Biography:Evalyn Gates
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
- Gates, Evalyn; Terning, John (1991-09-30). "Negative contributions to radiative-correction parameter S from Majorana particles". Physical Review Letters 67 (14): 1840–1843. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1840. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 10044264. Bibcode: 1991PhRvL..67.1840G. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1840. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
- Gates, Evalyn I.; Gyuk, Geza; Turner, Michael S. (1995-08-20). "The Local Halo Density". The Astrophysical Journal 449 (2). doi:10.1086/309652. Bibcode: 1995ApJ...449L.123G.
- Dodelson, Scott; Gates, Evalyn I.; Turner, Michael S. (1996-10-04). "Cold Dark Matter". Science 274 (5284): 69–75. doi:10.1126/science.274.5284.69. ISSN 0036-8075. Bibcode: 1996Sci...274...69D. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.274.5284.69. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
- Abazajian, Kevork N. et al. (2009-06-01). "The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 182 (2): 543–558. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/182/2/543. ISSN 0067-0049. Bibcode: 2009ApJS..182..543A.
- Gates, Evalyn (2009-01-27). Einstein's Telescope. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-06238-0. OCLC 227016226. https://www.worldcat.org/title/227016226. Retrieved 2025-06-26.[6]
References
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ "Evalyn Gates" (in en). https://aspenphys.org/people/evalyn-gates/.
- ↑ "Evalyn Gates | TEDxCLE". http://www.tedxcle.com/evalyn-gates/.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ Reviews of Einstein's Telescope
- Bartusiak, Marcia (March 1, 2009). "Universe's scope enters spotlight". Palm Beach Daily News (Palm Beach, Florida): p. 18. https://www.newspapers.com/article/palm-beach-daily-news-universes-scope-e/173530890/.
- McConnell, Craig (2010). "Review of Einstein's Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe, Evalyn Gates". Isis 101 (4): 918–919. doi:10.1086/659721. ISSN 0021-1753. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/659721.
- Ferreira, Pedro (2009). Gates, Evalyn. ed. "Through a Glass of Darkness". Science 323 (5920): 1431. doi:10.1126/science.1171766. ISSN 0036-8075. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25471671.
- Press, Michelle; Gates, Evalyn (2009). "Review of EINSTEIN?S TELESCOPE: THE HUNT FOR DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY IN THE UNIVERSE, GatesEvalyn". Scientific American 300 (5): 78–79. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0509-78. ISSN 0036-8733. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26001347.
External links
- Evalyn Gates publications indexed by Google Scholar
