"Dedicated Teacher": Anne L'huillier Went Right Back To Her Students After Winning Nobel Prize

Anne L'Huillier's dedication to teaching was unwavering, as she resumed her class after learning about her Nobel Prize during a scheduled break.

Scientists Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L'Huillier won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for "experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter", the award-giving body said on Tuesday. The prize, which was raised this year to 11 million Swedish crowns (about $1 million), is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Dedicated teacher alert!Not even the 2023 #NobelPrize in Physics could tear Anne L'Huillier from her students.Our new physics laureate was busy teaching a class. During a scheduled break, she heard the news.After the phone call, L'Huillier went right back to her students. pic.twitter.com/bAeMzmeTlP

Despite the global media buzz surrounding the announcement, Anne L'Huillier, one of the three Nobel laureates, remained steadfast in her commitment to her students. Even as news of her 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics reached the world, L'Huillier was in the midst of teaching her class. Unfazed by the prestigious recognition, she learned of the honor during a scheduled break and promptly returned to her students after the phone call.

Anne L'Huillier is a professor of atomic physics at Lund University in Sweden. She leads an attosecond physics group that studies the movements of electrons in real time, which is used to understand chemical reactions on the atomic level.