# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-kennicutt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:47:11.639Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-kennicutt"
name: "Robert Kennicutt"
slug: "robert-kennicutt"
description: "Robert Charles Kennicutt, Jr. FRS is an American astronomer. He is currently a professor at Texas A&M University. He is a former Plumian Professor of Astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge. He was formerly Editor-in-Chief of the Astrophysical Journal (1999–2006) and became a co-editor of the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics as of 2021.\nHis research interests include the structure and evolution of galaxies and star formation in galaxies."
tagline: "American astronomer"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1951-09-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Robert Kennicutt"
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    title: "Robert Kennicutt"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump