Summary

Harvard astrophysicist and the world's most prominent mainstream academic to publicly argue for the scientific investigation of potential extraterrestrial technological artifacts. Loeb founded the Galileo Project in 2021 - the first systematic, transparent, peer-reviewed scientific program specifically designed to search for and analyze UAP and interstellar objects as potential technological artifacts. His willingness to apply rigorous academic methodology to the UAP question, combined with his institutional standing as Harvard's former astronomy chair, has given the field a credibility anchor it previously lacked in mainstream academia. Has published over 1,000 peer-reviewed papers and testified before Congress in 2024.

Roles

• -Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science, Harvard University
• -Chair, Harvard Astronomy Department (2011-2020)
• -Founder and Director, Galileo Project (2021-present)
• -Author - Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth (2021)

Organizations

Education

• -Ph.D., Plasma Physics - Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1986)
• -B.S., Physics - Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1980)

Early Career

• -Served in Israeli Air Force's scientific unit and led a government project to develop rocket fuel
• -Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) - postdoctoral fellowship
• -Joined Harvard faculty in 1993; became full professor in 1998
• -Chaired the Harvard Astronomy Department for nine years (2011-2020)
• -Led advisory committees for NASA, the European Research Council, and China's National Astronomical Observatories