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| Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University.
Loeb published 4 books and over 700 papers (with an h-index of 101) on a wide range of topics, including black holes, the first stars, the search for extraterrestrial life and the future of the Universe. He serves as Chair of Harvard's
Department of Astronomy, Founding Director of
Harvard's Black
Hole Initiative and Director of
the Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC)
within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
. He
also chairs the Advisory Committee for
the Breakthrough
Starshot Initiative, serves as the Science Theory Director for
all Initiatives of
the Breakthrough Prize
Foundation, as well as Chair of
the Board
on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies.
He is an
elected fellow of
the American
Academy of Arts & Sciences,
the American
Physical Society, and
the International Academy of
Astronautics. In 2012, TIME magazine
selected Loeb as one of the 25 most influential people in space. Click here for Loeb's commentaries on innovation and diversity.
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IN THE NEWS:
*"Further Realms: Are We Alone?", Harvard Crimson (May 20, 2019).
*"Black Holes and Insterstellar Visitors", Podcast, The Bob Murphy Show (May 17, 2019).
*"Should Scientists Keep Their Debates Private?", Scientific American (May 14, 2019).
*`Oumuamua's Cousin?, Scientific American
(May 6, 2019).
*`Oumuamua gifts, Scientific American
(May 6, 2019).
*"Interstellar Meteor", Harvard Crimson
(April 29, 2019).
*"Announcement of Keynote Lecture at New Scientist Live, London", Scientific American
(April 25, 2019).
*"Did a Meteor from Another Star Srike the Earth in 2014?", Scientific American
(April 23, 2019).
*"When Laboratory Experiments Carry Theological Implications", Scientific American
(April 22, 2019).
*Before the Big Bang, Harvard Gazette
(April 18, 2019).
*Meteor from Another System, CNN
(April 17, 2019).
*Interstellar Meteor, National Geographic
(April 16, 2019).
*First Interstellar Meteor, Newsweek
(April 16, 2019).
*Busy Week, Grapevine
(April 16, 2019).
*Discovery of a Meteor of Interstellar Origin, arXiv
(April 15, 2019).
*Implications of the M87 Image, Inverse
(April 12, 2019).
*Looking Into Nothing, der Spiegel Cover Story
(April 12, 2019).
*First Theoretical Prediction of the Black Hole Image in M87, The Astrophysical Journal
(April 11, 2019).
*Harvard Scientists Help Capture the First Ever Black Hole Image, Harvard Crimson
(April 10, 2019).
*What is a Black Hole Event Horizon?, Space.com
(April 9, 2019).
*Gravitational Wave Astronomy, Discover
(April 8, 2019).
*How to Keep Scientific Innovation Alive, Scientific American
(April 8, 2019).
*Nanocrafts to Alpha-Centauri, SciTech Europa
(April 4, 2019).
*Science or Science Fiction, Boston Globe
(April 3, 2019).
*Q&A, Salom magazine, Turkey
(April 3, 2019).
*"Alien Civilizations", Lasse Biornstad, Oslo (in Norwegien)
(March 31, 2019).
*"Asteroid Explosion Over Russia", The CATS Roundtable
(March 31, 2019).
*"What Happened Before the Big Bang?", Press Release
(March 25, 2019).
*"The Humanities and the Future", Scientific American
(March 22, 2019).
*"Extraterrestrial Life", Svein Rosseland Prize Lecture, University of Oslo
(March 21, 2019).
*More on `Oumuamua, Lee Billings, Scientific American
(March 21, 2019).
*Oumuamua, Salom, Turkey
(March 21, 2019).
*Protecting Scientific Innovation from Social Pressure, accepted for publication
(March 18, 2019).
*Reaching for the Stars, SciTech Europa Quarterly
(March 15, 2019).
*Profile in French, Le Ze'Phir Magazine
(March 15, 2019).
*Profile, Hebrew University Newsletter
(March 15, 2019).
*Living Near a Supermassive Black Hole, Scientific American
(March 11, 2019).
*Future of the Universe, Spark Dialogue
(March 5, 2019).
*Future of Liberal Arts, accepted for publication
(March 4, 2019).
*"Are We Really the Smartest Kid on the Block?", Scientific American (March 4, 2019).
*Anomalies on the Sky, CBS Chronicle
(March 4, 2019).
*What is Wrong?, response to the Harvard Gazette
(March 4, 2019).
*Profile, La Nacion, Argentina
(March 3, 2019).
*Religious Implications of Oumuamua, First Source (in Hebrew; March 3, 2019)
*Radio interview, Mary-Jane Pop, Sacramento
(February 25, 2019).
*"Buzz Aldrin's footprint on the Moon", The Grapevine (February 22, 2019).
*"Save the World: Avi Loeb", Republik (in German) (February 22, 2019).
*"Exciting Frontiers in Space Research", Stephen Ibaraki, Association for Computer Machinery (February 19, 2019).
*"Life Around Black Holes", accepted for publication (February 18, 2019).
*"Be Kind to Extraterrestrials", Scientific American (February 15, 2019).
*"What is a Black Hole?", Science Daily (February 14, 2019).
*"Evening News on PBS", Jim Braude, WGBH (February 13, 2019).
*"CBS Report", Marissa Bodnar, CBS (February 15, 2019).
*"The Ultimate Questions", Closer to Truth (February 11, 2019).
*"Conversation", Technikart (in French) (February 11, 2019).
*"Alien Probe?", Wall Street Journal (February 8, 2019).
