and Technology at the California Institute of Technology.
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- Born
- Feb 26, 1946
Damanhur - Also known as
- Ahmed Hassan Zewail
- Ahmed H. Zewail
- Parents
- Spouses
- Religion
- Islam
- Ethnicity
- Arab American
- Egyptians
- Nationality
- Egypt
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Chemistry
(1969 - 1974) - Bachelor's degree, Alexandria University
- Master's Degree, Alexandria University
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania
- Employment
- California Institute of Technology
(1976 - )
- California Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- Desouk
- Los Angeles County
(1976 - )
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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