Ahmed Zewail

Ahmed Hassan Zewail ( born February 26, 1946 in Damanhur ) is an Egyptian chemist and Nobel Prize winner for work in the Femtochemistry.

Biography

Zewail grew up in northern Egypt in Disuq. He studied at the University of Alexandria ( bachelor's degree ) and earned his doctorate under Robin Hochstrasser at the University of Pennsylvania. As a post - graduate student he was at the University of California, Berkeley. Since 1976 he works at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech ), where he became a professor, since 1990 Linus Pauling Professor in Chemical Physics.

Zewail is a pioneer of Femtochemistry, the study of chemical reactions in the femtosecond range with ultrashort laser pulses.

In January 2010, Ahmed Zewail, Elias Zerhouni, and Bruce Alberts the first U.S. science envoys (German: Messenger of science ) for Islam. In this role he travels to countries with a majority Muslim population.

Zewail is the scientific advisory body of President Barack Obama.

Zewail has U.S. citizenship since 1982. He is married and has four children.

Awards (selection)

Zewail is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and several honorary doctorate (Lund, Complutense University of Madrid, Cambridge, Southwestern University, University of Jordan ).

Works

  • Ahmed H. Zewail: Journey through time - way to the Nobel Prize. Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta, Zurich 2006, ISBN 978-3-906390-32-1, ISBN 3-906390-32-2.
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