Rate Professor Pierre Agostini

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Physics, University of Paris-Sud, 1968.

Research Interests: Attosecond science, laser-matter interactions, and ultrafast electron dynamics. Pioneered techniques for generating and measuring attosecond pulses.

Appointments: Emeritus Professor of Physics, The Ohio State University; Former Faculty, 2005–2018.

Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (2023) for experimental methods generating attosecond pulses of light; Wolf Prize in Physics (2023).

Publications: Key works include 'Attosecond Pulse Generation' in Physical Review Letters (2001). Over 200 publications in high-impact physics journals.

Additional Contributions: Developed foundational techniques for attosecond spectroscopy, widely used in quantum mechanics research.