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| Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University.
He received a PhD in Physics from
the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem in Israel at age 24 (1980-1986),
led the first international project supported by
the Strategic
Defense Initiative (1983-1988), and was subsequently a
long-term member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton
(1988-1993). Loeb has written 8 books, including most recently, Extraterrestrial (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021), and over 750 papers (with
an h-index
of 112) on a wide range of topics, including
black holes, the first stars, the search for extraterrestrial life and
the future of the Universe. He had been the
longest serving Chair of Harvard's
Department of Astronomy (2011-2020), Founding Director of
Harvard's Black
Hole Initiative (2016-present) and Director of
the Institute for Theory and Computation (2007-present)
within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
. He serves as Chair of
the Board
on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies (2018-present) and is
an elected fellow of
the American
Academy of Arts & Sciences,
the American
Physical Society, and
the International Academy of
Astronautics. Loeb is a member of the
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) at the White House
and a member of the Advisory Board for "Einstein: Visualize
the Impossible" of the Hebrew University.
He also chairs the Advisory Committee for
the Breakthrough
Starshot Initiative (2016-present) and serves as the Science Theory Director
for
all Initiatives
of the Breakthrough Prize
Foundation. In
2012, TIME
magazine selected Loeb as one of the 25 most influential people in
space and in 2020
Loeb was
selected among the 14 most inspiring Israelis of the last
decade. Click here
for Loeb's commentaries on innovation and diversity.
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IN THE NEWS:
*"The Hawking Limit", Scientific American (September 14, 2020).
*"Is there a black hole in our backyard?", New York Times (September 11, 2020).
*"Physics Needs Another Einstein", Harvard Gazette (September 6, 2020).
*"Far-Out Findings from the Cosmos", Harvard Gazette (September 4, 2020).
*"What if Our Age Was a Million Years?", Die Weltwoche (in Swiss) (September 2, 2020).
*"The Dangers of Intellectual Territorialism", Scientific American (August 31, 2020).
*"Survival of Bacteria in Space", Wired (August 26, 2020).
*"The Sun May Have Started Its Life With a Binary Companion", CfA Press Release (August 18, 2020).
*"`Oumuamua Was Not a Molecular Hydrogen Iceberg", CfA Press Release (August 17, 2020).
*"What if We Could Live for a Million Years?", Scientific American (August 16, 2020).
*"Uncovering Our Solar System's Shape", NASA (August 5, 2020).
*"A Movie of the Evolving Universe", Scientific American (August 3, 2020).
*"New Physics in Cosmology", Sky and Telescope (July 31, 2020).
*"The Power of Scientific Brainstorming", Scientific American (July 24, 2020).
*"Lunar Observatory for Gravitational Waves", Universe Today (July 24, 2020).
*"Mitigating Future Risks (in Spanish)", El Mundo, Spain (July 19, 2020).
*"Living With Scientific Uncertainty", Scientific American (July 15, 2020).
*"Odd Radio Circles", Salon (July 13, 2020).
*"Is Planet Nine a Primordial Black Hole?", CfA Press Release (July 9, 2020).
*"Flare Coincident with a Gravitational Wave Source", Scientific American (July 1, 2020).
*"Risk for Life from Asteroids", Forbes (June 30, 2020).
*"Top ArXiv Papers for two weeks in a row", Sunny Vangozzi (June 24, 2020).
*"An Audacious Explanation for Fast Radio Bursts", Scientific American (June 24, 2020).
*"Search for Technosignatures", CfA Press Release (June 19, 2020).
*"Was `Oumuamua Made of Solid Hydrogen Ice?", ApJL (June 14, 2020).
*"Primordial Black Holes", Daily Galaxy (June 14, 2020).
*"Einstein: Visualize the Impossible", PR Newswire (June 10, 2020).
*Theories of Everything, Scientific American (June 9, 2020).
