# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-spergel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:53:15.723Z

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description: "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."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump