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Evalyn Gates

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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

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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

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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

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  • 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.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Evalyn Gates". Aspen Center for Physics. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
  3. ^ "Evalyn Gates | TEDxCLE". www.tedxcle.com. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
  4. ^ Witze, Alexandra (2000-01-23). "Dead stars lying around galaxy". Clarion-Ledger. p. 67. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  5. ^ Litt, Steven (2017-12-07). "Museum CEO for 7 years steps down". The Plain Dealer. pp. 1, [1], [2]. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  6. ^ Reviews of Einstein's Telescope
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