Reinhard Meinel

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Reinhard Meinel is the Head of the Relativistic Astrophysics group at the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Jena, Germany. Recently he published together with Gernot Neugebauer a complete analytical solution to the field equations of Einstein's Theory of gravity in the case of a rigidly rotating disk of dust. He is internationally recognized as being one of the leading experts on the field of analytical gravity, and listed as a major contributor to general relativity. Professor Meinel is also activily engaged in teaching, and was nominated for the Teaching Award of the Physics Faculty in Jena. ^{[citation needed]}