Heino Falcke
Heino Falcke | |
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Falcke in 2011 | |
| Born | 26 September 1966 |
| Occupation(s) | professor of radio astronomy and astroparticle physics |
| Awards | Spinoza Prize (2011) Henry Draper Medal (2021) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Cologne, University of Bonn (MSc, PhD, Dr. habil.) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Website | www |
Heino Falcke (born 26 September 1966 in Cologne) 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.