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Andrea M. Ghez

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Andrea Mia Ghez (born June 16, 1965) is an American astrophysicist, Nobel laureate, and professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Lauren B. Leichtman & Arthur E. Levine chair in Astrophysics, at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research focuses on the center of the Milky Way galaxy. In 2020, she became the fourth woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, sharing one half of the prize with Reinhard Genzel (the other half being awarded to Roger Penrose). The Nobel Prize was awarded to Ghez and Genzel for their discovery of a supermassive compact object, now generally recognized to be a black hole, in the Milky Way's Galactic Center. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrea M. Ghez is the 196th most popular astronomer (down from 155th in 2019), the 2,653rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,131st in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Andrea M. Ghez ranks 196 out of 644. Before her are Otto Wilhelm von Struve, George William Hill, Johann Daniel Titius, Otto Struve, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, and Maria Cunitz. After her are Andreas Cellarius, J. Allen Hynek, Ali Qushji, Nancy Roman, Félix Tisserand, and Antonín Mrkos.

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Among people born in 1965, Andrea M. Ghez ranks 61. Before her are Mark Carney, Ange Postecoglou, Moby, Vahide Perçin, Mick Doohan, and Aldair. After her are Jan-Ove Waldner, Lucinda Riley, Nigel Short, Linda Evangelista, Fernanda Torres, and Ali Dia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrea M. Ghez ranks 2,653 out of 20,380. Before her are Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), Shirley Chisholm (1924), John C. Calhoun (1782), Don Rickles (1926), Stephen Crane (1871), and LP (1981). After her are Aaron Spelling (1923), Glenn Davis (1934), Daryl Hannah (1960), Lynda Carter (1951), Paul Goodman (1911), and Chris Evans (1981).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Andrea M. Ghez ranks 35. Before her are Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Henry Draper (1837), George Phillips Bond (1825), George William Hill (1838), and Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858). After her are J. Allen Hynek (1910), Nancy Roman (1925), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), George Ellery Hale (1868), and Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906).

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