Robert Kirshner

Robert P. Kirshner
Born (1949-08-15) August 15, 1949 (age 75)
Alma materHarvard College (A.B.),
California Institute of Technology (Ph.D.)
Known forType Ia Supernova Studies, Large Scale Structure, supernova remnants
AwardsCaltech Distinguished Alumni Award
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (2011)
James Craig Watson Medal (2014)
Wolf Prize in Physics (2015)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsGordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Harvard University
University of Michigan

Robert P. Kirshner (born August 15, 1949) is an American astronomer, Chief Program Officer for Science for the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Clownes Research Professor of Science at Harvard University.[1][2] Kirshner has worked in several areas of astronomy including the physics of supernovae, supernova remnants, the large-scale structure of the cosmos, and the use of supernovae to measure the expansion of the universe.

  1. ^ "Robert P. Kirshner". Harvard.
  2. ^ "Robert P. Kirshner". Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.