Heino Falcke
1966
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Germany
languages spoken, written or signed: German
educated at: University of Bonn, University of Cologne
occupation: astronomer, university teacher, astrophysicist, physicist
award received: Spinoza Prize, Ludwig Biermann Award, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy Award, Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Henry Draper Medal, Petrie Prize Lecture
official website: www.astro.ru.nl/~falcke
Heino Falcke (Cologne, 26 September 1966) is a German professor of radio astronomy and astroparticle physics at the Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands). His main field of study is black holes, and he is the originator of the concept of the 'black hole shadow'. In 2019, Falcke announced the first Event Horizon Telescope results at the EHT Press Conference in Brussels. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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