Stefan Helmreich

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Stefan Helmreich is a professor of cultural anthropology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] He graduated from Stanford University in 1995 with a Ph.D. in anthropology. He is also the author (and co-author) of Silicon Second Nature,[2] Alien Ocean,[3] and Sounding the Limits of Life.[4] He specializes in the anthropology of scientists - specifically oceanographers. He won the Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences, US & Canada in 2018.[5] Helmreich was also a Radcliffe Fellow starting in 2018.[6] He is married to Heather Paxson a cultural anthropologist of food and family[7][8]

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  1. ^ "Stefan Helmreich | MIT Anthropology". anthropology.mit.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  2. ^ Helmreich, Stefan (August 2000). Silicon Second Nature. ISBN 9780520208001 – via www.ucpress.edu.
  3. ^ Helmreich, Stefan (January 2009). Alien Ocean. ISBN 9780520250628 – via www.ucpress.edu.
  4. ^ Helmreich, Stefan; Roosth, Sophia; Friedner, Michele Ilana (October 27, 2015). Sounding the Limits of Life. ISBN 9780691164809 – via press.princeton.edu.
  5. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Stefan Helmreich". Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  6. ^ "Stefan Helmreich". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  7. ^ "Heather Paxson | MIT Anthropology". anthropology.mit.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  8. ^ "Heather Paxson". web.mit.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-27.