Alex Lupsasca, Ph.D.

Lupsasca is a theorist specializing in black holes, relativistic astrophysics and classical and quantum gravity. Currently a resident scientist at OpenAI, he is the project scientist for the Black Hole Explorer and has been an assistant professor of physics and mathematics at Vanderbilt since 2022. He is a recipient of the Breakthrough Foundation’s 2024 New Horizons in Physics Prize and was awarded the 2024 Early Career Scientist Prize from the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation for his work on black hole imaging. Last year, Science News Magazine listed him as one of 10 “Scientists to Watch” for outstanding contributions to their fields, and the Society for Science awarded him the Jon C. Graff, Ph.D. Prize for Excellence in Science Communication.