Robert Penner

Robert Clark Penner
Born	Los Angeles, California, United States
Alma mater	Cornell University Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics Physics Biology
Institutions	Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques
Doctoral advisor	James Munkres David Gabai

Robert Clark Penner is an American mathematician whose work in geometry and combinatorics has found applications in high-energy physics and more recently in theoretical biology. He is the son of Sol Penner, an aerospace engineer.