 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (April 2024) |
Heino Falcke | |
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 Falcke in 2011 | |
| Born | 26 September 1966 Cologne, Germany |
| Occupation(s) | professor of radio astronomy and astroparticle physics |
| Awards | Spinoza Prize (2011) Henry Draper Medal (2021) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Cologne, University of Bonn (MSc, PhD, Dr. habil.) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Website | www |
Heino Falcke (Cologne, 26 September 1966) is a German professor of radio astronomy and astroparticle physics at the Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands).[1] His main field of study is black holes, and he is the originator of the concept of the 'black hole shadow'.[2] In 2019, Falcke announced the first Event Horizon Telescope results at the EHT Press Conference in Brussels.[3]
- ^ "Prof. H.D.E. (Heino) Falcke". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Media Advisory: First Results from the Event Horizon Telescope to be Presented on April 10th". April 2019.