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Saul Perlmutter
| Full Name of the recipient | Saul Perlmutter |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year of Award | 2011 |
| Share in Award | 50.0% |
| Award Shared with | Brian P. Schmidt (25.0%) Adam G. Riess (25.0%) |
| Motivation for the Award | for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae |
| Affiliation at the Time of Award | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA |
| Place of Birth | Champaign-Urbana, IL, United States USA |
| Date of Birth | 22 November 1959 |
| Age at the time of Award | 51 years |
