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The study of fast reaction is called femtochemistry.

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Professor of Chemical Physics in California Institute of Technology (CALTEC).

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Ahmed Zewail won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1999 for his work on femtochemistry, but he did not win an Oscar. The Nobel Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions in various fields of science, literature, and peace, while the Oscar is for achievements in the film industry.

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AHMED ZEWAIL.

Ahmed Hassan Zewail (Arabic: أحمد زويل) (born February 26, 1946) is an Egyptian American chemist, and the winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry. Born in Damanhur (60 km south-east of Alexandria) and raised in Disuq, he received his first degrees from the University of Alexandria before moving from Egypt to the United States to complete his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania. After some post doctorate work at the University of California, Berkeley, he was awarded a faculty appointment at Caltech in 1976, where he has remained since. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1982, and in 1990, he was made the first Linus Pauling Chair in Chemical Physics.

Zewail's key work has been as the pioneer of femtochemistry-i.e. the study of chemical reactions across femtoseconds. Using a rapid ultrafast laser technique (consisting of ultrashort laser flashes), the technique allows the description of reactions at the atomic level.

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