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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: November 17, 2008
Karel Nederveen announced in October, 2008 that Prof. Mostafa El-Sayed has been awarded the 2009 Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences. The joint recommendation of the voting committee, consisting of nine (9) authorities in the field, guided the jury to this decision.
The Jury (David Clary, Mitchio Okumura, Richard Saykally, Villy Sundstrom and Ahmed Zewail) decided to award the prize to Prof. El-Sayed for his seminal contributions to the understanding of the electronic and molecular dynamics and properties of systems with different length scales, ranging from molecules to nanoparticles to biomedical systems.
On behalf of the Jury, Karel Nederveen (Publisher of Physical & Theoretical Chemistry) would like to thank everyone for supporting the Prize, submitting and supporting ominations, and help in selecting an outstanding winner!
Congratulations, Prof. El-Sayed!
