Ahmed H. Zewail

Prix

1. 1993

   Prix Wolf — Chimie

   Chimie

   for using ultrafast lasers in femtosecond time resolved measurements of the evolution of chemical reactions – thus obtaining the first direct observation of bond breakage in a molecule.

2. 1999

   prix Nobel — Chimie

   Chimie

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