*"Are we alone in the universe?", Michael Smerconish, CNN (February 9, 2019).
*"Testing Cosmic Inflation", Harvard Crimson (February 8, 2019).
*"Poll Results", Michael Smerconish, Twitter (February 8, 2019).
*"Ideas", Boston Globe (February 7, 2019).
*"We Might Not Be Alone", NBC Boston (February 6, 2019).
*"Oumuamua", The View, ABC (February 6, 2019).
*"Cloud of Dust?", video by Fox News (February 5, 2019).
*"Getting Personal", by Professor Steven Tingay in Newsweek (February 5, 2019).
*"Imaging Black Holes", Salon (February 4, 2019).
*"Aliens Among Us", Washington Post (February 4, 2019).
*"Ask Me Anything", Reddit (February 1, 2019).
*"Cover Story", XLSemanal (February 1, 2019).
*"Fermi's Paradox", Event Horizon (January 31, 2019).
*"Science and Fiction", NPR Interview (January 30, 2019).
*"Advanced Extraterrestrials as an Approximation to God", Scientific American (January 26, 2019).
*"The `Oumuamua Legacy", Scientific American (January 25, 2019).
*"Mainstreaming SETI", Filling Space (January 25, 2019).
*Greetings from Outer Space (in French)", Ulyces (January 25, 2019).
*Between the Rock and Deep Space", NPR (January 25, 2019).
*"The Strangeness of Black Holes", Nautilus (January 23, 2019).
*"Science", The Atlantic (January 23, 2019).
*"Q&A Interview about Space News", CATS Roundtable Podcast (January 20, 2019).
*"Geometry of `Oumuamua Could be More Extreme than Previously Inferred", Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society (January 18, 2019).
*"Have Aliens Found Us?", The New Yorker (January 16, 2019).
*"Astronomers Discover Most Distant Lensed Quasar", Sky & Telescope (January 16, 2019).
*"Future Study of Interstellar Objects", Centauri Dreams (January 15, 2019).
*"Embracing Nature from Walden Pond to Extraterretrial Ponds", (January 14, 2019).
*"Interstellar Object", Israeli TV, Channel 10 (January 13, 2019).
*"Interstellar Objects Crash into the Sun", Universe Today (January 11, 2019).
*"Strange `Oumuamua", "Stars and Space" Journal, Finland (January 11, 2019).
*"Our Future in Space", Scientific American (January 10, 2019).
*"If True, a Great Discovery", Ha'aretz Online (January 10, 2019).
*"Advanced ETs as an Approximation to God", accepted for publication (January 9, 2019).
*"Oumuamua: Our Interstellar Visitor", Podcast on TSID (January 7, 2019).
*"Thinking About Distant Civilizations Isn't Speculative", Der Spiegel Online in English (January 7, 2019).
*"If Extraterrestrials are Peacful, We Could Learn from Them", Der Spiegel (January 4, 2019).
*"What Might Become Our Most Important Discovery", Ha'aretz (January 4, 2019).
*"Personal Meeting", An hour long radio interview in hebrew with Tali Lipkin-Shahak, Galei Zahal (January 4, 2019).
*"Is Life Universal?", Podcast by Event Horizon (December 31, 2018).
*"Predictions for 2019", NBC News (December 27, 2018).
*"`Oumuamua is the 12th Most Read News Story for 2018", NBC News (December 28, 2018).
*"Top Space Stories of 2018", NBC News (December 26, 2018).
*"SETI", NBC News (December 25, 2018).
*"How to Approach the Problem of `Oumuamua", Scientific American (December 19, 2018).
*"Our Future in Space Will Echo Our Future on Earth", accepted for publication (December 17, 2018).
*"Inflation and the Multiverse", "Closer to Truth" (December 10, 2018).
*"Radio Interview on `Oumuamua", The Space Show (December 11, 2018).
*"Starshot Initiative", Big Think (December 11, 2018).
*"Harvard's Paper on `Oumuamua was the Top Space Story of 2018 on CNN", CNN (December 7, 2018).
*"ETs in 2018", Grapevine (December 6, 2018).
*"Message in a Bottle", Radio Interview (December 5, 2018).
*"Four Potential Interstellar Objects in the Solar System", Forbes magazine (November 30, 2018).
*"Trapped Interstellar Asteroids in the Solar System", Universe Today (November 29, 2018).
*"Is `Oumuamua a Comet?", Transcript of interview with Rob Reid, Ars Technica (November 29, 2018).
*"Our Interstellar Visitor", Podcast with Rob Reid (November 28, 2018).
*"Is `Oumuamua Artificial in Origin?", "Tech Insider (December 2, 2018).
*"Breaking the Walls of the Solar System", "Falling Walls" conferenc, Berlin, Germany (November 9, 2018).
*"InSight Lander on Mars", Boston Globe (November 26, 2018).
*"Hot Spots Around the Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way", Scientific American (November 25, 2018).
*"Six Strange Facts About the Interstellar Visitor, `Oumuamua
", Scientific American (November 20, 2018).
*"Podcast About the Unexpected Guest to the Solar System, `Oumuamua", Q&A with Rob Reid (November 14, 2018).
*"Something Weird This Way Comes", Harvard Gazette (November 19, 2018).
*"Finding the Truth", Die Zeit, Germany (November 14, 2018).
*"Seeking the Turth When the Consensus is Against You", Scientific American (November 9, 2018).
*"Video Interview on `Oumuamua", Clixoom Science (November 9, 2018).
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