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Dr. Luciano Rezzolla

Chair of Theoretical Astrophysics at Goethe University and Senior Fellow at FIAS. Core member of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, renowned for numerical relativity simulations that predicted the shadow of supermassive black holes.

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Documented research interests and leadership

Research areas: Relativistic Astrophysics, General Relativity, Black Hole Physics, Neutron Star Mergers
Academic position: Chair of Theoretical Astrophysics, Institute for Theoretical Physics
Primary university source: Official directory entry ↗
Recruitment status: Not verified. Leadership profile does not imply active vacancies or assistantship availability.

Supervision and contact

Students interested in graduate or doctoral research supervision in Relativistic Astrophysics, General Relativity, Black Hole Physics are advised to consult formal department application channels.

Uni Frankfurt guide ↗Physics subject guide ↗Mentorship ↗

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