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EMERGING EXPLORERS: DR. STEPHON
ALEXANDER '93 WINS A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AWARD
Stephon Alexander ’93, currently an assistant
professor of physics and astrophysics at Penn State University,
has won, along with seven other candidates, a place in the National
Geographic Emerging
Explorers Class for 2006. The Emerging Explorers each receive
a $10,000 award to help with their ongoing research. In Alexander’s
case, that involves the interface between early universe cosmology
and the quantum theory of gravity. (In his spare time, he plays
the tenor sax.)
Alexander, originally from Trinidad and Tobago, grew
up in the Bronx, New York, and came to Haverford in 1989 to concentrate
in physics. He got his doctorate at Brown in 2000, specializing
in theoretical cosmology and Superstring theory. He completed two
post-doctoral qualifications at Imperial College, London, England,
and at Stanford’s Linear Accelerator Center and Institute
for Theoretical Physics, in California.
In his work at Penn State, Alexander focuses on the
interface between early universe cosmology and gravitational theory.
Other Emerging Explorers for 2006 include environmental
anthropologist and underwater cave explorer Kenny Broad, of Miami;
archaeological oceanographer Katy Croff, Narragansett, R.I.; geographer
Maria Fadiman, Boca Raton, Fla.; social studies teacher and author
Joseph Lekuton, of McLean, Va.; climate change author Mark Lynas,
Oxford, England; adventure photographer Bobby Model, Nairobi, Kenya;
and gender anthropologist Losang Rabgey, of Washington, D.C.
The Emerging Explorers program is supported by Microsoft
and the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation.
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