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Alexandra Elbakyan

 
Alexandra Asanovna Elbakyan (Russian: Алекса́ндра Аса́новна Элбакя́н, born 6 November 1988) is a Kazakhstani computer programmer and creator of the website Sci-Hub, which provides free access to research papers without regard for copyright. According to a study published in 2018, Sci-Hub provides access to nearly all scholarly literature.

Born6 November 1988 (age 33)
Alma-AtaKazakh SSRSoviet Union
NationalityKazakhstani
Alma mater
  • Saint Petersburg State University (MS)
  • Satbayev Kazakh National Technical University (BS)
Occupation
  • Scientific activist
  • Researcher
  • Security hacker
Known forSci-Hub
MovementOpen Access
Scientific career
FieldsNeural engineeringComputer science
Websitesci-hub.se/alexandra

Elbakyan has been described as "Science's Pirate Queen". In 2016, Nature included her in their top ten people that mattered in science list.

Since 2011 she has been living in Russia

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