"It would be arrogant to think we're alone in the universe"
Avi Loeb is a theoretical astrophysicist and the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. A New York Times bestselling author, he consistently makes headlines for advocating that the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life should be mainstream science.
Loeb has been the longest-serving Chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy (2011-2020), the Founding Director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative (2016-2021) and the Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (2007-present) within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics .
"Avi Loeb is no stranger to controversy." — Scientific American