Background
Zewail, Ahmed Hassan was born on February 26, 1946 in Damanhour, Egypt. Arrived in the United States, 1969, naturalized, 1982. Son of Hassan A. Zewail and Rawhia Dar.
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Zewail, Ahmed Hassan was born on February 26, 1946 in Damanhour, Egypt. Arrived in the United States, 1969, naturalized, 1982. Son of Hassan A. Zewail and Rawhia Dar.
Bachelor of Science, Alexandria University, Egypt, 1967. Master of Science, Alexandria University, Egypt, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1974.
Master of Arts (honorary), Oxford University, 1991. Doctor of Science (honorary), American University, Cairo, 1993. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Lausanne, 1997.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University New Brunswick, 2000. Doctor of Science (honorary), Jadavpur University, 2001. Doctor of Science (honorary), Heriot-Watt University, 2002.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Trinity College, University Dublin, 2004. Doctor of Science (honorary), Mansoura University, 2007. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Malaya, 2007.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University of Technology Malaysia, 2007. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Jordan, 2009.
Teaching assistant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1969-1970; International Business Machines Corporation fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1974-1976; assistant professor chemical physics, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1976-1978; associate professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1978-1982; professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1982-1989; Linus Pauling professor chemical physics, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1990-1994; Linus Pauling professor of chemistry and professor physics, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, since 1995; director National Science Foundation Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, since 1996. Consultant Xerox Corporation, Webster, New York, 1977-1980, Atlantic Richfield Company Solar, Inc., California, 1978-1981.
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Member of National Academy of Sciences (Chemical Sciences award 1996), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Third World Academy of Sciences, European Academy Arts, Sciences & Humanities, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences & Letters, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, American Physical Society (Herbert P. Broida prize 1995), American Philosophical Society, American Chemical Society (Buck-Whitney medal 1985, Harrison-Howe award 1989, Hoechst prize 1990, Peter Debye award 1997, E.B. Wilson award 1997, Linus Pauling medal 1997, William H. Nichols award 1998, Richard C. Tolman medal 1998), American Academy Arts & Sciences, Sigma Xi (Earle K. Plyler prize 1993).
Married Dema Zewail; children: Maha, Amani, Nabeel, Hanni.