career Perl won the Nobel Prize in 1995 jointly with Frederick Reines. The prize was awarded "for pioneering experimental contributions to lepton physics". Perl received half "for the discovery of the tau lepton" while Reines received his share "for the detection of the neutrino". In 1996 he published Reflections on Experimental Science, which consists of "comments, scientific reprints, reflections, and a memoir ...". He joined University of Liverpool as a visiting professor. He served on the board of advisors of Scientists and Engineers for America, an organization focused on promoting sound science in American government. In 1996, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. In 2009, Perl received an honorary doctorate from the University of Belgrade. See also List of Jewish Nobel laureates References External links including the Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1995 Reflections on the Discovery of the Tau Lepton Nobel Prize press release, explaining the significance of Perl's work Personal blog: Reflections on Physics U.S. Patent 5943075 Universal fluid droplet ejector (Martin Lewis Perl) U.S. Patent 5975682 Two-dimensional fluid droplet arrays generated using a single nozzle (Martin Lewis Perl) Gary Feldman, John Jaros, and Rafe H. Schindler, "Martin L. Perl", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2016) 1927 births Nobel laureates in Physics American Nobel laureates American chemical engineers American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent American physicists Columbia University alumni Jewish American scientists Jewish physicists 2014 deaths Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Particle physicists United States Merchant Marine Academy alumni University of Michigan faculty Wolf Prize in Physics laureates Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni