birth_place birth_date article_title education name
indianapolis , indiana , united states 26 may 1998 jacob barnett
 certificate of completion , perimeter scholars international jacob l barnett
jacob barnett

jacob l. `` jake '' barnett -lrb- born may 26 , 1998 -rrb- is an american physics student and child prodigy .
according to a memoir penned by his mother , he was diagnosed with autism when he was two years old and was homeschooled by his parents .
barnett was admitted to the perimeter scholars international in 2013 , a one-year master 's degree program at the perimeter institute in waterloo , ontario .
at the age of 15 , he was the youngest student admitted to the program since its inaugural class four years prior in 2009 .
he completed the program in 2014 and has subsequently been listed as a doctoral student at the perimeter institute .
