Nobel Lecture
The lecture series "BioTechMed-Graz Nobel Lecture" celebrates the outstanding contributions of Nobel laureates in the research fields of BioTechMed-Graz. Once a year, BioTechMed-Graz invites a Nobel laureate to give a lecture in Graz.
Current event:
On December 16, 2024 at 5.00 pm, Nobel Laureate Prof. Ferenc Krausz will give the BioTechMed-Graz Nobel Lecture 2024 at Graz University of Technology (Petersgasse 16, 8010 Graz, ground floor, lecture hall P1).
Ferenc Krausz will give a lecture on the topic "Sub-atomic motions probe human health - How basic science addresses grand challenges". You can find the full abstract here.
Prof. Ferenc Krausz, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), received - together with Pierre Agostini from Ohio State University (USA) and Anne L'Huillier from Lund University (Sweden) - the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 for the establishment of attosecond physics (attoworld.de).
An attosecond is the billionth part of a billionth of a second. Laser pulses lasting just a few attoseconds can be used to track the movements of individual electrons. This not only provides fundamental insights into the behavior of electrons in atoms, molecules and solids, but could also have potential applications in electronics and medical diagnostics.