Nobel Physics 5th Female Laureate Lurie Takes Call During Lecture: "Very Moving"

"I am so happy to receive the most prestigious award. I can't believe it."

On the 3rd (local time), Anne L'Huillier (65), a professor of atomic physics at Lund University in Sweden and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, could not hide her joy after receiving the news while teaching her students.

According to foreign media such as AP and AFP, L'Huillier, who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Pierre Agostini (70) and Ferenc Krausz (61), said at a press conference that "I was teaching students when I received the call informing me of the award," adding, "It was difficult to finish the class."

L'Huillier said, "I was deeply moved," and added, "As you know, there are not many women who have received this award, so it is very, very special."

L'Huillier is the fifth woman ever and the first female Nobel laureate in Physics in three years since 2020.

The previous female Nobel Prize winners in Physics were Marie Curie in 1903, Maria Mayer in 1963, Donna Strickland in 2018, and Andrea Ghez in 2020.