Is there someone here at Fluther who is a professor of Physics?

Is there someone here at Fluther who is a professor of Physics?
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There was a guy here, maybe 3–4 years ago, with the Fluther name of AlbertEinstein. I haven’t seen him a whole, and I doubt it was the real one.
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