B.Sc., Ain Shams U. Cairo, Egypt; Ph.D Florida State University; Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University (1958-59), Harvard University (1959-60), California Institute of Technology (1960-61) Faculty, UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (1961-94) Julius Brown Chair and Regents Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (1994-present). Professor El-Sayed's research group is housed in the Laser Dynamics Laboratory (LDL).LDL houses the most recent lasers and laser spectroscopic equipment for time-resolved studies in the femto-to-millisecond time scale. Professor El-Sayed is an Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Elected Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Elected Associate Member of Third World Academy of Sciences; Inaugural Fellow of the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences. B.Sc., Ain Shams U. Cairo, Egypt; Ph.D Florida State University; Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University (1958-59), Harvard University (1959-60), California Institute of Technology (1960-61) Faculty, UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (1961-94) Julius Brown Chair and Regents Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (1994-present). Professor El-Sayed's research group is housed in the Laser Dynamics Laboratory (LDL).LDL houses the most recent lasers and laser spectroscopic equipment for time-resolved studies in the femto-to-millisecond time scale. Professor El-Sayed is an Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Elected Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Elected Associate Member of Third World Academy of Sciences; Inaugural Fellow of the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences.

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