Ahmed Zewail
Egyptian-American chemist
Died when: 70 years 158 days (845 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Ahmed Hassan Zewail (Arabic: ???? ??? ????, Egyptian Arabic: ['æhmæd 'hæsæn ze'we?l];February 26, 1946 – August 2, 2016) was an Egyptian-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 to win a Nobel Prize in a scientific field, and the second African to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
He 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.
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