Avi Loeb
Harvard theoretical physicist and author
Avi Loeb is a Harvard physicist and bestselling author who has written about astrophysics and the search for life beyond Earth.
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Israeli Born 1962 in Beit Hanan, Israel
About Avi Loeb
Avi Loeb is an Israeli-American theoretical physicist, born in Beit Hanan, Israel. He holds the Frank B. Baird, Jr., professorship of science at Harvard University. Between 2011 and 2020 he led Harvard's astronomy department, and in 2016 he set up the Black Hole Initiative. Among his memberships are the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society and the International Academy of Astronautics. Since 2015 he has directed science theory for the Breakthrough Prize Foundation's Breakthrough Initiatives. Extraterrestrial, published in 2021, is subtitled The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth. Since 2017 he has suggested that ʻOumuamua may be an alien craft, though most scientists have not accepted this.