Brian Schmidt

Brian P. Schmidt
Brian Schmidt receiving the Shaw Prize for astronomy in 2006 (won jointly with Adam Riess and Saul Perlmutter)
Born	(1967-02-24) February 24, 1967 (age 57) Missoula, Montana, United States
Citizenship	Australia
Alma mater	University of Arizona (1989), Harvard University (1993)
Awards	Shaw Prize in Astronomy (2006) Nobel Prize in Physics (2011)
Scientific career
Institutions	Australian National University
Doctoral advisor	Robert Kirshner
Notes
"FACTBOX-Nobel physics prize winners", Reuters News, 4 October 2011.

Brian P. Schmidt (born February 24, 1967) is a Distinguished Professor, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and astrophysicist at the Australian National University Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He is widely known for his research in using supernovae as Cosmological Probes. He currently holds an Australia Research Council Federation Fellowship. Schmidt shared both the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.