Jonathan E. Grindlay

{{Short description|American astrophysicist}}

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| alma_mater = Dartmouth (1966){{cite web |title=The Great Class of Dartmouth 1966 |url=http://www.dartmouth66.org/directory/index.html#thePosition204 |publisher=Dartmouth Class of 1966 |accessdate=5 June 2019}}

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Jonathan E. Grindlay is an astrophysicist and Robert Treat Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy at the Harvard College Observatory of Harvard University.{{cite web |title=Jonathan E. Grindlay |url=https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/people/josh_grindlay |publisher=Harvard Astronomy Department |accessdate=5 June 2019}} His research interests are in high energy astrophysics and the study of compact astronomical objects such as black holes in X-ray binaries.{{cite web |title=Jonathan Grindlay |url=http://heritage.stsci.edu/2001/33/bio/bio_grindlay.html |website=Hubble Heritage Project}} He is also one of the founders of the working group on time-domain astronomy of the American Astronomical Society.{{cite journal |last1=Clery |first1=Daniel |title=New California telescope aims to catch quickly moving celestial events |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/new-california-telescope-aims-catch-quickly-moving-celestial-events |journal=Science |publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science |accessdate=5 June 2019 |doi=10.1126/science.aar4847|date=14 Nov 2017}}

He was elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020 {{cite web|url=https://aas.org/grants-and-prizes/aas-fellows|title=AAS Fellows|publisher=AAS|accessdate=28 September 2020}}