# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lars-bildsten
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:35:01.845Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/lars-bildsten"
name: "Lars Bildsten"
slug: "lars-bildsten"
description: "Lars Bildsten is an American astrophysicist, best known for his work on the physics of stars, white dwarfs and their explosions as Type Ia supernovae. He is the sixth director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and a professor in the UCSB Physics Department."
tagline: "American astrophysicist"
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gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1964"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump