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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physics (209) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 2010s (106) 2011 (13) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1960s (12) 1967 (1) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Western states (27) Montana (1) Missoula (1) 18. Living Winners 18. Living Winners Alive (292) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) B (24) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) S (103) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name A-D (94) B (9) Brian (3) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 40 - 49 (140) 45 (15) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Astronomers (16) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Australia (3) Canberra (2) Australian National University (2) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Australia (14) Canberra (8) Australian National University (8) Long-term academic staff (4) Short-term academic staff (5) North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Harvard (159) Alumni (77) Short-term academic staff (75) 43. Affilliation with Secondary School 43. Affilliation with Secondary School North America (80) United States (78) Western states (8) Alaska (1) Anchorage (1) Bartlett High School (1) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Australian Academy of Science (13) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) B (132) Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (5) C-D (404) C (272) Companion of the Order of Australia (8) E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (12) Fellow of the Royal Society (101) G-H (389) G (254) Gruber Prize in Cosmology (5) Q-Z (398) S (125) Shaw Prize (7) Silver Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Theoretical Physics (10) T (64) The Shaw Prize in Astronomy (5) complete name: Brian Schmidt nobel prize: physics award year: 2011 together with: Adam Riess together with: Saul Perlmutter prize share: Prize share: 1/4 rational: 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." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Brian family name: Schmidt occupation: astronomer occupation: professor field of work: astrophysics work location: Mount Stromlo Observatory, Canberra, Australia description: Brian Schmidt is the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU). He was previously a Distinguished Professor, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and astrophysicist at the University's Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and he is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes. He currently holds an Australia Research Council Federation Fellowship and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2012. 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, making him the only Montana-born Nobel laureate. image copyright: © The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2011/summary/> date birth: 1967 usual name: Brian Schmidt
