Robert DeShaun Peace (June 25, 1980 – May 18, 2011) was an American scholar and teacher who attended Yale University, where he graduated with honors in molecular biophysics and biochemistry.[1] His life and experiences are the subject of the 2014 biography The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, written by his college roommate, Jeff Hobbs. Peace died at the age of 30 in a drug-related shooting.[2]