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Hagai Netzer

Hagai Netzer is an Israeli astrophysicist and Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University, known for his research on active galactic nuclei and supermassive black holes.

born 1945Research on active galactic nucleiMeasuring supermassive black hole massesDirecting the Wise Observatory

Born: 2 April 1945, Ramat Yohanan
Occupation: astrophysicist, researcher, astronomer
Education: Tel Aviv University, University of Sussex

Hagai Netzer was born in 1945 in Ramat Yohanan

Hagai Netzer was born in 1945 at Kibbutz Ramat Yohanan. His parents were Ata and Moshe Netzer.

He earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Tel Aviv University in 1972. In 1975 he completed a doctorate at the University of Sussex in England.

He joined the School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University and became a full professor in 1987. He held the Jack Adler Chair of Extragalactic Astronomy from 1994 to 2011. He also directed the Wise Observatory, chaired the Department of Astrophysics and headed the Sackler Institute of Astronomy.

His research covers quasars, black holes and star-forming galaxies. Between 1989 and 2000 his group studied changes in active galaxies, work that led to a method for measuring the masses of supermassive black holes. He has published more than 300 papers and several books.

Since 2009 he has been Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University. In 2005 he received the Weizmann Prize and the Humboldt Prize.

Milestones in Hagai Netzer's life

1945
Born at Kibbutz Ramat Yohanan.
1972
Earned a physics degree from Tel Aviv University.
1975
Completed his doctorate at the University of Sussex.
1987
Became a full professor at Tel Aviv University.
1994
Became the first holder of the Jack Adler Chair of Extragalactic Astronomy.
2003
Named a foreign associate of the Royal Astronomical Society.
2005
Received the Weizmann Prize and the Humboldt Prize.
2009
Became Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University.
2018
Named a Fellow of the Israel Physical Society.