# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/reinhard-genzel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:33:22.469Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/reinhard-genzel"
name: "Reinhard Genzel"
slug: "reinhard-genzel"
description: "Reinhard Genzel 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."
tagline: "German astronomer"
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birthDate: "1952-03-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump