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Saul Perlmutter

American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate

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Saul Perlmutter is an American astrophysicist who is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Franklin W. and Karen Weber Dabby Chair, and is 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, and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003. He is 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).

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Born
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Place of birth
Champaign wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
physicist, astronomer, professor, astrophysicist, researcher wd
Education
Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, Germantown Friends School, Greene Street Friends School wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Physics (2011)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (2002)
  • John Scott Award (2005)
  • The Shaw Prize in Astronomy (2006)
  • Feltrinelli Prize (2006)
  • Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2007)
  • Dickson Prize in Science (2010)
  • Clarivate Citation Laureates (2010)
  • Albert Einstein Medal (2011)
  • Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2015)
  • honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII (2017)
  • honorary doctorate of Barcelona University (2019)

Questions

When was Saul Perlmutter born?
Saul Perlmutter was born on 22 September 1959 in Champaign.
Where did Saul Perlmutter study?
Saul Perlmutter was educated at Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, Germantown Friends School, Greene Street Friends School.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Saul Perlmutter · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q106949 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Nobel Prize 2011-Press Conference KVA-DSC 7744.jpg by Holger Motzkau (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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