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Professor Abraham (Avi) Loeb

Avi Loeb is an Israeli-American theoretical physicist and the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United

States. He is involved in many other astronomy organisations as well, including being chair of Harvard’s Department of Astronomy, founding director of the Black Hole Initiative and chair of the Advisory Committee for the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative, to name a few.

Loeb’s work in theoretical physics has led him to study many aspects of space, from exoplanets to black holes. In 2012, Time magazine also selected Loeb as one of the 25 most influential people in space science.