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Saul Perlmutter

American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate.

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Sex or Gender

Male

Country of Citizenship

United States

Date of Birth

9/22/1959

Instance Of

Human

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Educated At

Harvard University
University of California, Berkeley
( - 1986)
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Philosophy
Academic Major
:
Physics
End Time
: 1986
Germantown Friends School
Greene Street Friends School

Place of Birth

Champaign

Occupation

Physicist
Astronomer
Professor
Astrophysicist
Researcher

Employer

University of California, Berkeley
Subject Has Role
:
Professor

Member Of

National Academy of Sciences
(2002 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Start Time
: 2002
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
(2007 - )
Start Time
: 2007
American Astronomical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Physical Society

Given Name

Saúl

Doctoral Advisor

Field of Work

Astrophysics

Name in Native Language

Saul Perlmutter

Family Name

Perlmutter

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Residence

Berkeley

Award Received

16 items
Nobel Prize in Physics
(2011)
Together With
:
Adam Riess
Together With
:
Brian Schmidt
Award Rationale
: for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae.
Award Rationale
: för upptäckten av universums accelererande expansion genom observationer av avlägsna supernovor
Point in Time
: 2011
Prize Money
: 5,000,000 Swedish krona
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award
(2002)
Point in Time
: 2002
John Scott Award
(2005)
Point in Time
: 2005
The Shaw Prize in Astronomy
(2006)
Together With
:
Adam Riess
Together With
:
Brian Schmidt
Award Rationale
: for finding the expansion rate of the accelerating universe and the energy density of space
Point in Time
: 2006
Feltrinelli Prize
(2006)
Point in Time
: 2006
Gruber Prize in Cosmology
(2007)
Point in Time
: 2007
Dickson Prize in Science
(2010)
Point in Time
: 2010
Clarivate Citation Laureates
(2010)
Award Rationale
: "for discoveries of the accelerating rate of the expansion of the universe, and its implications for the existence of dark energy."
Field of Work
:
Physics
Point in Time
: 2010
Albert Einstein Medal
(2011)
Winner
:
Adam Riess
Point in Time
: 2011
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
(2015)
Point in Time
: 2015
Honorary Doctorate From the University of Paris-VII
(10/17/2017)
Point in Time
: 10/17/2017
Honorary Doctorate of Barcelona University
(5/21/2019)
Point in Time
: 5/21/2019
Honorary Doctor of the Aix-Marseille University
(2014)
Point in Time
: 2014

Interested In

Astrophysics
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