Mostafa El-Sayed

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Mostafa El-Sayed
University of California at Los Angeles
Doctoral advisorMichael Kasha[1]

Mostafa A. El-Sayed (

National Academy of Sciences and US National Medal of Science laureate. He is known for the spectroscopy rule named after him, the El-Sayed rule.[2][3][4]

Early life and academic career

El-Sayed was born in Zifta, Egypt and spent his early life in Cairo. He earned his

Georgia Institute of Technology. He led the Laser Dynamics Lab
there until his full retirement in 2020.

El-Sayed is a former editor-in-chief of the

Journal of Physical Chemistry (1980–2004).[6][7]

Research

Prof. El-Sayed with two students, 2008

El-Sayed's research interests include the use of

nanoscience, with over 130,000 citations.[8]

Honors

For his work in the area of applying

humanitarian efforts of exchange among countries and for his role in developing the scientific leadership of tomorrow."[9] Mostafa was also announced to be the recipient of the 2009 Ahmed Zewail prize in molecular sciences. In 2011, he was listed #17 in Thomson-Reuters listing of the Top Chemists of the Past Decade.[10] Professor El-Sayed also received the 2016 Priestley Medal, the American Chemical Society’s highest honor, for his decades-long contributions to chemistry.[11]

The El-Sayed rule

The rate of intersystem crossing is relatively large if the radiationless transition involves a change of orbital type.

— Mostafa El-Sayed, [12]

This rule pertains to

spin-orbit coupling
).

Gold Book.[15] The rule is useful in understanding phosphorescence, vibrational relaxation, intersystem crossing, internal conversion
and lifetimes of excited states in molecules.

Notes

  1. doi:10.1021/j100178a001
    . Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. doi:10.1351/goldbook.ET07369
  3. ISBN 9780534493660
    .
  4. ^ "Prof. El-Sayed is in 2017 highly cited researchers list".
  5. ^ He applied for graduate school in the United States and emigrated there. Mostafa Amr El-Sayed
  6. ^ "El-Sayed, Mostafa A." bibalex.org. Archived from the original on January 20, 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  7. ^ Chemical & Engineering News Vol. 86 No. 35, 1 Sept. 2008, "Chemists Receive Top Awards", p. 10]
  8. ^ ""Mostafa A. El-Sayed"". Google Scholar. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  9. ^ "The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details | NSF - National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  10. ^ Mostafa El-Sayed College of Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology. Accessed 27 November 2014
  11. ^ Jacoby, Mitch. "Mostafa El-Sayed Wins Priestley Medal | Chemical & Engineering News". cen.acs.org. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  12. S2CID 96601716
    .
  13. PMID 21401029
    . Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  14. S2CID 203624906
    . Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  15. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8
    . Retrieved 5 February 2021.

References

  • El-Sayed, M.A., Acc. Chem. Res. 1968,1,8.
  • Lower, S.K.; El-Sayed, M.A., Chem. Rev. 1966,66,199
  • Mostafa Amr El-Sayed (8 May 1933 – Egyptian-American, b. Zifta, Egypt)
  • Biographical References: McMurray, Emily J. (ed.), Notable Twientieth-Century Scientists, Gale Research, Inc.: New York, 1995.

External links
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