Written by Amr Khaldony
Ahmed Zewail
Ahmed Hassan Zewail (February 26, 1946 - August 2, 2016) is an Egyptian and American national chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 1999 for his research in the field of Vimto chemistry. He invented a microscope that captures lasers at a time of femtoseconds. He is a leading chemist of femtochemistry and is nicknamed "father of femato chemistry", a professor of chemistry and professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology.
Its inception and education
Ahmed Hassan Zewail was born on February 26, 1946 in Damanhour. At the age of 4, he moved with his family to the city of Desouq, Kafr El-Sheikh, where he grew up and received his basic education. He joined the Faculty of Science at the University of Alexandria after obtaining a high school and received a Bachelor of Science with distinction in honor of 1967 in chemistry, and worked as a lecturer in the faculty and then received a master's degree in research in light science.
He traveled to the United States in a scholarship and received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in Laser Science. He then worked as a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley (1974-1976). He then moved to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) since 1976, one of the largest scientific universities in America. In 1982, he obtained US citizenship. He is a graduate of the University of Caltech until he became a senior professor of chemistry. He is the highest university scholar in the United States, succeeding Linus Pauling, who was awarded the Nobel Prize twice, the first in chemistry and the second in world
His achievements
Dr. Ahmed Zewail developed a very fast laser imaging system that has the ability to monitor the movement of molecules when they arise and when they are joined together. The time unit in which the image is captured is femtosecond, part of a million billionths of a second.
More than 350 scientific papers have been published in specialized scientific journals such as Science and Nature
He was named in the United States Honorary List, which includes the most important figures who contributed to the American Renaissance. His name is No. 9 out of 29 prominent figures as the most important laser scientists in the United States (this list includes Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell)
Nobel prize
On Tuesday October 21, 1999, Ahmed Zewail won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his invention of a femtosecond spectroscopy camera and his study of chemical reactions using it to become the first Egyptian and Arab scientist to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry and enter the whole world in a new era. Humankind did not expect to be aware of the ability to observe the movement of atoms within molecules during chemical reactions through rapid laser technology. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has been honored that Dr. Zewail was the result of the tremendous revolution in chemical science through his pioneering research in chemical reactions and the use of lasers. His research led to the birth of so-called femtochemistry and the use of high-speed cameras to monitor chemical reactions at femtosecond speed. The Swedish Academy confirmed in the merits of the award to Ahmed Zewail that this discovery has revolutionized the science of chemistry and related sciences, as his research allows us to understand and predict important interactions.
Awards and honors
Dr. Ahmed Zewail was awarded the Nobel Prize and received many awards, medals and international awards for his pioneering research in laser science and the science of Vimto, which resulted in 31 international awards, including:
The Max Planck Award is the first in Germany
American Welch Award
American Haryon Howe Award
King Faisal International Prize in Science
German Hoxt Prize
He was elected a member of the American Academy of Sciences and Arts
Medal of the Dutch Academy of Sciences and Arts
Award of excellence on behalf of Leonardo da Vinci
He received an honorary doctorate from Oxford University, American University in Cairo and Alexandria University
The Alexander von Humbolden Prize of Western Germany, the largest scientific award there
Buck Award and Tine from New York
Sultan Qaboos Prize in Science and Physics in 1989 Sultanate of Oman
Israel Wolf Prize in Chemistry, 1993.
Benjamin Frenkel was ordained in 1998 for his work in the study of chemical reaction in a time of femtocene called femato chemistry
Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his achievements in the same field in 1999
Elected by the Pontifical Academy, to become a member of it and to receive its Golden Medal in the year 2000
US Department of Energy's annual prize in chemistry
The Kars Prize from the University of Zurich, in Chemistry and Nature, the largest Swiss scientific award
He was unanimously elected a member of the American Academy of Sciences
Medal of Merit from the first class of former President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak in 1995
The Great Nile Necklace is the highest Egyptian Medal
In April 2009, the White House announced the selection of d. Ahmed Zewail is part of the Council of Advisors of the US President for Science and Technology, which includes 20 distinguished scientists in a number of fields
Prestley Necklace, the highest-ranking American chemist in 2011.
Honorary Doctorate, Simon Fraser University, 2014.
He also called his name on some streets and squares in Egypt. The Egyptian Postal Authority issued a postage stamp in his name and photo, and was named the Opera House
His publications
Publications by Dr. Ahmed Zewail:
A journey through time .. The way to Nobel
The Age of Science: It was released in 2005
Time: It was released in 2007
Dialogue of Civilizations: Dr. Zewail's latest publications published in Arabic in 2007
4D Electron Microscopy: Imaging in Space and Time: An English book on the use of electron microscopy in microscopy to obtain many four-dimensional information compared to other scientific instruments
Physical Biology: From Atoms to Medicine: An English book on the latest methods and concepts in chemical and biological behavior
personal life
Professor Ahmed Zewail lived in San Marino, Los Angeles. Linus Pauling is a professor of physical chemistry and a professor of physics at Caltech. He is married to Mrs. Dima Zewail, a daughter of Shaker al-Faham and a doctor. He was recently appointed as the US Science Envoy to the Middle East
The 2012 presidential election
About the rumors about the existence of political ambition, said Dr. Ahmed Zewail
«I am an outspoken person .. I do not have political ambition, and I have repeatedly stressed that I want to serve Egypt in the field of science and I die and I am a scientist»
However, after the events of the revolution of 25 January has stated that the national responsibility placed on him made him enter the stage of thinking about running for the next presidential election
Zewail City of Science and Technology
Zewail City for Science and Technology is an initiative project for the development of science and education in Egypt. It was named after the Egyptian scientist Ahmed Zewail, an institution that is fully independent and funded through donations from bodies and individuals. The project was built in the city of 6 October on an area of 270 acres, after obtaining the approval of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf
His death
Egyptian television announced the date of August 2, 2016, the death of the world Dr. Ahmed Zewail in the United States, after the conflict with the disease, the age of seventy years. Before his death, Zewail was suffering from a cancerous tumor in the spinal cord. He said earlier that he had passed the critical period of his illness: "You have passed the critical period of my illness, and I am in good shape now .. I am at the end of the stages of treatment and recovery."
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