Biography & contributions
Ahmed Zewail is born on February 26, 1946
Zewail is an Egyptian-American scientist and Nobel Laureate
He developed a new way of using ultra-short pulsing laser flashes to observe and isolate chemical reactions down to the femtosecond (one quadrillionth of a second)
Awards & Medals
1993, Wolf Prize in Chemistry
1997, Tolman Medal
1997, Robert A. Welch Award
1999, Grand Collar of the Nile - Egypt's highest state honor
1999, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Priestley Medal
2011, Davy Medal
Zewail revealed previously unknown aspects of the transition states of chemical reactions
He has also studied 4D electron microscopy
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