23 Facts About Ahmed Zewail

Ahmed Hassan Zewail was an Egyptian-American chemist, known as the "father of femtochemistry".

Ahmed Zewail was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry and became the first Egyptian to win a Nobel Prize in a scientific field, and the second African to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Ahmed Zewail was the Linus Pauling Chair Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Physics, and the director of the Physical Biology Center for Ultrafast Science and Technology at the California Institute of Technology.

Ahmed Hasan Zewail was born on February 26,1946, in Damanhur, Egypt, and was raised in Desouk.

Ahmed Zewail received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Chemistry from Alexandria University before moving to the United States to complete his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania supervised by Robin M Hochstrasser.

Ahmed Zewail became a naturalized citizen of the United States on March 5,1982.

Ahmed Zewail was the director of the Physical Biology Center for Ultrafast Science and Technology at the California Institute of Technology.

Ahmed Zewail had been nominated and participated in President Barack Obama's Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, an advisory group of the nation's leading scientists and engineers to advise the President and Vice President and formulate policy in the areas of science, technology, and innovation.

Ahmed Zewail said that he would join a committee for constitutional reform alongside Ayman Nour, Mubarak's rival at the 2005 presidential elections and a leading lawyer.

Ahmed Zewail played a critical role during this time as described by Egyptian Media.

In 1999, Ahmed Zewail became the first Egyptian to receive a science Nobel Prize when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Ahmed Zewail gave his Nobel Lecture on "Femtochemistry: Atomic-Scale Dynamics of the Chemical Bond Using Ultrafast Lasers".

Ahmed Zewail was elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 2001.

Ahmed Zewail became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1989 the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993, and the American Philosophical Society in 1998.

Ahmed Zewail was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 2001.

Ahmed Zewail was awarded an honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2002.

Ahmed Zewail was awarded an honorary doctorate by Lund University in Sweden in May 2003 and was made a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

In May 2008, Ahmed Zewail received an honorary doctorate from Complutense University of Madrid.

In February 2009, Ahmed Zewail was awarded an honorary doctorate in arts and sciences by the University of Jordan.

Ahmed Zewail had two daughters with Mervat, Maha and Amani.

Ahmed Zewail died aged 70 on the morning of August 2,2016.

Ahmed Zewail was recovering from cancer the exact cause of his death is unknown.

Ahmed Zewail returned to Egypt, but only his body was received at Cairo Airport.