Robert Rosner

{{Short description|American astrophysicist (born 1947)}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Robert Rosner

| image = Robert Rosner.jpg

| birth_place = Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

| fields = Astrophysics

| workplaces = University of Chicago

| alma_mater = Harvard University

}}

Robert Rosner (born June 26, 1947) is an astrophysicist and founding director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, where he is the William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in the departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics.

Rosner was the director of Argonne National Laboratory from 2005 to 2009.{{cite web | url=http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/05/050315.rosner.shtml | title=Robert Rosner named Director of Argonne National Laboratory | publisher=University of Chicago | accessdate=2007-05-31}} Prior to this appointment, his research was focused primarily on astrophysical fluid dynamics and plasma physics problems.

Rosner is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.{{cite web|url=http://www.dnva.no/c26849/artikkel/vis.html?tid=40118|title=Gruppe 2: Fysikkfag (herunder astronomi, fysikk og geofysikk)|publisher=Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|language=Norwegian|accessdate=7 October 2010}} He was elected to serve as the 2023 President of the American Physical Society.{{cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/202302/rosner.cfm#:~:text=Rosner%20is%20an%20eminent%20theoretical,%2C%20books%2C%E2%80%9D%20he%20says | title=Robert Rosner, 2023 APS President, Takes the Helm }}''