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Reinhard Genzel

R. Genzel

German astronomer.

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Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Astronomer
University Teacher
Astrophysicist
Scientist

Member Of

Royal Society
(2012)
Point in Time
: 2012
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
French Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
(2000 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
: 2000
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Academia Europaea
(1995 - )
Affiliation
:
AE Section Earth and Cosmic Sciences
Start Time
: 1995
Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
International Astronomical Union

Instance Of

Human

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Date of Birth

3/24/1952

Place of Birth

Bad Homburg Vor Der Höhe

Country of Citizenship

Germany

Employer

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
University of California, Berkeley
Harvard University
Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

Educated At

University of Bonn
( - 1975)
Academic Major
:
Physics
End Time
: 1975
University of Freiburg
Berthold-Gymnasium Freiburg

Given Name

Reinhard

Award Received

22 items
Prix Jules Janssen
(2000)
Point in Time
: 2000
Pour Le Mérite for Sciences and Arts Order
(6/1/2014)
Point in Time
: 6/1/2014
Tycho Brahe Medal
(2012)
Point in Time
: 2012
Stern–Gerlach Medal
(2003)
Point in Time
: 2003
Balzan Prize
(2003)
Field of Work
:
Infrared Astronomy
Country of Citizenship
:
Germany
Point in Time
: 2003
Harvey Prize
(2014)
Country of Citizenship
:
Germany
Award Rationale
: in recognition of developing many novel ground, airborne and space-based instruments enabling the tracking of the motion of stars with unprecedented precision extremely close to the Galactic center and thus, to be the first to provide irrefutable evidence for the existence of massive black hole at the Galactic center.
Point in Time
: 2014
Petrie Prize Lecture
(2005)
Point in Time
: 2005
Herschel Medal
(2014)
Point in Time
: 2014
Karl Schwarzschild Medal
(2011)
Point in Time
: 2011
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
(1990)
Point in Time
: 1990
Fellow of the American Physical Society
(1985)
Award Rationale
: For important contributions in the experimental and observational astrophysics using techniques of very long baseline interferometry and spectroscopy in the infrared and submilimeter regions of the spectrum.
Point in Time
: 1985
Albert Einstein Medal
(2007)
Point in Time
: 2007
Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
(2014)
Point in Time
: 2014
The Shaw Prize in Astronomy
(2008)
Country of Citizenship
:
Germany
Award Rationale
: for demonstrating that the Milky Way's centre contains a supermassive black hole
Point in Time
: 2008
Crafoord Prize in Astronomy
(2012)
Field of Work
:
Astronomy
Country of Citizenship
:
Germany
Award Rationale
: for their observations of the stars orbiting the galactic centre, indicating the presence of a supermassive black hole
Point in Time
: 2012
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(2012)
Point in Time
: 2012
Announcement Date
: 4/19/2012
Honorary Doctor of Leiden University
(2010)
Point in Time
: 2010
Nobel Prize in Physics
(2020)
Award Rationale
: för upptäckten av ett supermassivt kompakt objekt i Vintergatans centrum
Award Rationale
: for the discovery of a supermassive compact objectat the centre of our galaxy
Together With
:
Andrea M. Ghez
Point in Time
: 2020
Proportion
: 0.25
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
(2021)
Point in Time
: 2021
Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy
(1986)
Point in Time
: 1986
Honorary Doctorate of University Grenoble-Alpes
(10/16/2023)
Point in Time
: 10/16/2023
Honorary Doctorate of Paris Observatory, PSL University
(2014)
Point in Time
: 2014

Academic Degree

Doctorate
(1978)
Educated At
:
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Doctoral Advisor
:
Peter Georg Mezger
Point in Time
: 1978

Work Location

Munich

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

German

Field of Work

Submillimetre Astronomy
Infrared Astronomy
Astrophysics
Science

Family Name

Genzel

Name in Native Language

Reinhard Genzel

Native Language

German

Father

Ludwig Genzel

Interested In

Astrophysics
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