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Alexei Filippenko
Alexei Vladimir "Alex" Filippenko is an American astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at the University of California at Berkeley. Filippenko graduated from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California. He received a BA in Art Physics from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1979 and a PhD. in the Astronomy of the California Institute of Technology in 1984 where he was a member of the Hertz Foundation. He was a Miller Fellow at UC Berkeley and was later appointed professor at the same institution. He was then appointed Miller Research Professor in spring 1996 and spring 2005. His research focused on supernovae and active galaxies at optical, polar, violet and near infrared wavelengths.
BornAlexei Vladimir Filippenko, 25, 1958, Oakland, California, United States
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (B.A. 1979), California Institute of Technology (Ph.D. 1984)
ThesisPhysical conditions in low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (1984)
Other academic advisorsStanton J. Peale
Known forType Ia supernova studies
Notable awardsNewton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy, Guggenheim Fellowship
SpouseNoelle Filippenko
Children4

About Alexei Filippenko

Astrophysicist Alexei Filippenko was born in California, United States on July 25, 1958. He's 65 years old today.

In 2011, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the accelerating universe. He has worked as an astronomy professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and has been on series such as The Universe on The History Channel.

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Alexei Filippenko before becoming famous

Alexei Filippenko was born in the Zodiac sign Leo (The Lion), and 1958 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dog (狗).

He was born in Oakland and received his doctorate in 1984 at the California Institute of Technology.

Achievement of Alexei Filippenko

In 2006, he received the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's U.S. Professor of the Year Award.

Alexei Filippenko's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He is married to Noelle and has two children, Simon and Zoe.

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Alexei Filippenko Collabed with

He and colleague Astrophysicist Brian Schmidt shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

Alexei Filippenko Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Alexei Filippenko updated on March 16 2023.