Ferenc Krausz and science journalist Jeanne Turczynski from Bayerischer Rundfunk met for a long interview. In this very personal conversation, Ferenc Krausz talks about the early days of his enthusiasm for physics at school and his penchant for short laser pulses as a young physics student at the Vienna University of Technology, while the Iron Curtain still divided Europe. He then recalls the pioneering attosecond experiments and his subsequent move to Munich to work at the MPQ and LMU. He also talks about how his life has changed since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2023. In addition to science, he shows the ways you should take to have a chance of success in today's highly competitive research landscape and the compromises you inevitably have to make to achieve this.
The interview with Jeanne Turczynski will be broadcast on Bayern 2 on April 9th as part of the "Medicine of Tomorrow" theme day at 4.05 pm and 10.05 pm. It will then be available in the media library media library
Photos: Thorsten Naeser
