Robert Kennicutt
Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr | |
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| Born | September 4, 1951 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Washington |
| Awards | Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (2007) Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Texas A&M University |
| Thesis | H II regions as extragalactic distance indicators (1978) |
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. His research interests include the structure and evolution of galaxies and star formation in galaxies.