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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.
Robert Kirshner is a Clowes Research Professor of Astronomy at Harvard and the Chief Program Officer for Science at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. He is a renowned expert on supernovae and cosmology, and has won many awards and honors, including the Wolf Prize in Physics.
Clowes Research Professor of Science. Research interests: Observations of supernovae for themselves and for cosmology using HST, Magellan, MMT, and the Whipple Observatory. Use of rest frame infrared observations for Type Ia supernovae to improve measurements of dark energy properties.
Articles 1–20. Clowes Professor of Science, Harvard University - Cited by 96,079 - Observational Cosmology - Supernovae.
Robert P. Kirshner. Clowes Professor of Science. Harvard University. Photo credit: Lynn Barry Hetherington. Contact Information. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. 60 Garden St., MS 19. Cambridge, MA 02138. Office: P-322, Phone: (617) 495-7519, Fax: (617) 495-7467. rkirshner@cfa.harvard.edu. Assistant: Lisa Catella (617) 495-7390.
Robert KIRSHNER, Clowes Professor of Science | Cited by 74,069 | of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge | Read 1301 publications | Contact Robert KIRSHNER
Robert P. Kirshner is a renowned astronomer who discovered the acceleration of the universe and wrote a popular book on the topic. He is a professor at Harvard University, a member of several academic societies, and a former president of the American Astronomical Society.
