Saul Perlmutter | |
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 Perlmutter in 2024 | |
| Born | September 22, 1959 |
| 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.