Meet the People at the BHI
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Iniyan Natarajan
SAO Postdoctoal Fellow
Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian
Astronomy
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Kazunori Akiyama
NRAO Jansky Postdoctoral Fellow
MIT Haystack Observatory
Astronomy
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Jacob Barandes
Lecturer and Co-Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Physics, Harvard University
Physics
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Edo Berger
Faculty Affiliate, Black Hole Initiative; Professor of Astronomy
Harvard University
Astronomy
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Lindy Blackburn
SAO Radio Astronomer
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Jeremy Butterfield
Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, UK
Fellow of the British Academy
Philosophy, Physics
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Erik Curiel
Senior Researcher
Universität Bonn
Philosophy, Physics
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Juliusz Doboszewski
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lichtenberg Group for History and Philosophy of Physics
University of Bonn
Philosophy
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Jamee Elder
BHI POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW ALUM; Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Tufts University
Philosophy
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Jonathan Grindlay
Faculty Affiliate, Black Hole Initiative; Robert Treat Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy
Harvard University
Astronomy
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Edward Hall
Faculty Affiliate, Black Hole Initiative; Norman E. Vuilleumier Professor of Philosophy; Department Chair, Department of Philosophy
Philosophy
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Sara Issaoun
Associate Fellow
Astronomy
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David Kaiser
Professor of Physics; Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science; Associate Dean for Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing
MIT
Astronomy, Philosophy, Physics
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Daniel Kennefick
Professor
University of Arkansas
Philosophy, Physics
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Peter Koellner
Faculty Affiliate, Black Hole Initiative; Professor, Department of Philosophy
Philosophy
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Martin Lesourd
BHI POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW ALUM
Black Hole Initiative
Mathematics, Philosophy
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Alex Lupsasca
BHI GRADUATE STUDENT ALUM; Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University
Mathematics, Physics
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Niels Martens
University Lecturer in Philosophy of Physics, Utrecht University
Faculty Affiliate
Astronomy, Philosophy
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James Moran
Faculty Affiliate, Black Hole Initiative; Donald H. Menzel Professor of Astrophysics Emeritus, Department of Astronomy; Senior scientist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Astronomy
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Feryal Ozel
Faculty Affiliate, Black Hole Initiative; Professor of Astronomy and Physics
University of Arizona
Astronomy
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Malcolm Perry
Faculty Affiliate, Black Hole Initiative; Professor of Physics
University of Cambridge
Mathematics, Physics
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Dominic Pesce
SAO Astrophysicist
University of Virginia
Astronomy
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Dimitrios Psaltis
Faculty Affiliate, Black Hole Initiative; Professor of Astronomy and Physics
University of Arizona
Astronomy
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Andrea Puhm
Visiting Scholar, Black Hole Initiative
Physics
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Lisa Randall
Faculty Affiliate; Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science
Harvard University
Physics
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Mark Reid
Faculty Affiliate, Black Hole Initiative; Senior Radio Astronomer
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Astronomy
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Maria Rodriguez
BHI Sabbatical Scholar
Utah State University and Instituto de Física Teórica, Spain
Physics
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Freek Roelofs
BHI POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW ALUM
Black Hole Initiative
Astronomy
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Mohammadtaher Safarzadeh
Visiting Scholar, Black Hole Initiative
Astronomy
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Matthew Stanley
Professor
New York University
Astronomy, Physics
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Paul Tiede
BHI POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW ALUM
Black Hole Initiative
Astronomy
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Cumrun Vafa
Faculty Affiliate, Black Hole Initiative; Donner Professor of Science, Department of Physics
Physics
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Oscar Varela
BHI Sabbatical Scholar
Utah State University and IFT-Madrid
Physics
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Jonathan Weintroub
Affiliate, Black Hole Initiative; Electrical Engineer and Scientist
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Shing-Tung Yau
Professor
Harvard University
Mathematics
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Xi Yin
Faculty Affiliate, Black Hole Initiative; Professor of Physics, Department of Physics
Physics
Honorary Affiliate: Stephen Hawking
In Memoriam
Former Honorary Affiliate
Dennis Stanton Avery and Sally Tsui Wong-Avery Director of Research, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge Physics
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