David Kestenbaum

David Samuel Kestenbaum is an American radio producer - as of 2019, for Planet Money and This American Life. He was formerly a correspondent for National Public Radio. He generally covers science and economic issues.[2][3]

David Kestenbaum (Americana)
Kestenbaum speaking at Third Coast International Audio Festival in 2005
Born1969 (age 51–52) [1]
Providence, Rhode Island [1]
Career
NetworkNational Public Radio
Country United States

Kestenbaum earned a Ph.D in physics from Harvard University in 1996[2] with a thesis entitled Observation of Top Quark Anti-Top Quark Production Using a Soft Lepton B Tag in Proton Anti-Proton Collisions at 1.8 TeV working under the supervision of Melissa Franklin.[4] In 1997, Kestenbaum was selected as a AAAS Mass Media Fellow, working at a NPR affiliate radio station in Columbus, Ohio. [5][6]

References
  1. PhysicsCentral: David Kestenbaum
  2. "David Kestenbaum, NPR Biography". NPR. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  3. "Staff". This American Life. 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  4. "Harvard PhD Theses in Physics: 1971-1999". The President and Fellows of Harvard College. 23 Sep 2008. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  5. Lucibella, Michael. "Media Fellows Follow Varied Career Paths". APS News. American Physical Society. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  6. Stern, Gavin. "AAAS Mass Media Fellows Embed in Newsrooms, Return as Science Communicators". AAAS. Retrieved 21 January 2021.


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