Robert Gomer (24 March 1924, in Vienna, Austria[1] – 12 December 2016[2]) was an Austrian scientist known for his research on field electron emission and field ionization, and his role as an adviser to the United States government.
He was educated at Pomona College and the University of Rochester, where he received his doctorate in 1949.
[1] From 1977 to 1983 he served as director of the James Franck Institute and in 1984 he was appointed Carl William Eisendrath Distinguished Service Professor.
He is the author of Field Emission and Field Ionization (American Vacuum Society Classics), a pioneering vacuum text based on four lectures presented at Harvard University in 1958.
He was also a member of the JASON Defense Advisory Group, where he worked to discourage the use of nuclear weapons in the Vietnam War.