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Jeff Westbrook is an American TV writer best known for his work on The Simpsons and Futurama. He wrote three episodes for Futurama: "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles", "The 30% Iron Chef" and "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" and to date has written three Simpsons episodes: "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister", "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" and "Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2".

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.

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	'''Jeff Westbrook''' is an American [[Screenwriting\|TV writer]] best known for his work on [[The Simpsons]] and [[Futurama]]. He wrote three episodes for Futurama: [[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]], [[The 30% Iron Chef]] and [[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]] and to date has written three Simpsons episodes: [[On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister]], [[The Wettest Stories Ever Told]] and [[Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2]].		'''Jeff Westbrook''' is an American [[Screenwriting\|TV writer]] best known for his work on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[Futurama]]''. He wrote three episodes for ''Futurama'': "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]", "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]" and "[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]" and to date has written three ''Simpsons'' episodes: "[[On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister]]", "[[The Wettest Stories Ever Told]]" and "[[Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2]]".

	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 <i>Algorithms and Data Structures for Dynamic Graph Algorithms</i>. 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.		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 <i>Algorithms and Data Structures for Dynamic Graph Algorithms</i>. 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.