Reinhard Genzel | |
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Born | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, West Germany (now Germany) | 24 March 1952
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Known for | Infrared astronomy Submillimetre astronomy |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Astrophysics |
Institutions | Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics University of California, Berkeley |
Thesis | Beobachtung von H2O-Masern in Gebieten von OB-Sternentstehung (1978) |
Doctoral advisor | Peter Georg Mezger |
Reinhard Genzel ForMemRS[1] (German pronunciation: [ˈʁaɪnhaʁt ˈɡɛntsl̩] ; born 24 March 1952) is a German astrophysicist, co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, a professor at LMU and an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy", which he shared with Andrea Ghez and Roger Penrose.[2][3] In a 2021 interview given to Federal University of Pará in Brazil, Genzel recalls his journey as a physicist; the influence of his father, Ludwig Genzel ; his experiences working with Charles H. Townes; and more.[4][5]