Alexis Brandeker
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Alexis Brandeker (born May 18, 1974) is a Swedish
Sweden
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astronomer
Astronomer
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. In 2003 he acquired his Ph.D. (on Young stars and circumstellar disks) from the Stockholm Observatory
Stockholm Observatory
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. He went on to become a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
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for 2.5 years before returning to Stockholm in 2007, where he now works as a research associate at the Stockholm Observatory.