A summa cum laude graduate of Harvard University (B.A. ’22, M.A. ’22), Amir Siraj is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University’s Department of Astrophysical Sciences. Forbes named him one of the three all-star alumni in Science on the 2026 30 Under 30 list. Siraj seeks to understand the solar system through planetary dynamics, working on topics including trans-Neptunian objects, the Kuiper belt, the Oort cloud, interstellar objects, asteroids, and comets. CNN called his work one of ten “extraordinary cosmic revelations” in 2022. One of Astronomy Magazine’s 25 Rising Stars and the youngest scientist named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2021, Siraj is a recipient of the Institute for Theory and Computation Predoctoral Fellowship, Goldwater Scholarship, Thomas T. Hoopes Prize, Leo Goldberg Prize (Senior & Junior), Origins of Life Summer Undergraduate Research Prize Award, Mirzakhani Scholarship, John Harvard Scholarship, Harvard College Scholarship, and the Harvard College Research Program Grant. Siraj’s research was featured as one of 2020’s Best Space Moments and two of the 10 Mind-Blowing Recent Astronomical Developments, including #1 for the latter. He discovered the first interstellar meteor, and initiated an ocean expedition to search for the first fragments from an interstellar meteor in summer 2023. Siraj believes in the intersectional power of the arts and sciences, recently having organized a panel discussion at the Aspen Center for Physics with composers and physicists in conversation. He is a former fellow of the Harvard College Observatory, a former president of Harvard SEDS, and a former Senior U.S. Editor of the Harvard Political Review.

Curriculum vitae (as of December 3, 2025)