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Research/Areas of Interest:
Theoretical cosmology
I do research on cosmic inflation, dark energy, cosmic strings and monopoles, quantum cosmology, and the multiverse.
Education
- PhD Physics, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, United States, 1977
- Physicist (MS equivalent), Kharkov State University, U.S.S.R., 1971