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Birth
born February 26, 1946 in Damanhour, Egypt -
Movement
went to Berkeley, excited by the new opportunities -
Academic Career
became a naturalized citizen of the United States -
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Marriage
he got married and engaged in the same year to Dema Fahem -
Father Dealth
His father died -
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Noble Prize
father of femtochemistry, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in this field in 1999 -
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Election
elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) -
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Books
Voyage Through Time: Walks of Life to the Noble Prize -
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Awards and Honors
received the Albert Einstein World Award of Science for "his pioneering development of the new field of femtoscience and for his seminal contributions to the revolutionary discipline of physical biology" -
Physical Biology
avant-garde book edited by Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail with contributions from eminent scientists including four Nobel prize winners. -
Political Work
In Cairo University , US President Barack Obama announced a new Science Envoy program as part of a "new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world." -
Honors
published an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times urging the U.S. government to remain constructively engaged with Egypt -
Dealth
died from cancer