Astrid Lambrecht

Astrid Lambrecht (born 20 January 1967) is a German physicist who is Director at Forschungszentrum Jülich. She previously worked as the Deputy Director of the French National Centre for Scientific Research Institute of Physics.

Early life and education Lambrecht was born in Mülheim. She completed her undergraduate studies in physics at the University of Duisburg-Essen and Imperial College London. At Imperial College, she worked alongside Peter Knight. She moved to Paris for her doctoral research, studying quantum fluctuations of cold atoms at the Kastler–Brossel Laboratory. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics. Lambrecht completed her habilitation at the Pierre and Marie Curie University. In 2021, Lambrecht joined the Board of Directors at the Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Awards and honours 2005 Société Française de Physique Aimé Cotton Award 2013 CNRS silver medal 2016 Gentner-Kastler-Prize 2019 French Legion of Honour

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