In Memoriam: Ahmed H. Zewail

It is with deep regret that we inform you of the death of Dr Ahmed H. Zewail on the 3rd of August 2016. Dr. Ahmed Zewali was 70 and is survived by his wife, Dema Faham, and their four children. Ahmed H. Zewail was the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry and a professor of physics at California Institute of Technology, and the recipient of the 1999 Chemistry Nobel Prize.

The Egyptian-born researcher was also well known beyond the halls of academic science. For years he crisscrossed the globe serving as an international science ambassador and a member of President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science & Technology. In that capacity, he promoted scientific and educational collaborations between the U.S. and countries in the Middle East—part of a plan to foster friendlier relations and improve U.S. standing in that region.