KUCHING, Nov 3: Governor of Sarawak Tun Pehin Sri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar hopes the courtesy visit by 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Professor Pierre Agostini will pave the way for stronger ties between the international scientific community and local institutions.

He said closer collaboration would create more opportunities for knowledge exchange, research partnerships and the development of local expertise, particularly in strategic fields such as quantum technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and high-technology industries.

Agostini, a world-renowned physicist, was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering contributions to attosecond physics, which have enabled scientists to study the movement of electrons within atoms and molecules over extremely short timescales.