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Meet Gavi Begtrup, WKU Physics Grad & Cincinnati Mayor Candidate

Doug Harper
Monday, February 1st, 2021

WKU Physics and Astronomy graduate Gavi Begtrup is running for mayor of Cincinnati. Gavi graduated from WKU in 2002 and went on to earn his PhD from University of California at Berkley. Gavi has worked as a science advisor for Gabby Giffords, Democratic House Representative from Arizona and has led multiple scientific start-up enterprises.

See the following article originally published in the Cincinnati Enquirer for additional information.

https://www.wku.edu/mediarelations/2021/january/jan28/begtrup_ce.pdf

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