Saul Perlmutter

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]