Saul Perlmutter
Saul Perlmutter (born September 22, 1959) is an American astrophysicist. He worked at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
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 Saul Perlmutter during the Nobel week 2011 | |
| Born | September 22, 1959 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | Harvard University (AB) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Known for | Accelerating universe / Dark energy |
| Awards | Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (2002) Shaw Prize in Astronomy (2006) Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2007) Nobel Prize in Physics (2011) Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Perlmutter won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Perlmutter, Adam Riess, and Brian P. Schmidt being awarded the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy. The trio would later be awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Perlmutter presenting his Nobel lecture at Aula Magna
References
- ↑ Goldhaber, Gerson (2009). "The Acceleration of the Expansion of the Universe: A Brief Early History of the Supernova Cosmology Project (SCP)". Proceedings of the 8th UCLA Dark Matter Symposium. 1166: 53–72. arXiv:0907.3526. Bibcode:2009AIPC.1166...53G. doi:10.1063/1.3232196. S2CID 15163786.