Editing Ahmed Zewail (section)

== Awards and honours ==
Zewail's work brought him international attention, receiving awards and honors throughout most of his career for his work in chemistry and physics. In 1999, Zewail became the first Egyptian to receive a science [[Nobel Prize]] when he was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]].<ref name="Washington Post"/> Zewail gave his Nobel Lecture on "Femtochemistry: Atomic-Scale Dynamics of the Chemical Bond Using Ultrafast Lasers".<ref>{{cite journal|volume=39|issue=15|pages=2586–2631|doi=10.1002/1521-3773(20000804)39:15<2586::AID-ANIE2586>3.0.CO;2-O|year=2000|author=Zewail, Ahmed H.|title=Femtochemistry: Atomic-Scale Dynamics of the Chemical Bond Using Ultrafast Lasers (Nobel Lecture)|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|pmid=10934390}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1999/zewail-lecture.html|title=Ahmed Zewail – Nobel Lecture: Femtochemistry: Atomic-Scale Dynamics of the Chemical Bond Using Ultrafast Lasers|publisher=Nobelprize.org|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>

In 1999, he received Egypt's highest state honour, the [[Order of the Nile|Grand Collar of the Nile]].<ref name=autobio/> Other notable awards include the [[Humboldt Prize|Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award]] (1983), the [[King Faisal International Prize]] (1989),<ref name=autobio/> the [[Wolf Prize]] in Chemistry (1993), the [[Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy|Earle K. Plyler Prize]] (1993), the [[Herbert P. Broida Prize]] (1995), the [[Peter Debye Award]] (1996), the [[Tolman Award]] (1997),<ref name=autobio/> the [[Welch Award in Chemistry|Robert A. Welch Award]] (1997),<ref name=autobio/> the [[Linus Pauling Medal]] (1997), the [[Franklin Medal]] (1998) and the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] (2000).<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration}}</ref> In October 2006, Zewail 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, creating new ways for better understanding the functional behavior of biological systems by directly visualizing them in the four dimensions of space and time."<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. Ahmed Zewail|url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners/winners-of-the-world-award-of-science/prof-ahmed-zewail/|date=28 October 2006|publisher=World Cultural Council|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> Zewail was awarded the [[Othmer Gold Medal]] (2009),<ref>{{cite web|title=Othmer Gold Medal|url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/othmer-gold-medal|access-date=22 March 2018|website=Science History Institute|date=31 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Chemical Heritage Foundation Presents Ahmed Zewail with Othmer Gold Medal|url=http://www.chromatographytechniques.com/news/2009/01/chemical-heritage-foundation-presents-ahmed-zewail-othmer-gold-medal|access-date=12 June 2014|work=Chromatography Techniques|date=27 January 2009}}</ref> the [[Priestley Medal]] (2011) from the [[American Chemical Society]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Zewail Wins 2011 Priestley Medal|newspaper=Chemical & Engineering News|page=5|date=21 June 2010}}</ref> and the [[Davy Medal]] (2011) from the [[Royal Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/news/2011/RS-announces-2011-Copley/|title=Royal Society announces 2011 Copley Medal recipient|publisher=The Royal Society|access-date=19 July 2011}}</ref>

In 1982 he was named as a Fellow of the [[American Physical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ahmed H. Zewail |url=https://history.aip.org/phn/11812006.html |access-date=August 3, 2023 |website=American Institute of Physics: Physics History Network}}</ref> Zewail became a member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]] in 1989,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ahmed H. Zewail|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/4583.html|access-date=2021-12-03|website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref> the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1993,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ahmed Hassan Zewail|url=https://www.amacad.org/person/ahmed-hassan-zewail|access-date=2021-12-03|website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences|language=en}}</ref> and the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Ahmed+H.+Zewail&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-12-03|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> Zewail was elected a [[Foreign Member of the Royal Society]] (ForMemRS) in 2001.<ref name=formemrs>{{cite web |title=Fellowship of the Royal Society 1660–2015|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/ahmed-zewail-12586/|publisher=[[Royal Society]]|location=London}}</ref> He was also elected as a Fellow of the [[African Academy of Sciences]] in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zewail Ahmed Hassan {{!}} The AAS |url=https://www.aasciences.africa/fellow/zewail-ahmed-hassan |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.aasciences.africa}}</ref>

