# Ferenc Krausz

_Austrian-Hungarian laser physicist and university teacher (born 1962)_

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> Ferenc Krausz is a Hungarian physicist working in attosecond science. He was a director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and a professor of experimental physics at LMU Munich in Germany. His research team generated and measured the first attosecond light pulse and used it for capturing electrons' motion inside atoms, marking the birth of attophysics. In 2023, jointly with Pierre Agostini and Anne L'Huillier, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Since November 2025, he has been Chair Professor at Department of Physics at the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 17 May 1962 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86970#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Mór ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86970#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Austria; Hungary ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86970#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; university teacher; theoretical physicist; nuclear physicist; laser physicist; electrical engineer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86970#P106))
- **Education:** TU Wien; Eötvös Loránd University; Budapest University of Technology and Economics ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86970#P69))
- **Awards:** Nobel Prize in Physics; Wolf Prize in Physics; Clarivate Citation Laureates; Otto Hahn Prize; King Faisal Prize in Science; Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; IEEE Quantum Electronics Award; Prize of the City of Vienna for Natural Sciences; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize; Wittgenstein-Prize; Zeiss Research Award; honorary citizenship; Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art; Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen; honorary citizen of Fejér County ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86970#P166))

## Questions

**When was Ferenc Krausz born?**  
Ferenc Krausz was born on 17 May 1962 in Mór.

**Where did Ferenc Krausz study?**  
Ferenc Krausz was educated at TU Wien, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest University of Technology and Economics.

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