Tod R. Lauer (born 1957)[citation needed] is an American astronomer on the research staff of the NSF NOIRLab.
[2] He was the Principal Investigator of the Destiny JDEM concept study,[3] one of the precursors to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission.
He received his PhD degree in Astronomy from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1983 for High resolution surface photometry of elliptical galaxies.
[6] In 1992, Lauer was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for his work with the Wide-Field and Planetary Camera aboard the Hubble Space Telescope.
[10] As a member of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, Lauer shared the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.