Biography:Amir Siraj

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Amir Siraj
Born2000 (age 25–26)[1]
USA[2]
EducationAB, Harvard University, 2022

AM, Harvard University, 2022
MM, New England Conservatory of Music, 2023

MA, Princeton University, 2024
Alma materHarvard University, New England Conservatory of Music, Princeton University
Known forInterstellar objects[3]
AwardsForbes 30 Under 30[4]
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics, Music
Websitehttps://siraj.scholar.princeton.edu/

Amir Siraj (born in 2000) is an American astrophysicist, pianist, and science and music communicator.

Career

Astrophysics

Siraj earned bachelor's and master's degrees at Harvard University,[5] and is currently pursuing his PhD at Princeton University.[6]

His research is primarily focused on interstellar objects,[7][8] asteroids and comets,[9][10] planetary system formation and evolution,[11][12] supernovae,[13] black holes,[14] dark matter,[15] and the search for life in the universe.[16] Recently, he proposed the existence of unseen captured planets in the outer Solar System.[17][18][19][20] He co-discovered CNEOS 2014-01-08,[21][22][23] a potentially interstellar meteor.[24][25][26][27][28][29] Siraj is also known as the former director of interstellar object studies at the Galileo project, through which he was involved with the search and discovery mission for interstellar objects.[22] His research was named one of CNN's extraordinary cosmic revelations and moments in space exploration in 2022.[30] He was the youngest scientist named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2021,[4] and Astronomy magazine named him a rising star in astronomy in 2022.[31] He also contributes to Scientific American.[32]

Music

An active concert pianist,[33] Siraj is a Young Steinway Artist[34] and US Presidential Scholar in the Arts.[1] He graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music with a master's degree in 2023.[35] He has performed with Yo-Yo Ma at UNESCO and the United Nations General Assembly.[36][37][38] He played at the Atlantic Council's Global Citizen Awards for Justin Trudeau,[39] as well as at the GRAMMY Salute to Classical Music at Carnegie Hall,[40] at The Cliburn[41] and at the opening concert for the Swiss Alps Classics.[42]

