Duncan Lorimer

Duncan R. Lorimer (born 1969) is a British-born American astrophysicist. He is a professor of astronomy at West Virginia University, known for the discovery of the first fast radio burst in 2007.

He received his PhD from the University of Manchester, and later held appointments at University of Manchester (Lecturer, 1994–1995); the Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy (Postdoctoral Fellow, 1995–1998); Cornell University (Postdoctoral Fellow, 1998–2001); University of Manchester (Royal Society Research Fellow, 2001–2006) and West Virginia University (Faculty, 2006–present).