Andrea M. Ghez
- Prize
- Nobel Prize in Physics — 2020for the discovery of a supermassive compact objectat the centre of our galaxy
- Citizenship
United States- Languages
- English
- date of birth
- 6/16/1965
- place of birth
- New York City
- Age
- 61 years
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- occupation
- astronomer
- university teacher
- mathematician
- scientist
- field of work
- astronomy
- science
- mathematics
- educated at
- California Institute of Technology
- academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
- end time: 1992
- doctoral advisor: Gerald Neugebauer
- University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- academic degree: Bachelor of Science
- end time: 1987
- California Institute of Technology
- employer
- University of California, Los Angeles
- work location
- Los Angeles
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- start time: 2004
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- International Astronomical Union
- Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- National Academy of Sciences
- doctoral student
- Sylvana Yelda
- Jennifer Lynn Patience