Reinhard Genzel

Reinhard Genzel is a German astrophysicist. He is co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. He was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy.

About Reinhard Genzel in brief

Summary Reinhard GenzelReinhard Genzel (born 24 March 1952) is a German astrophysicist. He is co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and a professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. He was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy.

Genzel studies infrared- and submillimetre astronomy and is active in studies of the formation and evolution of galaxies.