Zewail was made a Foreign Member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]].<ref name=autobio/> In 2005, the Ahmed Zewail Award for Ultrafast Science and Technology was established by the American Chemical Society and the [[Newport Corporation (company)|Newport Corporation]] in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Funding and Awards: Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and Technology |url=https://www.acs.org/funding/awards/ahmed-zewail-award-in-ultrafast-science-and-technology.html |access-date=August 3, 2023 |website=American Chemical Society}}</ref> In 2010 the journal [[Chemical Physics Letters]] established the Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=John Meurig |title=Ahmed Hassan Zewail. 26 February 1946—2 August 2016 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=6 November 2019|volume=68 |pages=431–453 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2019.0040 |doi-access=free }}</ref> In May 2010, Zewail gave the commencement address at [[Southwestern University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nobel Laureate to Give 2010 Commencement Address|url=https://www.southwestern.edu/live/news/2606-nobel-laureate-to-give-2010-commencement-address|publisher=Southwestern University|date=20 April 2010|access-date=6 September 2019}}</ref> The [[Zewail City of Science and Technology]], established in 2000 and revived in 2011, is named in his honour.<ref name="Washington Post"/>

===Honorary degrees===
Zewail was bestowed honorary degrees by the following institutions: 
[[University of Oxford]], UK (1991); 
[[The American University in Cairo]], Egypt (1993);
[[KU Leuven|Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven]], Belgium (1997);
[[University of Pennsylvania]], US (1997);
[[University of Lausanne]], Switzerland (1997);
[[Swinburne University of Technology]], Australia (1999);
[[Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport]], Egypt (1999);
D.Sc. [[Alexandria University]], Egypt (1999); 
D.Sc. [[University of New Brunswick]], Canada (2000); 
[[Sapienza University of Rome]], Italy (2000);
[[University of Liège]], Belgium (2000);<ref>{{cite web|title=Honorary Degrees|volume=39|issue=15|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1999/zewail/biographical/|website=Wiley Online Library|access-date=6 September 2019}}</ref>
[[Heriot-Watt University]], Scotland (2002);<ref name=autobio/>
[[Lund University]], Sweden (2003);
[[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]] (2006);<ref>{{cite web|title=Honorary Degrees 2006|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/honorary-degrees-2006|publisher=University of Cambridge|access-date=9 August 2016|date=3 July 2006}}</ref> 
[[Complutense University of Madrid]], Spain (2008);<ref>{{cite web|title=Zewail, Ahmed H (Ciencias Químicas), 12 de mayo de 2008|url=https://www.ucm.es/zewail,-ahmed-h-ciencias-quimicas,-12-de-mayo-de-2008|publisher=Complutense University of Madrid|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> 
[[University of Jordan]], Jordan (2009);<ref name="JT">{{cite web|url=http://jordantimes.com/?news=14610&searchFor=zewail|title=Egyptian Nobel laureate calls for 'scientific renaissance' in Arab world|author=Kheetan, Thameen|date=26 February 2009|work=Jordan Times|access-date=28 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713120230/http://jordantimes.com/?news=14610&searchFor=zewail|archive-date=13 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 
[[University of Glasgow]], Scotland (2011);<ref>{{cite web|title=Guest lectures – archive: Professor Ahmed Zewail – 3rd October 2011|url=http://www.gla.ac.uk/events/lectures/archive/|publisher=University of Glasgow|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> 
[[Yale University]], US (2014).<ref>{{cite web|title=Yale awards 12 honorary degrees at 2014 graduation|url=https://news.yale.edu/2014/05/19/yale-awards-12-honorary-degrees-2014-graduation|publisher=YaleNews|date=19 May 2014|access-date=6 September 2019}}</ref>

===Egyptian national honours===
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*Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit (Egypt)]] (1995)
*Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Republic (Egypt)|Order of the Arab Republic of Egypt]] (1998)
*Grand Collar of the [[Order of the Nile]] (1999)

===Foreign honours===
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*Knight of the [[Legion of Honour]]
*Officier of the [[National Order of Merit (France)|National Order of Merit]]
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*Grand Cordon of the [[National Order of the Cedar]]
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*Grand Officer of the [[Order of the Two Niles]]
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*Commander of the [[Order of the Republic (Tunisia)|Order of the Republic]]
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*Grand Officer of [[Order of Zayed]]