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AHMED ZEWAIL (1946-present) |
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Dr. Ahmed Zewail was born on February 26, 1946,
in Egypt. He studied in Alexandria University, in
Alexandria, Egypt, and he received both his Bachelor of
Science and his masters degree from there. In 1966, he
began working as an undergraduate trainee at Shell
Corporation in Alexandria. Later he went to the United
States to continue his studies, and he received his Ph.D.
from the University of Pennsylvania in 1974. He went to
the University of California, Berkeley, as an IBM
research fellow. At the age of 30, he was appointed to
the faculty of Caltech as an assistant professor of
chemical physics. In 1982, he became a full professor. In 1990, the first Linus Pauling Chair at Caltech honoured Dr. Zewail. At the age of 52, he won the Benjamin Franklin prize for his latest scientific achievements known as the femto-second, which is the smallest part of the second. In 1999, Dr. Ahmed Zewail, a laser expert, won the Noble Prize for Chemistry, and became the first Egyptian to win this honourable prize. He also won King Fisal prize, Woolf Award, Medal of The Royal Academy for Science and Arts in Holland, Peter Wilson prize, and Bright Wilson Award. In 1995, President Hosni Mubarak granted him the Order of Merit of the first class as he enriched science all over the world. Additional information: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~femto/
Photo courtesy of: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~femto/graphics/zewail.jpg
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