Michael Kramer

Michael Kramer studied physics and earned his PhD in 1995. He spent time at Bonn and UC Berkeley before joining the University of Manchester in 1999. In 2009, he became Director at MPIfR. He served on the ERC Scientific Council and was President of the Astronomische Gesellschaft. His expertise includes radio astronomy, neutron stars, black holes, and gravitational waves. He has received numerous awards, including from the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy and the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.