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Ahmed Zewail

Inventor · born February 26, 1946 · died 2016

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Ahmed Hassan Zewail was an Egyptian-American chemist, known as the "father of femtochemistry".

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  1. ~41Named Guggenheim Fellowship1987
  2. ~47Received the Wolf Prize in Chemistry1993
  3. ~53Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry1999
  4. ~60Received the Albert Einstein World Award of Science2006
  5. ~63Received the Priestley Medal2009
  6. ~65Received the Davy Medal2011

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