Peter Saulson
Peter R. Saulson | |
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| Born | October 30, 1954 |
| Education | Princeton University Harvard University |
| Known for | LIGO collaboration and research on gravitational wave detectors |
| Awards | Fellow of American Physical Society (2003) National Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Discovery (2016) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Syracuse University MIT |
| Thesis | Optical and Infrared Search for Massive Halos of Galaxies (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Todd Wilkinson |
| Doctoral students | Gabriela González |
| Website | thecollege |
Peter Reed Saulson (born October 30, 1954) is an American physicist and professor at Syracuse University. He is best known as a former spokesperson for the LIGO collaboration serving from 2003 to 2007 and research on gravitational wave detectors.