Ahmed Zewail

Ahmed Zewail was an Egyptian-American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1999. He was renowned for pioneering the field of femtochemistry, which studies chemical reactions on extremely short timescales—measured in femtoseconds (one quadrillionth of a second). By using lasers to capture and observe these rapid processes, Zewail's work provided deeper insights into how atoms and molecules interact during reactions. This groundbreaking research has significant implications for various fields, including materials science and biology, enhancing our understanding of chemical processes at a fundamental level. Zewail is often hailed as the "father of femtochemistry."