His awards:
His awards:
Over the next few years, Ahmed Zewail received a great many honors and awards. The most notable of which are the:
. Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award(-) which is an award for those who demonstrate leadership in research and education and advance important knowledge in the chemical sciences.
. King Faisal International Prize in Science(). During the ceremony where this award was bestowed, Ahmed Zewail met Dema Faham who is the daughter of another honoree. The two were married later the same year.
. First Linus Pauling Chair at Caltech().
. Wolf Prize in Chemistry() for using ultrafast lasers in femtosecond( one quadrillionth, or one millionth of one billionth of a second) time which resolved measurements of the evolution of chemical reactions thereby obtaining the first direct observation of bond breakage in a molecule.
. Order of Merit, first class( Sciences & Arts), from President Mubarak() in Egypt.
. Robert A. Welch Award in Chemistry() whose purpose is to foster and encourage basic chemical research and to recognize the value of chemical research contributions for the benefit of mankind.
. Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute, USA() whose purpose of the award is to identify individuals whose great innovation has benefited humanity, advanced science, launched new fields of inquiry, and deepened our understanding of the universe.
. Egypt Postage Stamps, with Portrait() and the Fourth Pyramid().
Nobel Prize in Chemistry() for developing a technique that uses flashes of laser light that last for a few femtoseconds. Femtochemistry is the area of physical chemistry that addresses the short time period in which chemical reactions take place and investigates why some reactions occur but not others. Dr. Zewail’ s picture-taking technique made possible these investigations.
. Grand Collar of the Nile, Highest State Honor, conferred by President Mubarak() which is awarded by Egypt for exceptional services to the nation