Biography:Evalyn Gates

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Short description: American author and scientists

Evalyn I. Gates is an American cosmologist, astrophysicist, author, and a former executive director and CEO of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Early life and education

Gates grew up in Batavia, New York.[1] She received her undergraduate degree from the College of William & Mary and her Ph,D. in theoretical physics from Case Western Reserve University.[2] Gates completed postdoctoral fellowships at Yale University and the University of Chicago and was a member of the theoretical astrophysics research group at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.[3]

Career

While at the University of Chicago, Gate's research included investigations into white dwarf stars.[4] From 2010 until 2017 Gates was the executive director and CEO of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.[5]

Selected publications

References

  1. Segall, Grant (2011-06-05). "Director of natural history museum revels in discoveries, old and new". The Plain Dealer: pp. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-director-of-natural-his/175308280/. 
  2. "Evalyn Gates" (in en). https://aspenphys.org/people/evalyn-gates/. 
  3. "Evalyn Gates | TEDxCLE". http://www.tedxcle.com/evalyn-gates/. 
  4. Witze, Alexandra (2000-01-23). "Dead stars lying around galaxy". Clarion-Ledger: pp. 67. https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-dead-stars-lying-around-g/175308734/. 
  5. Litt, Steven (2017-12-07). "Museum CEO for 7 years steps down". The Plain Dealer: pp. 1,[1],[2]. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-museum-ceo-for-7-years/175308147/. 
  6. Reviews of Einstein's Telescope