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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.
Saul Perlmutter is a 2011 Nobel Laureate, sharing the prize in Physics for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe. He is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Franklin W. and Karen Weber Dabby Chair, and a senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Saul Perlmutter. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011. Born: 1959, Champaign-Urbana, IL, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA; University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 was divided, one half awarded to Saul Perlmutter, the other half jointly to Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae"
Saul Perlmutter, American physicist who was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of dark energy, a repulsive force that is the dominant component (73 percent) of the universe. He shared the prize with astronomers Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess.
Saul Perlmutter has won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics “for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae.”
Saul Perlmutter, UC Berkeley professor of physics and LBNL senior scientist, will share the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with two other scientists, including former UC Berkeley postdoc Adam Riess, for their discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.
Saul Perlmutter graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in 1981 and received his PhD from UC Berkeley in 1986. He joined the UC Berkeley Physics Department in 2004. He is also an astrophysicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and leader of the international Supernova Cosmology Project.
Saul Perlmutter delivered his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2011, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Professor Börje Johansson, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics.
Oct 4, 2011 · Saul Perlmutter Wins Nobel Prize in Physics. Perlmutter’s Quest: In Pursuit of the Fundamentals. "What is true about the world no matter where, no matter when?" is the kind of question that has fascinated Saul Perlmutter since childhood.
