American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate (born 1959)
Saul Perlmutter
Perlmutter in 2021
Born
(1959-09-22) September 22, 1959 (age 64)
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality
American
Education
Harvard University (AB) University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Known for
Accelerating universe / Dark energy
Spouse
Laura Nelson (1 child)
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
Thesis
An Astrometric Search for a Stellar Companion to the Sun(1986)
Doctoral advisor
Richard A. Muller[1]
Saul Perlmutter (born September 22, 1959) is a U.S. astrophysicist, a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Franklin W. and Karen Weber Dabby Chair, and head of the International Supernova Cosmology Project at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is a member of both the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the American Philosophical Society,[2] and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Perlmutter shared the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy, the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, and the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics with Brian P. Schmidt and Adam Riess for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. Since 2021, he has been a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).[3]
^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. Vol. 1166. pp. 53–72. arXiv:0907.3526. Bibcode:2009AIPC.1166...53G. doi:10.1063/1.3232196. S2CID 15163786.
^"APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
^"President Biden Announces Members of President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology". whitehouse.gov. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
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