Jeffrey Michael Heer (born June 15, 1979) is an American computer scientist best known for his work on information visualization and interactive data analysis.

He is a professor of computer science & engineering[1] at the University of Washington, where he directs the UW Interactive Data Lab.

Heer then moved to the University of Washington where he worked with students and collaborators to develop the Vega and Vega-Lite visualisation grammars.

Heer's research has been recognized by an ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award,[7] a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Data-Driven Discovery Investigator Award,[8] an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship,[9] and MIT Technology Review's TR35 list.

[10] Heer and his students have won best paper awards at human-computer interaction[11][12] and visualization[13] conferences.