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
Reinhard 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.
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