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Alex Lupsasca

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Research Scientist at OpenAI

Lupsasca is a prize-winning black-hole theorist using AI to accelerate scientific discovery. He helped predict the photon-ring structure targeted by future black-hole observations and now works at OpenAI on AI for Science while remaining a Vanderbilt professor and project scientist for the Black Hole Explorer.

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Research Scientist
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Last editorial review: August 10, 2026

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Citation history from Aug 25, '25 to Jun 15, '263,4293,4033,376Aug 25, '25Jun 15, '26
3,429citations as of Jun 15, '26+53 since Aug 25, '25
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