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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,&#