# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthias-steinmetz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:57:46.937Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthias-steinmetz"
name: "Matthias Steinmetz"
slug: "matthias-steinmetz"
description: "Matthias Steinmetz is a German astronomer and astrophysicist. He is director of the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP) and professor at the University of Potsdam."
tagline: "German astronomer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1966-03-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           34.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.468682666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.aip.de/members/msteinmetz"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Steinmetz"
    title: "Matthias Steinmetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "ماثيو شتاينميتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Steinmetz"
    title: "Matthias Steinmetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%A8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%86"
    title: "Маттіас Штайнмец"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Steinmetz"
    title: "Matthias Steinmetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Steinmetz"
    title: "Matthias Steinmetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97524"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump