Peter Reed Saulson (born October 30, 1954) is an American physicist and professor at Syracuse University.
Saulson is Martin A. Pomerantz '37 Professor of Physics at Syracuse University where he co-leads the Gravitational-Wave Astronomy Group.
[6] In 2000-01, he was a visiting professor at Louisiana State University and in 2000 Interferometer Commissioning Leader at LIGO and Caltech.
[2] Saulson was named a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2003 for "his contributions to experimental gravitational physics including pioneering studies of thermal mechanisms affecting interferometer performance and for his educational contributions including authoring one of the most influential books in the field.
[6] In 2016 he received the National Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Discovery with Gabriela González, his former PhD student, and David Reitze.