Anne L'Huillier
French physicist
Anne Geneviève L'Huillier ([an lɥi.je]; born 16 August 1958[2]) is a French-Swedish physicist. She is the fifth woman to win this prize. She is a professor of atomic physics at Lund University in Sweden.
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| Born | 16 August 1958 |
| Education | École Normale Supérieure, Fontenay-aux-Roses (BA) Pierre and Marie Curie University (MSc, PhD) |
| Known for | high harmonic generation |
| Spouse | Claes-Göran Wahlström[1] |
| Awards | UNESCO L'Oréal Award (2011) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2022) Wolf Prize in Physics (2022) Nobel Prize in Physics (2023) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Attosecond physics |
| Institutions | Lund University |
| Thesis | Ionisation Multiphotonique et Multielectronique (Multiphoton and Multielectron Ionization) (1986) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bernard Cagnac |
She studies the movements of electrons in real time, which is used to understand chemical reactions at the atomic level.[3]
L'Huillier became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2004. She won the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2022 and the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2023.[4]
References
change- ↑ Svanberg, Sune (2023-10-04). "How we hired 2023 Nobel laureate Anne L'Huillier – and why we knew she was destined for greatness". The Conversation. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ↑ "Carl Zeiss Research Award". ZEISS International. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ↑ Davis, Nicola (3 October 2023). "Nobel prize in physics awarded to three scientists for work on electrons". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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