 Robert Quimby

Robert Quimby (born 1976) is an American astronomer who received his Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin.As a lead member of the Texas Supernova Survey, Quimby and his team used the relatively small 18-inch ROTSE-IIIb robotic telescope on McDonald Observatory's Mount Fowlkes, along with a program he designed to track supernovae.