Biography
Alexei Vladimir "Alex" Filippenko (; born July 25, 1958) is an American astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley. Filippenko graduated from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California. He received a Bachelor of Arts in physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1979 and a Ph.D. in astronomy from the California Institute of Technology in 1984, where he was a Hertz Foundation Fellow. He was a postdoctoral Miller Fellow at Berkeley from 1984 to 1986 and was appointed to Berkeley's faculty in 1986. In 1996 and 2005, he a Miller Research Professor, and he is currently a Senior Miller Fellow. His research focuses on supernovae and active galaxies at optical, ultraviolet, and near-infrared wavelengths, as well as on black holes, gamma-ray bursts, and the expansion of the Universe.
Filmography
all 18
self 15
Movies 11
TV Shows 7
El Universo (serie de televisión) (2007) (2021)
Hubble: The Greatest Show in the Universe (2020)
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time (2019)
NOVA Wonders (2018)
Genius by Stephen Hawking (2016)
Space's Deepest Secrets (2016)
Secrets of the Earth (2013)
The Universe in 3D Catastrophes That Changed the Planets (2013)
Seven Ages of Starlight (2012)
The Universe: How the Solar System was Made (2011)
The Universe: Catastrophes that Changed the Planets (2011)
History of the World in Two Hours (2011)
The Universe: God and the Universe (2011)
The Universe: Dark Future of the Sun (2010)
The Universe 7 Wonders of the Solar System in 3D (2010)
Horizon: Can We Make a Star on Earth (2009)
Stephen Fry in America (2008)
The Universe (2007)
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GenderMale
Birthday1958-07-25 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceOakland, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesUnited States of America, United States of America
AwardsCarl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization, Richtmyer Memorial Award, Petrie Prize Lecture, Guggenheim Fellowship
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