---- ## Basic Information ![[avi_loeb.jpg|inlR|200]] - **Name**: Abraham Loeb - **Aliases**: Avi - **Date of Birth**: February 26th, 1962 - **Nationality**: Israeli-American - **Occupation**: Theoretical Physicist (Astrophysics and Cosmology) at Harvard University. - https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/people/avi-loeb - **Papers/Studies**: https://www.worldscientific.com/author/Loeb%2C+Abraham - **Trust Score**: 42/50 - <span style="color: limegreen;">HIGH</span> <details> <summary><b>Trust Score Analysis</b></summary> <IMG src="https://publish-01.obsidian.md/access/1c31a6f93f82a49b0a9eb31193d6cdec/_images/avi_trust_score.png" alt="Avi Trust Score"/> </details> ## Background - **Biography**: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avi_Loeb > **Abraham** "**Avi**" **Loeb** ([Hebrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language "Hebrew language"): אברהם (אבי) לייב; born February 26, 1962) is an [Israeli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelis "Israelis")-[American](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans "Americans") [theoretical physicist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_physics "Theoretical physics") who works on [astrophysics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysics "Astrophysics") and [cosmology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_cosmology "Physical cosmology"). Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at [Harvard University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University "Harvard University"). He had been the longest serving chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy (2011–2020), founding director of Harvard's [Black Hole Initiative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hole_Initiative "Black Hole Initiative") (since 2016) and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (since 2007) within the [Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard-Smithsonian_Center_for_Astrophysics "Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics"). > > Loeb is a fellow of the [American Academy of Arts and Sciences](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences "American Academy of Arts and Sciences"), the [American Physical Society](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Physical_Society "American Physical Society"), and the [International Academy of Astronautics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Academy_of_Astronautics "International Academy of Astronautics"). In July 2018, he was appointed as chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy (BPA) of the [National Academies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Academies "National Academies"), which is the Academies' forum for issues connected with the fields of [physics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics "Physics") and [astronomy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy "Astronomy"), including oversight of their [decadal surveys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decadal_survey "Decadal survey"). > > In June 2020, Loeb was sworn in as a member of the [President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%27s_Council_of_Advisors_on_Science_and_Technology "President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology") (PCAST) at the [White House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House "White House"). In December 2012, _[Time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine) "Time (magazine)")_ magazine selected Loeb as one of the 25 most influential people in space. In 2015, Loeb was appointed as the science theory director for the [Breakthrough Initiatives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Initiatives "Breakthrough Initiatives") of the [Breakthrough Prize](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Prize "Breakthrough Prize") Foundation. > > In 2018, he suggested that alien space craft may be in the [Solar System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System "Solar System"), using the anomalous behavior of [ʻOumuamua](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBOumuamua "ʻOumuamua") as an example. In 2019, together with his student, Amir Siraj, Loeb reported discovering a meteor that potentially originated outside the Solar System. - **Education**: - Ph.D - Plasma Physics (Age 24), Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1986 ## Online Presence ### Websites - https://avi-loeb.medium.com/ ### Email Addresses - [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) ## Contact Information - **Phone Number**: (617) 496-6808