David Paul Saltzberg is an experimental particle physicist and a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who is known for his science consultancy work on various television shows and films, such as The Big Bang Theory,[1] Manhattan[2] and Oppenheimer.

In addition to reviewing and correcting scripts with technical errors, Saltzberg added complex formulas to whiteboards on set.

[1][8][9] He also arranged for established scientists to visit the set of The Big Bang Theory through his "Geek of the Week" program.

[3] At the end of The Big Bang Theory's sequel, Young Sheldon, Saltzberg made a guest appearance as a physics professor.

[13][14] The award was given for their work on methodologies used to detect high-energy particle cascades based on the Askaryan effect, which was subsequently used in the search for petaelectronvolt (PeV) and exaelectronvolt (EeV) astrophysical neutrinos.