Alexei Filippenko

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astronomer astrophysicist human science communicator university professor

Alexei Filippenko is an American astrophysicist renowned for his work on supernovae, active galaxies, and the accelerating expansion of the universe, as well as for his award-winning teaching and science communication.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Alexei Filippenko canonical	2
Alexei V. Filippenko	2
Filippenko	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T365169 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Alexei Filippenko
Context triple: [Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, notableRecipient, Alexei Filippenko]

A. Dorion Sagan
Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
B. Mark Ciardi
Mark Ciardi is an American film producer and former Major League Baseball pitcher best known for producing inspirational sports and historical dramas such as "The Rookie," "Miracle," and "Chappaquiddick."
C. Steven Soter
Steven Soter is an American astrophysicist and science writer best known for co-writing the landmark television series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" with Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan.
D. Norman Spinrad
Norman Spinrad is an American science fiction author known for his provocative, politically charged novels and short stories, including "Bug Jack Barron" and "The Iron Dream."
E. Nicholas Sagan
Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Alexei Filippenko
Target entity description: Alexei Filippenko is an American astrophysicist renowned for his work on supernovae, active galaxies, and the accelerating expansion of the universe, as well as for his award-winning teaching and science communication.

A. Dorion Sagan
Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
B. Mark Ciardi
Mark Ciardi is an American film producer and former Major League Baseball pitcher best known for producing inspirational sports and historical dramas such as "The Rookie," "Miracle," and "Chappaquiddick."
C. Steven Soter
Steven Soter is an American astrophysicist and science writer best known for co-writing the landmark television series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" with Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan.
D. Norman Spinrad
Norman Spinrad is an American science fiction author known for his provocative, politically charged novels and short stories, including "Bug Jack Barron" and "The Iron Dream."
E. Nicholas Sagan
Nicholas Sagan is the son of science communicator Ann Druyan and famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomer ⓘ astrophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ science communicator ⓘ university professor ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts in physics ⓘ PhD in astronomy ⓘ
awardReceived	American Astronomical Society Education Prize ⓘ Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award ⓘ Carl Sagan Memorial Award ⓘ surface form: Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization Richard H. Emmons Award for Excellence in College Astronomy Teaching ⓘ U.S. Professor of the Year award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	California Institute of Technology ⓘ University of California, Santa Barbara ⓘ
employer	University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
familyName	Alexei Filippenko self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Filippenko
fieldOfWork	active galactic nuclei ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ extragalactic astronomy ⓘ observational astronomy ⓘ supernovae ⓘ
genre	popular science ⓘ
givenName	Alexey ⓘ surface form: Alexei
hasRole	mentor of graduate and undergraduate students in astronomy ⓘ principal investigator on supernova observation programs ⓘ
knownFor	contributions to the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe ⓘ public science communication ⓘ research on active galaxies ⓘ research on supernovae ⓘ science education ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	High-z Supernova Search Team ⓘ Supernova Cosmology Project ⓘ
name	Alexei Filippenko self-link ⓘ
notableWork	observations of supernova SN 1987A ⓘ popular astronomy lectures ⓘ research on Type Ia supernovae as cosmological distance indicators ⓘ studies of the central black hole in the Milky Way and other galaxies ⓘ television science programs ⓘ
occupation	educator ⓘ professor of astronomy ⓘ research scientist ⓘ
researchInterest	black holes ⓘ cosmic expansion ⓘ dark energy ⓘ supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei ⓘ
workplace	Department of Astronomy (UC Berkeley) ⓘ surface form: Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Norris Russell Lectureship → notableRecipient → Alexei Filippenko ⓘ

Alexei Filippenko → name → Alexei Filippenko self-link ⓘ

Alexei Filippenko → familyName → Alexei Filippenko self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Filippenko

High-z Supernova Search Team → keyPerson → Alexei Filippenko ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexei V. Filippenko

American Astronomical Society Education Prize → notableRecipient → Alexei Filippenko ⓘ