Donald Figer

Donald Figer
Donald Figer
Education	Northwestern University (BA); University of Chicago (MS); University of California (PhD)
	Scientific career
Institutions	Rochester Institute of Technology (2006-); Space telescope Science Institute (1999-2006); Johns Hopkins University (2000-2004); University of California, Los Angeles (1996-1999)
Doctoral advisors	Eric Becklin; Ian McLean; Mark Morris

Donald F. Figer is an American astronomer and a professor in the College of Science of the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is also the director of RIT's Future Photon Initiative, Center for Detectors, and Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory. His research interests include massive stars, massive star clusters, red supergiants, the Galactic Center, and the development of advanced technologies for astrophysics and a broad range of applications.

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