Reinhard Genzel

German astronomer · Germany · On the map · Scientists · Born 1952 · age 74

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.

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2023Honorary Doctorate of University Grenoble-AlpesAward2020Nobel Prize in PhysicsAward2014Herschel MedalAwardHonorary Doctorate of Paris Observatory, PSL UniversityAwardPour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts orderAward2012Crafoord Prize in AstronomyAwardTycho Brahe MedalAward2011Karl Schwarzschild MedalAward2008The Shaw Prize in AstronomyAward2005Petrie Prize LectureAward2003Stern-Gerlach MedalAward2000Prix Jules JanssenAward1990Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeAward1985Fellow of the American Physical SocietyAward1952Born24 March 1952

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Father Ludwig Genzel

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Awards

Honorary Doctorate of University Grenoble-Alpes2023

Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art2021

Nobel Prize in Physics2020

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order2014

Harvey Prize2014

Herschel Medal2014

Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2014

Honorary Doctorate of Paris Observatory, PSL University2014

Tycho Brahe Medal2012

Crafoord Prize in Astronomy2012

Foreign Member of the Royal Society2012

Karl Schwarzschild Medal2011

Honorary doctor of Leiden University2010

The Shaw Prize in Astronomy2008

Albert Einstein Medal2007

Petrie Prize Lecture2005

Stern-Gerlach Medal2003

Balzan Prize2003

Prix Jules Janssen2000

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize1990

Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy1986

Fellow of the American Physical Society1985

About this person

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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Germany

The same award as Reinhard

Michel MayorBoth received Tycho Brahe Medal

Andrea M. GhezBoth received Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy

William Alfred FowlerBoth received Honorary Doctorate of Paris Observatory, PSL University

Jocelyn Bell BurnellBoth received Herschel Medal

Theodor W. HänschBoth received Stern-Gerlach Medal

Rainer WeissBoth received The Shaw Prize in Astronomy