Alexander Vilenkin | |
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Олександр Віленкін; | |
Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University at Buffalo |
Known for | Eternal inflation Borde–Guth–Vilenkin theorem Cosmic strings |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physical cosmology |
Institutions | Tufts University |
Alexander Vilenkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Владимирович Виле́нкин; Ukrainian: Олександр Віленкін; born 13 May 1949) is the Leonard Jane Holmes Bernstein Professor of Evolutionary Science and Director of the Institute of Cosmology at Tufts University.[2][3] A theoretical physicist who has been working in the field of cosmology for 25 years, Vilenkin has written over 260 publications.[4]