Profile

• Organization

  University of California, Berkeley

  
  
• Employment Status

  University / College Faculty

  
  
• Web Site

  http://astro.berkeley.edu/~alex/

  
  
• Biography

  Professor of Astronomy, Astronomy Departmemt, University of California-Berkeley

  Alex Filippenko is the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences. His research accomplishments, documented in more than 600 published papers, have been recognized by several major prizes, and he is one of the world’s most highly cited astronomers. In 2009 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He has won the top teaching awards at UC Berkeley and has been voted the “Best Professor” on campus six times. In 2006, he was selected as the Carnegie/CASE National Professor of the Year among doctoral institutions. He has produced four astronomy video courses with The Teaching Company and coauthored an award-winning textbook. An avid tennis player and hiker, he enjoys world travel and is addicted to experiencing total solar eclipses (10, and counting).

  
  
• Interests

  1. active galaxies
  2. black holes
  3. expansion of the Universe
  4. gamma-ray bursts
  5. supernovae

  
  
• Citizenship

  Enter your Country of Citizenship.

  
  
• Residence

  Enter your Country of Residency.

  
  
• Gender

  Enter your Gender.