Hagai Netzer

Hagai Netzer (Hebrew: חגי נצר; born 1945) is an Israeli astrophysicist and Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University, known for his research on quasars, active galactic nuclei (AGNs), Black hole, star-forming galaxies, and the interplay of gas and dust in the universe. He was awarded the Weizmann Prize in 2005 and is a Fellow of the Israel Physical Society as well as an associate of the Royal Astronomical Society. Moreover, he has authored five books on astronomy and science in Hebrew, three books in English, and more than 300 research papers in scientific journals.

Netzer's notable publications include ''The Crowded Cosmos: A Definitive Review of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth'', a popular science book with Ami Ben Bassat, exploring intelligent life in the Milky Way and other galaxies, and ''The Physics and Evolution of Active Galactic Nuclei'', a graduate-level textbook on the physics and evolution of active supermassive black holes and their host galaxies. Provided by Wikipedia