At the Aspen Center for Physics, he moderated a panel discussion that brought top composers and physicists together in conversation.[43] In partnership with the National Park Foundation and From the Top, he established Music For The Parks.[44][45]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "17-year-old Brookline boy wins Presidential Scholar in the Arts award". Boston 25 News. 11 May 2017. https://www.boston25news.com/news/17-year-old-brookline-boy-wins-presidential-scholar-in-the-arts-award/521697831/e. 
  2. ↑ "This Land/Our Land: A interview with 17-year-old pianist Amir Siraj". From The Top. 2 July 2017. https://fromthetop.org/thisland-amir-siraj/. 
  3. ↑ "Research Team". https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo/people. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Forbes 30 Under 30 2021: Science". https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2021/science/. 
  5. ↑ "Amir Siraj" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/profile/amir-siraj/. 
  6. ↑ "Amir Siraj" (in en). https://web.astro.princeton.edu/people/amir-siraj. 
  7. ↑ O'Kane, Caitlin (2022-04-15). "U.S. Space Command confirms interstellar meteor hit Earth" (in en-US). https://www.cbsnews.com/news/first-interstellar-meteor-to-hit-earth-solar-system-space-command/. 
  8. ↑ Tomaswick, Andy (2022-11-11). "We'll Inevitably see Another Interstellar Object. Which Ones Make the Best Targets to Visit?" (in en-US). https://www.universetoday.com/158609/well-inevitably-see-another-interstellar-object-which-ones-make-the-best-targets-to-visit/. 
  9. ↑ Karlis, Nicole (2021-02-17). "Why some scientists think a comet, not an asteroid, caused the dinosaurs to go extinct" (in en). https://www.salon.com/2021/02/17/why-some-scientists-think-a-comet-not-an-asteroid-caused-the-dinosaurs-to-go-extinct/. 
  10. ↑ Kramer, Miriam (August 24, 2021). "Interstellar objects are everywhere". Axios. https://www.axios.com/2021/08/24/interstellar-comets-asteroids-common-solar-system. 
  11. ↑ "Did the Sun have a twin? New study rewrites the star's early history" (in en). 2020-08-20. https://www.inverse.com/science/long-lost-twin-sun-study. 
  12. ↑ Gough, Evan (2021-09-09). "Protoplanetary Disks Throw Out More Material Than Gets Turned Into Planets" (in en-US). https://www.universetoday.com/152468/protoplanetary-disks-throw-out-more-material-than-gets-turned-into-planets/. 
  13. ↑ Wood, Charlie (2020-04-30). "Ancient supernovas may have pierced moon rocks with star shrapnel" (in en-US). https://www.popsci.com/story/space/moon-pelted-with-star-shrapnel/. 
  14. ↑ Carter, Jamie. "Is 'Planet Nine' Actually A Black Hole In The Solar System? There's Only One Way To Find Out" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2020/06/03/is-planet-nine-actually-a-black-hole-in-the-solar-system-theres-only-one-way-to-find-out/. 
  15. ↑ Overbye, Dennis (2020-09-11). "Is There a Black Hole in Our Backyard?" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/science/astronomy-planet-nine-black-hole.html. 
  16. ↑ Tillman, Nola Taylor (2020-01-22). "Interstellar Visitors Could Export Terrestrial Life to Other Stars" (in en-US). http://eos.org/articles/interstellar-visitors-could-export-terrestrial-life-to-other-stars. 
  17. ↑ Ferreira, Becky. "Stolen planet could be hiding on the edge of our solar system" (in en-US). https://www.newscientist.com/article/2408968-stolen-planet-could-be-hiding-on-the-edge-of-our-solar-system/. 
  18. ↑ Tognetti, Laurence (2023-12-31). "How Many Planets Could Be in the Kuiper Belt?" (in en-US). https://www.universetoday.com/165014/how-many-planets-could-be-in-the-kuiper-belt/. 
  19. ↑ Starr, Michelle (2024-01-10). "There Could Be Alien, Mars-Sized Planets Lurking Beyond Pluto" (in en-US). https://www.sciencealert.com/there-could-be-alien-mars-sized-planets-lurking-beyond-pluto. 
  20. ↑ Jain, Deepa (2024-01-16). "5 Earth-like worlds may lurk in the outer reaches of the solar system, simulations suggest" (in en). https://www.livescience.com/space/exoplanets/5-earth-like-worlds-may-lurk-in-the-outer-reaches-of-the-solar-system-simulations-suggest. 
  21. ↑ Siraj, Amir; Loeb, Abraham (2022). "A Meteor of Apparent Interstellar Origin in the CNEOS Fireball Catalog". The Astrophysical Journal 939 (1): 53. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac8eac. Bibcode: 2022ApJ...939...53S. 
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Pultarova, Tereza (3 November 2022). "Confirmed! A 2014 meteor is Earth's 1st known interstellar visitor – Interstellar space rocks might be falling to Earth every 10 years.". Space.com. https://www.space.com/2014-meteor-first-interstellar-visitor-oumuamua. 
  23. ↑ Roulette, Joey (2022-04-15). "Military Memo Deepens Possible Interstellar Meteor Mystery" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/science/interstellar-meteor-debate.html. 
  24. ↑ Vaubaillon, J. (October 2022). "Hyperbolic meteors: is CNEOS 2014-01-08 interstellar?". WGN, Journal of the International Meteor Organization 50 (5): 140–143. Bibcode: 2022JIMO...50..140V. 
  25. ↑ Brown, Peter G.; Borovička, Jiří (August 2023). "On the Proposed Interstellar Origin of the USG 20140108 Fireball". The Astrophysical Journal 953 (2): 167. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ace421. Bibcode: 2023ApJ...953..167B. 
  26. ↑ Gallardo, Patricio A. (October 2023). "Anthropogenic Coal Ash as a Contaminant in a Micro-meteoritic Underwater Search". Research Notes of the AAS 7 (10): 220. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ad03f9. Bibcode: 2023RNAAS...7..220G. 
  27. ↑ Desch, Steve; Jackson, Alan (November 2023). "Critique of arXiv submission 2308.15623, "Discovery of Spherules of Likely Extrasolar Composition in the Pacific Ocean Site of the CNEOS 2014-01-08 (IM1) Bolide", by A. Loeb et al". arXiv:2311.07699 [astro-ph.EP].
  28. ↑ Fernando, Benjamin et al. (March 2024). "Seismic and acoustic signals from the 2014 'Interstellar Meteor'". Geophysical Journal International 238 (2): 1027–1039. doi:10.1093/gji/ggae202. Bibcode: 2024GeoJI.tmp..181F. 
  29. ↑ Desch, Steve (March 2024). "Be,La,U-rich spherules as microtektites of terrestrial laterites: What goes up must come down". arXiv:2403.05161 [astro-ph.EP].
  30. ↑ Strickland, Ashley; Wattles, Jackie (2022-12-27). "2022's extraordinary cosmic revelations and moments in space exploration" (in en). https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/world/year-in-space-discoveries-moments-scn/index.html. 
  31. ↑ Lucchesi, Emilie Le Beau (2022-11-03). "Rising star in astronomy: Amir Siraj" (in en-US). https://www.astronomy.com/science/rising-star-in-astronomy-amir-siraj/. 
  32. ↑ "Stories by Amir Siraj" (in en). https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/amir-siraj/. 
  33. ↑ "On music and the universe: Advice from a Cliburn Junior alum - and now, an astrophysicist" (in en). 2023-05-15. https://www.keranews.org/arts-culture/2023-05-15/on-music-and-the-universe-advice-from-cliburn-junior-alum-and-astrophysicist. 
  34. ↑ "Soundboard — Amir Siraj - Steinway & Sons" (in en). https://www.steinway.com/soundboard/soundboard-amir-siraj. 
  35. ↑ "Recital: Amir Siraj '23 MM, Piano | New England Conservatory" (in en). 2023-05-12. https://necmusic.edu/events/recital-amir-siraj-23-mm-piano. 
  36. ↑ "Creating the Future: Amir Siraj '23 MM Performs with Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax in Paris | New England Conservatory" (in en). 2022-10-26. https://necmusic.edu/news/creating-future-amir-siraj-23-mm-performs-yo-yo-ma-and-emanuel-ax-paris. 
  37. ↑ "UNESCO welcomes the acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma". December 8, 2022. https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-welcomes-acclaimed-cellist-yo-yo-ma. 
  38. ↑ "The Halftime Show: Song, stories, and solutions | UN Office for Partnerships" (in en). https://unpartnerships.un.org/news/2023/halftime-show-song-stories-and-solutions,%20https://unpartnerships.un.org/news/2023/halftime-show-song-stories-and-solutions. 
  39. ↑ Gordon, Amanda (21 September 2017). "SoftBank CEO Parties With Smart Robots During UN GA Week". Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-21/softbank-ceo-parties-with-robots-during-united-nations-ga-week?embedded-checkout=true. 
  40. ↑ "Amir Siraj performs on stage during the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards -..." (in en-us). 27 January 2018. https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/amir-siraj-performs-on-stage-during-the-60th-annual-grammy-news-photo/910830314. 
  41. ↑ Prejean, Jeanne (2019-01-10). "JUST IN: The Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition And Festival Is Coming To Dallas And Tickets Just Went On Sale" (in en-US). https://mysweetcharity.com/2019/01/just-in-the-cliburn-international-junior-piano-competition-and-festival-is-coming-to-dallas-and-tickets-just-went-on-sale/. 
  42. ↑ "Media & Press" (in en). https://www.swissalpsclassics.ch/en/media-press/archive/2021/media-2021/sac-pressemitteilung-3.6.2021/. 
  43. ↑ "Aspen Center for Physics: physicists Lisa Randall and Vijay Balasubramanian in conversation with composer Chris Theofanidis and John Luther Adams on music, science & creativity" (in en). 2023-08-11. https://www.aspenpublicradio.org/ideas-speakers-lectures/2023-08-10/aspen-center-for-physics-award-winning-physicists-lisa-randall-and-vijay-balasubramanian-in-conversation-with-grammy-winning-composer-chris-theofanidis-on-music-science-creativity. 
  44. ↑ "The Musical Inspiration of National Parks". https://www.nationalparks.org/connect/blog/musical-inspiration-national-parks. 
  45. ↑ MacCurtain, Erin (2020-08-05). "Alumni Leadership Grant Spotlight: Music for the Parks". https://fromthetop.org/alumni-leadership-grant-spotlight-music-for-the-parks/. 



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