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Reinhard Genzel

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reinhard Genzel is the 131st most popular astronomer (down from 100th in 2019), the 1,248th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,205th in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Reinhard Genzel ranks 131 out of 644. Before him are Girolamo Fracastoro, Hermann Goldschmidt, Svetlana Gerasimenko, E. M. Antoniadi, Didier Queloz, and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani. After him are Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Victor Ambartsumian, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Wilhelm von Biela, Liisi Oterma, and Jean Chacornac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Reinhard Genzel ranks 79. Before him are Guillermo Vilas, Bert van Marwijk, Didier Pironi, Lee Hsien Loong, Dan Aykroyd, and Umberto Tozzi. After him are Ari Vatanen, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Osvaldo Ardiles, Danilo Türk, Paul Stanley, and Teófilo Stevenson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Reinhard Genzel ranks 1,248 out of 7,253. Before him are Manfred Rommel (1928), Ludwig Reichenbach (1793), Robert Michels (1876), William, Duke of Nassau (1792), Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse (1777), and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg (1597). After him are Bruno the Great (925), Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria (1874), Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745), Lothar de Maizière (1940), Kurt Gerstein (1905), and Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Reinhard Genzel ranks 25. Before him are David Fabricius (1564), Johann Elert Bode (1747), August Kopff (1882), Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), Heinrich Schwabe (1789), and Hermann Goldschmidt (1802). After him are Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745), Wilhelm von Biela (1782), Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892), Wilhelm Beer (1797), Hermann Carl Vogel (1841), and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921).

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