Sylvester James Gates
| Sylvester James Gates | |
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| Born |
December 15, 1950 Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | James E. Young |
| Known for |
Supersymmetry String Theory Supergravity Supersymmetry nonrenormalization theorems Superconformal algebra Adinkra symbols Bihermitian manifolds |
| Notable awards |
Klopsteg Memorial Award (2003) National Medal of Science (2013) |
Sylvester James Gates Jr. (born December 15, 1950), known as S. James Gates Jr. or Jim Gates, is an American theoretical physicist, known for work on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory. He is currently a professor in the physics department at the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, a University of Maryland Regents Professor and served on former President Barack Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Gates received BS (1973) and PhD (1977) degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His doctoral thesis was the first at MIT on supersymmetry. With M. T. Grisaru, M. Rocek and W. Siegel, Gates coauthored Superspace, or One thousand and one lessons in supersymmetry (1984), the first comprehensive book on supersymmetry.
Gates was nominated by the Department of Energy as one of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's "Nifty Fifty" Speakers to present his work and career to middle and high school students in October 2010. He is on the board of trustees of Society for Science & the Public.
Gates was a Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Scholar at MIT (2010–11) and was a Residential Scholar at MIT's Simmons Hall. He is pursuing ongoing research into string theory, supersymmetry, and supergravity at the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics. His research focuses on Adinkra symbols as representations of supersymmetric algebras.
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