Jeff Westbrook

Jeff Westbrook is a writer for The Simpsons. He has also written for Futurama.

Prior to becoming a TV writer, Westbrook was a successful algorithms researcher. After majoring in physics and history of science at Harvard University, he studied computer science with Robert Tarjan at Princeton University, receiving his Ph.D. in 1989 with a thesis entitled Algorithms and Data Structures for Dynamic Graph Algorithms. He then took a faculty position at Yale University, later becoming a researcher for AT&T Laboratories before leaving research for Hollywood. Westbrook's Erdős number is three due to his research collaborations with Tarjan and others.

Episodes written

 * "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister"
 * "The Wettest Stories Ever Told"
 * "Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2" - Won WGA Award in the Animation category.