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Andrea Ghez (Astronomer) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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Andrea Mia Ghez is an American astronomer and professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy 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 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.
BornAndrea Mia Ghez, June 16, 1965, New York City, U.S.
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS), California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
ThesisThe Multiplicity of T Tauri Stars in the Star Forming Regions Taurus-Auriga and Ophiuchus-Scorpius: A 2.2μm Speckle Imaging Survey (1993)
Known forAdaptive optics studying the galactic center, Supermassive black holes
Notable awardsMacArthur Fellowship (2008), Crafoord Prize (2012), Nobel Prize in Physics (2020)

About Andrea Ghez

Astronomer Andrea Ghez was born on June 16, 1965 in New York, United States (She's 58 years old now).

Astronomer who was named one of the top 20 scientists in the United States by Discover Magazine in 2004 for demonstrating a high level of comprehension in their respective professions. People have been able to see inside black holes at the galactic core because to her study.

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Andrea Ghez before becoming famous

Andrea Ghez was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1965 is also the year of Serpent (蛇) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She wanted to be the first female astronaut when she was younger.

Achievement of Andrea Ghez

In 2008, she was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship.

Andrea Ghez's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Tom LaTourrette, her spouse, and she have two sons.

Andrea Ghez Collabed with

She has explored black holes in the same way as Physicist Albert Einstein did.

Andrea Ghez Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Andrea Ghez updated on March 10 2023.