Reinhard Genzel
German astrophysicist (born 1952)
Biography
Reinhard Genzel (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 Munich 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. 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.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- University of California, Berkeley
- Harvard University
- Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Family
- Parents
- Ludwig Genzel
Awards & honours (22)
- Prix Jules Janssen
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
- Tycho Brahe Medal
- Stern–Gerlach Medal
- Balzan Prize
- Harvey Prize
- Petrie Prize Lecture
- Herschel Medal
- Karl Schwarzschild Medal
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Albert Einstein Medal
- Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- The Shaw Prize in Astronomy
- Crafoord Prize in Astronomy
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society
- Honorary doctor of Leiden University
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy
- honorary doctorate of University Grenoble-Alpes
- honorary doctorate of Paris Observatory, PSL University
