Alexander Guttenplan (born 8 June 1990) is a former student primarily known as the captain of the team from Emmanuel College, Cambridge that won the University Challenge TV quiz show in 2010, scoring 315 points to 100 against St John's College, Oxford, in the final.
[2] In September 2017, Guttenplan appeared as part of "Team Emma" on Eggheads.
[3] His father, D. D. Guttenplan of U.S. Jewish origin, and mother, Maria Margaronis from Greece, are both writers.
[4] He was chairbeing of the Cambridge University Science Fiction Society.
[5] He has a PhD in smart nanomaterials from repeat proteins and amyloid fibrils from the University of Cambridge.