Alexander Kusenko is a theoretical

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, astrophysicist, and cosmologist 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 The Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU) is an international research institute for physics and mathematics situated in Kashiwa, Japan, near Tokyo. Its full name is ''"Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathemat ...

(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

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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

Derek Muller Derek Alexander Muller (born 9 November 1982) is a science communicator and media personality, best known for his YouTube channel Veritasium, which has over 17.8 million subscribers and 3.3 billion views as of April 2025. He currently lives in ...

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 Moscow State University alumni Stony Brook University alumni University of California, Los Angeles faculty People associated with CERN {{Astronomer-stub Aspen Center for Physics people