Martin Lewis Perl

Martin Lewis Perl
Born	(1927-06-24)June 24, 1927 New York City, New York
Died	September 30, 2014(2014-09-30) (aged 87) Palo Alto, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	New York University Tandon School of Engineering and Columbia University
Known for	Tau lepton
Children	Jed Perl
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 Wolf Prize in Physics in 1982
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Michigan Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) University of Liverpool
Doctoral advisor	I. I. Rabi
Doctoral students	Melissa Franklin, Samuel C. C. Ting

Martin Lewis Perl (June 24, 1927 – September 30, 2014) was an American chemical engineer and physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton.