User:Aserota2/Andrea M. Ghez

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'''Initially, this experiment was thought to be impossible and a waste of time and money. However, Ghez was determined and believed it was possible. This was proven right as she successfully completed the experiment and in''' 2020, Ghez shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Roger Penrose and Reinhard Genzel, for their discoveries relating to black holes. Ghez and Genzel were awarded one half of the prize for their discovery that a supermassive black hole most likely governs the orbits of stars at the center of the Milky Way. Ghez was the fourth woman to win the physics Nobel since its inception, being preceded by Marie Curie (1903), Maria Goeppert Mayer (1963), and Donna Strickland (2018).

Personal life
Ghez has two sons. Ghez is an active swimmer in the UCLA Masters Swim Club. Ghez is also an advocate for women in the sciences '''wanting to be a role model for women in science. She believes she has a responsibility to be a role model as a Nobel prize winner and is proud to encourage women to pursue science.'''