Robert Kirshner
American astronomer · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1949 · age 77
Robert P. Kirshner is an American astronomer, Chief Program Officer for Science for the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Clowes Research Professor of Science at Harvard University.
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2015Wolf Prize in PhysicsAward2014James Craig Watson MedalAward2011Dannie Heineman Prize for AstrophysicsAward1949Born15 August 1949
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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.
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Born 1949 · age 77
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David Todd WilkinsonBoth received James Craig Watson Medal
Frank ShuBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize for AstrophysicsJeremiah P. OstrikerBoth received James Craig Watson MedalGeorge EfstathiouBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
Conyers HerringBoth received Wolf Prize in Physics
David Todd WilkinsonBoth received James Craig Watson MedalFrank ShuBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize for AstrophysicsJeremiah P. OstrikerBoth received James Craig Watson MedalGeorge EfstathiouBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize for AstrophysicsConyers HerringBoth received Wolf Prize in Physics