Funding

David Spergel

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Astrophysicist who reportedly received funding connected to Epstein. David Nathaniel Spergel is an American theoretical astrophysicist and the Emeritus Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy on the Class of 1897 Foundation at Princeton University. Since 2021, he has been the President of the Simons Foundation. He is known for his work on the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) project. In 2022, Spergel accepted the chair of NASA's UAP independent study team.

Martin Nowak

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Harvard evolutionary biologist. Received $9 million from Epstein for his Program for Evolutionary Dynamics. Continued accepting funding after Epstein's 2008 conviction. Stepped down from directorship in 2020.

Seth Lloyd

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MIT professor who admitted to accepting funding from Epstein and visiting his properties. Seth Lloyd (born August 2, 1960) is an American quantum information scientist and professor in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is known for work in quantum information science, including work on designs for a quantum computer, quantum analog computation, quantum analogs of Shannon's theorem, and methods for quantum error correction and noise reduction.