Evalyn Gates
American author and scientists
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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. Bibcode:1991PhRvL..67.1840G. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1840. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 10044264. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
- Gates, Evalyn I.; Gyuk, Geza; Turner, Michael S. (1995-08-20). "The Local Halo Density". The Astrophysical Journal. 449 (2). arXiv:astro-ph/9505039. Bibcode:1995ApJ...449L.123G. doi:10.1086/309652.
- Dodelson, Scott; Gates, Evalyn I.; Turner, Michael S. (1996-10-04). "Cold Dark Matter". Science. 274 (5284): 69–75. arXiv:astro-ph/9603081. Bibcode:1996Sci...274...69D. doi:10.1126/science.274.5284.69. ISSN 0036-8075. 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. arXiv:0812.0649. Bibcode:2009ApJS..182..543A. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/182/2/543. ISSN 0067-0049.
- Gates, Evalyn (2009-01-27). Einstein's Telescope. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-06238-0. OCLC 227016226. Retrieved 2025-06-26.[6]
