Ahmed Zewail
Egyptian-American chemist
Ahmed Hassan Zewail was an Egyptian and American chemist, known as the "father of femtochemistry". 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... Wikipedia
Born: February 26, 1946, Damanhour, Egypt
Died: August 2, 2016 (age 70 years), Pasadena, CA
Education: University of Pennsylvania (1969–1973), Alexandria University (1969), and Alexandria University (1967)
Known for: Femtochemistry
Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Order of the Nile, Wolf Prize in Chemistry, and more
Spouse: Dema Faham (m. 1989–2016)
Parents: Rawhia Dar and Hassan Zewail