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
References
References
- Segall, Grant (2011-06-05). "Director of natural history museum revels in discoveries, old and new". The Plain Dealer. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
- "Evalyn Gates". Aspen Center for Physics. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- "Evalyn Gates | TEDxCLE". www.tedxcle.com. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- Witze, Alexandra (2000-01-23). "Dead stars lying around galaxy". Clarion-Ledger. p. 67. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
- Litt, Steven (2017-12-07). "Museum CEO for 7 years steps down". The Plain Dealer. pp. 1, [1], [2]. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
- Reviews of Einstein's Telescope
- Bartusiak, Marcia (March 1, 2009). "Universe's scope enters spotlight". Palm Beach Daily News. Palm Beach, Florida. p. 18. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- 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. JSTOR 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. JSTOR 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 (inactive 1 July 2025). ISSN 0036-8733. JSTOR 26001347.
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