Alexei Filippenko
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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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astronomer
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astrophysicist → human → science communicator → university professor → |
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Bachelor of Arts in physics
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PhD in astronomy → |
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American Astronomical Society Education Prize
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Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award → Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization → Richard H. Emmons Award for Excellence in College Astronomy Teaching → U.S. Professor of the Year award → |
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United States of America
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California Institute of Technology
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University of California, Santa Barbara → |
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University of California, Berkeley
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Filippenko
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| fieldOfWork |
active galactic nuclei
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astrophysics → cosmology → extragalactic astronomy → observational astronomy → supernovae → |
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popular science
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| givenName |
Alexei
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mentor of graduate and undergraduate students in astronomy
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principal investigator on supernova observation programs → |
| knownFor |
contributions to the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe
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public science communication → research on active galaxies → research on supernovae → science education → |
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English
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| memberOf |
High-z Supernova Search Team
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Supernova Cosmology Project → |
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Alexei Filippenko
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observations of supernova SN 1987A
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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 → |
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educator
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professor of astronomy → research scientist → |
| researchInterest |
black holes
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cosmic expansion → dark energy → supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei → |
| workplace |
Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley
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Alexei Filippenko
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Alexei Filippenko
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Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
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