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Ahmed Zewail

Chemistry1999(1)

Motivation

"for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy"

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Prize Amount: SEK 7,900,000 (adjusted: SEK 12,707,531)

Affiliation

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Pasadena, CA, USA

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Personal Information

Full Name:

Ahmed H. Zewail

Gender:

male

Born:

1946-02-26 — Damanhur, Egypt

Died:

2016-08-02 — Pasadena, CA, USA

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry1999

for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy

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