Contact Information
Research
Dr. Kormendy's research areas include: Supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei; structure and dynamics of galaxies; secular evolution of galaxies; dark matter; galaxy formation and evolution.
Education
- B.Sc., University of Toronto, ON, Canada (1970)
- Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (1976)
Publications
Professor Kormendy's Publications
Awards
- Gold Medal, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (1970)
- Woodrow Wilson Fellow (1970 - 1971)
- Muhlmann Prize, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1988)
- Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (1995)
- External Member, Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching-by-Munich, Germany (2012 - )
- National Academy of Sciences (Elected 2020)