Alexander Kusenko is a theoretical

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, astrophysicist, and

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who is currently a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the

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(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

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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''. In 2021, Kusenko was awarded a Simons Fellowship in Theoretical Physics. In 2021, he entered a $10,000 wager with

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over the possibility of sailing straight downwind faster than the wind, which he later conceded.

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Scientific publications of Alexander Kusenko
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''Scientists may have solved mystery of matter’s origin'' by Sarah Kaplan

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"Higgs Boson Could Explain Matter’s Dominance over Antimatter" by Clara Moskowitz

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1966 births Living people American physicists Fellows of the American Physical Society American Physical Society Moscow State University alumni Stony Brook University alumni University of California, Los Angeles faculty People associated with CERN {{Astronomer-stub