Robert J. Nemiroff

Robert J. Nemiroff is an Astrophysicist and Professor of Physics at Michigan Technological University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in Astronomy and Astrophysics in 1987 and his B.S. from Lehigh University in Engineering Physics in 1982.[1] He is an active researcher with interests that include gamma-ray bursts, gravitational lensing, and cosmology, and is the cofounder and coeditor of Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD),[2] the home page of which receives over a million hits a day, approximately 20% of nasa.gov traffic.[3] He is married and has one daughter.[4]

  1. ^ "RJN's Bio Page". apod.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  2. ^ O'Brien, Miles (September 21, 2002). "Astronomy Picture of the Day". CNN Saturday Morning News. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Alexa". Archived from the original on 23 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  4. ^ "About Astronomy Picture of the Day". Retrieved 22 January 2014.