*Enigmatic 157 Day Period of a Fast Radio Burst, Gizmodo (June 8, 2020).
*Is `Planet Nine' a Black Hole?, Forbes magazine (June 3, 2020).
*Growth History of Black Holes, CfA Press Release (June 1, 2020).
*Visionary Science Takes More than Just Technical Skills, Scientific American (May 25, 2020).
*"Cuvee Oumuamua", Bonny Doon Vineyard (May 25, 2020).
*Betelgeuse Is Bright Again, Salon (May 15, 2020).
*Are We Alone?, New Scientist Live, London, October 2019 (Posted May 15, 2020).
*Hubris of the Anthropocene, Daily Galaxy (May 13, 2020).
*Using Starshot to Search for Planet Nine, Live Science (May 7, 2020).
*Can Planet Nine Be Detected Gravitationally by a Sub-Relativistic Spacecraft?, arXiv (May 4, 2020).
*In Search of Naked Singularities, Scientific American (May 3, 2020).
*Board for Global Catastrophes, Scientific American (April 30, 2020).
*Impact of Fast Supernova Dust on the Moon, Popular Science (April 30, 2020).
*What Might Be Speeding Up the Expansion of the Universe?, Quanta Magazine (April 27, 2020).
*PCAST, OSTP, White House (April 23, 2020).
*We Don't Have Planet B, Jefferson Society (April 22, 2020).
*Q&A, Jefferson Society (April 22, 2020).
*COVID-19: a Moon Landing Moment for Science, with Dario Gil, IBM (April 22, 2020).
*PCAST, American Astronomical Society (April 22, 2020).
*PCAST, Harvard Gazette (April 22, 2020).
*PCAST, Harvard Crimson (April 21, 2020).
*PCAST Intended Nomination, White House (April 20, 2020).
*A Sobering Astronomical Reminder from COVID-19, Scientific American (April 18, 2020).
*Initial Temperature of the Universe, "Top arXiv
Papers of the week", by Sunny Vagnozzi (April 10, 2020).
*Why the Pursuit of Scientific Knowledge Will Never End, Scientific American (April 6, 2020).
*Noise from the Big Bang, "Surprisingly Brilliant" podcast; iHeart Radio (April 2, 2020).
*Radioactivity Could Make Otherwise Frozen Planets Habitable, Science Magazine (April 1, 2020).
*We All Live In A Croissant-Shaped Giant Bubble, Forbes (March 22, 2020).
*Looking for the Helpers: Turn to the Scientists, Erie Reader (March 20, 2020).
*Flattening the COVID-19 Curves, Scientific American (March 17, 2020).
*Reimagining the Heliosphere, Phys.Org (March 17, 2020).
*Be a Generalist, Scientific American (March 16, 2020).
*Mission to the Nearest Star, San Francisco Chronicle (March 14, 2020).
*Life Beyond the Habitable Zone, NOVA (March 2, 2020).
*Riding the Wave of a Supernova, Universe Today (February 28, 2020).
*Why Have Students?, Scientific American (February 25, 2020).
*Panspermia, Astronomy magazine (February 21, 2020).
*What Makes Fast Radio Bursts?, Fox News (February 21, 2020).
*Life in Alien Oceans, LOOK (February 21, 2020).
*Meteors Near the Speed of Light, Universe Today (February 18, 2020).
*Intergalactic Space Travel, Popular Science (February 17, 2020).
*Fast Radio Bursts, Down to Earth (February 17, 2020).
*Search for Life Outside the Solar System, Science Illustrated, Denamrk (in Danish) (February 17, 2020).
*Extraterrestrial Life, San Francisco Chronicle (February 17, 2020).
*Could a Habitable Planet Orbit a Black
Hole?, Science Magazine (February 4, 2020).
*Surfing a Supernova, Scientific American
(February 3, 2020).
*Supernovae, Centauri Dreams
(February 4, 2020).
*Science and Philosophy, Joe Walker Podcast .
