Reinhard Genzel

Reinhard Genzel is a German astrophysicist codirector 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