Ahmed Zewail

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
Nobel Laureate
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Alexandria
gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Lavoisier_Medal
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry
gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Chemistry
gptkb:Copley_Medal
King Faisal International Prize
Order of the Nile
Fellow_of_the_American_Physical_Society
Fellow_of_the_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
Fellow_of_the_Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers
Fellow_of_the_American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
Fellow_of_the_National_Academy_of_Sciences
Fellow_of_the_Optical_Society_of_America
Honorary_Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Chemistry
Honorary_Member_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Chemistry
Honorary_Member_of_the_American_Chemical_Society
Honorary_Member_of_the_Egyptian_Academy_of_Scientific_Research_and_Technology
Fellow_of_the_American_Institute_of_Physics
Fellow_of_the_International_Academy_of_Quantum_Molecular_Science
Honorary_Member_of_the_Academy_of_Sciences_of_the_Czech_Republic
gptkbp:birthDate February 26, 1946
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Damanhur
gptkbp:children gptkb:Nour_Zewail
gptkb:Hossam_Zewail
Alaa Zewail
gptkbp:deathDate August 2, 2016
gptkbp:employees gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:field Physical_Chemistry
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy Chemical_Physics
Molecular_Dynamics
Laser_Spectroscopy
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Honorary_Doctorate_from_University_of_Edinburgh
Honorary_Doctorate_from_University_of_Southern_California
Honorary_Doctorate_from_University_of_Alexandria
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ahmed Zewail
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Modern_Chemistry
Femtochemistry research
Ultrafast science
gptkbp:influencedBy Ahmed_Zewail's_father
Ahmed_Zewail's_mother
gptkbp:knownFor Femtochemistry
Pioneering work in ultrafast laser science
Developing techniques to observe chemical reactions in real time
gptkbp:nationality Egyptian
gptkbp:residence gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Dina_Zewail