*Stellar Budget for Black Holes Collisions, Harvard Crimson (February 3, 2020).
*Life on Other Planets, Medium (January 28, 2020).
*Exporting Terrestrial Life, Eos (January 22, 2020).
*Can the Universe Provide Us with the Meaning of Life?, Scientific American (January 21, 2020).
*The Simple Truth About Physics, Scientific American (January 2, 2020).
*A Tale of Three Nobels, Scientific American (December 18, 2019).
*Dark Matter and Search for Life, Nautilus (December 12, 2019).
*Travel Through Interstellar Space, Collision Course Radio Interview (December 8, 2019).
*Harvard's Black Hole Initiative Received New Funding, Harvard Gazette (December 3, 2019).
*14 Most Inspiring Israelis Of the 2010-2020 Decade, From the Grapevine (December 3, 2019).
*Essential Advice For Fledgling Scientists, Scientific American (December 2, 2019).
*Searching for Life in Deep Space, Long Now Foundation (December 2, 2019).
*What Is Inside a Black Hole?, Freethink (November 27, 2019).
*Our Future in Space, Newsweek (November 26, 2019).
*What To Do When the Sun Will Brighten?, Scientific American (November 25, 2019).
*Extraterrestrial Life, Boston Museum of Science (November 21, 2019).
*Astronomical Insights, Erie Reader (November 20, 2019).
*The Electric Sail and Its Uses, Centauri Dreams (November 18, 2019).
*Electric or Solar Sails?, Universe Today (November 15, 2019).
*Space-X Satellites As a Risk to Astronomy, Salon magazine (November 12, 2019).
*Did Life from Earth Escape the Solar System Eons Ago?, Scientific American (November 4, 2019).
*Are We Alone?, Public Lecture at the Jefferson Society (page 4 in linked brochure) (November 1, 2019).
*Reading Amos Oz Through Many Eyes, Panel Discussion, Harvard University (October 30, 2019).
*Discovery of a New Dwarf Planet, Salon.com (October 29, 2019).
*Comets and Interstellar Objects Could Be Exporting Life, Daily Galaxy (October 19, 2019).
*Habitable Planets Around Black Holes, Daily Galaxy (October 11, 2019).
*The Next Big Media Pitch Should Be About Science, Inside Sources (October 10, 2019).
*Science Is Not About Getting More "Likes", Scientific American (October 8, 2019).
*The Atlantic Festival: "Beyond Science: Exploring the Unknown", Panel discussion (September 26, 2019).
*The Atlantic Festival: "Beyond Science: Exploring the Unknown", Q&A (September 26, 2019).
*The Atlantic Festival: "Beyond Science", Video segment from panel discussion (clip 1) (September 26, 2019).
*The Atlantic Festival: "Beyond Science", Video segment from panel discussion (clip 2) (September 26, 2019).
*The Atlantic Festival: "Beyond Science", Video segment from panel discussion (clip 3) (September 26, 2019).
*The Moon as a Fishing Net for Extraterrestrial Life, Scientific American (September 25, 2019).
*Interstellar Comet Borisov, Space.com (September 20, 2019).
*Questions for Smart People, Podcast (September 16, 2019).
*Interstellar Comet, accepted for publication in RNAAS (September 16, 2019).
*Einstein and Black Holes, Public Lecture (September 11, 2019).
*Fermi's Paradox, Grapevine (September 10, 2019).
*The Moon as a Fishing Net for Extraterrestrial Life, Scientific American (September 8, 2019).
*Nothing Persists, Scientific American (September 6, 2019).
*Interstellar Meteors, Space.Com (August 30, 2019).
*Monitoring the Moon for Interstellar Impacts, Universe Today (August 28, 2019).
*TMT Update, Associated Press (August 25, 2019).
*Airless Alien Planet, Scientific American (August 19, 2019).
*Stardust in Antarctic Snow, Inside Science (August 16, 2019).
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