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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. [1] . Her research focuses on the center of the Milky Way galaxy. [2]
Oct 8, 2020 · Andrea M. Ghez, professor of Physics & Astronomy and Lauren B. Leichtman & Arthur E. Levine chair in Astrophysics, is one of the world’s leading experts in observational astrophysics and heads UCLA’s Galactic Center Group.
Facts. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Stefan Bladh. Andrea Ghez. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020. Born: 16 June 1965, New York, NY, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Prize motivation: “for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy” Prize share: 1/4. Work.
Oct 6, 2020 · Andrea Ghez, UCLA’s Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Professor of Astrophysics, today was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics. Ghez shares half of the prize with Reinhard Genzel of UC Berkeley and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.
Jun 12, 2024 · Andrea Ghez, American astronomer who was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics for her discovery of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. She shared the prize with Roger Penrose and Reinhard Genzel.
Oct 8, 2020 · It was my first encounter with a force of nature, Andrea Ghez, one of three winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics, for her work on providing the conclusive experimental evidence of a...
Oct 6, 2020 · Andrea Ghez had long dreamed of hunting for the supermassive black hole thought to lie at the center of the Milky Way. When she joined the faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1994, she finally had the right tool for the job.
