Background
El-Sayed, Mostafa Amr was born on May 8, 1933 in Zifta, Egypt. Son of Amr and Zakia (Ahmed) El-Sayed.
El-Sayed, Mostafa Amr was born on May 8, 1933 in Zifta, Egypt. Son of Amr and Zakia (Ahmed) El-Sayed.
Bachelor of Science, Ein Shams University, Cairo, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Florida State University, 1959. Dr honoris causa, Hebrew University, 1993.
Research fellow Yale University, 1957. Research fellow Harvard University, 1959-1960, California Institute of Technology, 1960, 61. Assistant professor chemistry University of California at Los Angeles, 1961-1964, associate professor chemistry, 1964-1967, professor chemistry, 1967-1994.
Julius Brown professor Georgia Institute of Technology, since 1994, Regent professor, since 2000. Visiting professor American University Beirut, 1967-1968. Foreign professor University Southern Paris, Orsay, 1976.
Sherman Fairchild distinguished scholar California Institute of Technology, 1980. Consultant Space Technology Lab, 1962-1963, Electro-Optical System, 1963-1966, North America Aviation, 1964-1965, Navy Electronics Laboratories, 1969-1973, Ford Research Laboratories, 1970, Northrop Corporation, 1979-1981. Member advisory board Alexandria Research Center, 1979-1983.
Trustee Associated Universities, 1989-1992. Member steering committee International Center Pure and Applied Chemistry, Trieste, Italy, 1988. Member advisory committee chemistry division National Science Foundation, 1990-1993.
Foreign council, Institute Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan, 1994. Board on chemical science and technology, National Research Council 1994-1997.
Member chemistry grant selection committee National Research Council of Canada. Member chemistry research evaluation panel for directorate of chemical science Air Force Office of Science Research. Member review committee San Francisco Laser Center, radiation lab Notre Dame University, department energy and environment Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Member National Research Council committee to survey opportunities in chemistry. Member visiting committee Brookhaven National Laboratory, since 1986. Fellow American Academy Arts & Sciences.
Member American Chemical Society (Gold Medal award California section 1971, editor in chief Journal Physical Chemistry 1980– and editor International Revs. Physical Chemistry 1984-1990, Tolman award 1990, Florida section award 1999), National Academy of Sciences, American Association of University Professors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association for Harvard Chemists, Western Spectroscopy Association, New York Academy of Sciences, Third World Academy of Sciences, Physical Chemistry Division International Union Pure and Applied Chemistry (elected, vice chairman United States National Research Council committee 1987, chairman 1992).
Married Janice Jones, March 15, 1957. Children— Lyla, Tarric, James, Dorea Jehan, Ivan Homer.