Dr. Robert P. Kirshner

Professor of Astronomy, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

• National Academy of Sciences, Member
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow

Dr. Kirshner’s research is directed towards the observations of supernovae, supernova remnants, galaxy dynamics and evolution, clusters and galaxy distributions on very large scales using Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), Las Campanas, Whipple Observatory, HST, and the MMT.