Robert A. Wittenmyer

{{Short description|Australian astronomer (born 1976)}}

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| name = Robert A. Wittenmyer

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|04|1}}

| birth_place = Newport News, Virginia, U.S

| known_for = discovery of Gliese 832 c

| occupation = Astrophysicist, Astronomer

| alma mater= Williams College (BA)
Boston University (MA)
San Diego State University (MS)
University of Texas at Austin (PhD)

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| field = {{flatlist|

• Astrophysics
• Astronomy}}

| work_institutions = {{flatlist|

• University of New South Wales
• University of Southern Queensland}}

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Robert A. Wittenmyer is an American-born Australian astrophysicist and astronomer. He has led the team of researchers who discovered the exoplanet Gliese 832 c.Sheyna E. Gifford. [http://www.astrobio.net/news-brief/high-score-easy-scale-gliese-832c-potentially-planetary-habitability/ High Scorer on the Easy Scale – Gliese 832c and Potential Habitability] Astrobiology Magazine (2014).

He is the leader of a collaboration between Australian, Chinese, and the US exoplanet search team and also a member of the Anglo-Australian Planet Search.[http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/~rob/Rob_Wittenmyer/Home.html Robert Wittenmyer] at UNSW.edu.au.

He is currently employed by the University of Southern Queensland located in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia as an associate professor.