Ursula Keller
Academician, International Academy of Innovation Sciences
Professor ,Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Election motivation
For contributions to ultrafast laser physics and attosecond science and technology, in particular for invention of techniques for frequency comb generation and stabilization, and groundbreaking studies of the physics of light-matter interactions on attosecond timescales such as semiconductor saturable absorber mirror and attoclock resolving the electron tunneling delay and observing the dynamical Franz-Keldysh effect in condensed matter for the first time.
Field of research
Engineering Sciences (Applied Physical Sciences)
Born
21 June, 1959
Main Honors
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Academician, International Academy of Innovation Sciences