When was Andrea M. Ghez born?

Andrea M. Ghez was born on 16 June 1965 in New York City.

Where did Andrea M. Ghez study?

Andrea M. Ghez was educated at California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.

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Andrea M. Ghez

American astronomer

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Andrea Mia Ghez (born June 16, 1965) is an American astrophysicist. She shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics with Reinhard Genzel "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy". This object is generally recognized to be a black hole.

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Born: 16 June 1965 wd
Place of birth: New York City wd
Citizenship: United States wd
Occupation: astronomer, university teacher, mathematician, scientist wd
Education: California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools wd
Official website: astro.ucla.edu/~ghez wd

Awards wd

MacArthur Fellows Program (2008)
Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy (1994)
Royal Society Bakerian Medal (2016)
Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award (1999)
Crafoord Prize in Astronomy (2012)
Sackler Prize for Physics (2004)
Nobel Prize in Physics (2020)
Sven Berggren prize (2017)
Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering (1996)
Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy (1998)

About

Her research focuses on the center of the Milky Way galaxy. She is a 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. With Judith Love Cohen, she is the author of the book You Can Be a Woman Astronomer.

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When was Andrea M. Ghez born?: Andrea M. Ghez was born on 16 June 1965 in New York City.
Where did Andrea M. Ghez study?: Andrea M. Ghez was educated at California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.

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