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Anne L'Huillier

French physicist

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Anne Geneviève L'Huillier (French: [an lɥije]; born 16 August 1958) is a French physicist. She is a professor of atomic physics at Lund University in Sweden.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Paris wd
Citizenship
France, Sweden wd
Occupation
physicist, university teacher, nuclear physicist wd
Education
École normale supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses, Pierre and Marie Curie University wd
Spouse
Claes-Göran Wahlström wd

Awards wd

  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (1997)
  • Fellow of the Optical Society (2016)
  • Göran Gustafsson Prize for physics (1998)
  • L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science (2011)
  • doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (2013)
  • Zeiss Research Award (2013)
  • Emmy Noether Distinction for Women in Physics (2014)
  • honorary doctor of the University of Jena (2015)
  • Max Born Award (2021)
  • Wolf Prize in Physics (2022)
  • BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2022)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (2023)
  • honorary doctor of the University Paris-Saclay (2023)
  • Commander of the Legion of Honour (2023)

About

She leads an attosecond physics group which works through the movements of electrons in real time, which is used to understand chemical reactions on the atomic level.

Her experimental and theoretical research are credited with laying the foundation for the field of attochemistry.

In 2003 she and her group beat the world record for the shortest laser pulse, of 170 attoseconds.

L'Huillier became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2004. She has received various physics awards including the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2022 and the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2023.

Questions

When was Anne L'Huillier born?
Anne L'Huillier was born on 16 August 1958 in Paris.
Where did Anne L'Huillier study?
Anne L'Huillier was educated at École normale supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses, Pierre and Marie Curie University.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Anne L'Huillier · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q565544 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Anne LHuiller 01.JPG by Bengt Oberger (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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