Alexander Kusenko
Alex Kusenko in 2011
BornMarch 1966 (age 57)
Simferopol, Soviet Ukraine, Soviet Union
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materMoscow State University (BSc)
Stony Brook University (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
Astrophysics
Cosmology
InstitutionsUCLA
Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
CERN
University of Pennsylvania
Doctoral advisorRobert Shrock
Websitehttp://www.physics.ucla.edu/~kusenko

Alexander Kusenko is a theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, and cosmologist who is currently a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In addition, Kusenko holds an appointment of Senior Scientist at the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU) since February 2008. He has served as a general member of the board of Aspen Center for Physics 2004-2019. Kusenko was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2008 for original and seminal contributions to particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.[1] In 2021, Kusenko was awarded a Simons Fellowship in Theoretical Physics.[2] In 2021, he entered a $10,000 wager with Derek Muller over the possibility of sailing straight downwind faster than the wind, which he later conceded.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "APS Fellowship". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  2. ↑ "Simons Fellowship in Theoretical Physisc".
  3. ↑ Muller, Derek Alexander; Kusenko, Alexander (9 June 2021). "Downwind sailing wager agreement". Google Docs. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  4. ↑ Kusenko, Alexander (22 June 2021). "Discussion of the propeller-assisted straight-downwind land sailing faster than wind". Google Docs. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  5. ↑ Woodward, Aylin (Jul 28, 2021). "A YouTuber bet a physicist $10,000 that a wind-powered vehicle could travel twice as fast as the wind itself — and won". Business Insider. Retrieved 14 September 2021.


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