Sylvester James Gates

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sylvester_James_Gates

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science gptkb:Sakurai_Prize gptkb:APS_Bouchet_Award gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences_Member gptkb:American_Mathematical_Society_Fellow gptkb:MIT_Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Leadership_Award gptkb:NSBP_Distinguished_Scientist_Award gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science_(2013) gptkb:National_Society_of_Black_Physicists_Fellow gptkb:Presidential_Scholars_Program_Distinguished_Teacher_Award gptkb:American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science_Fellow gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences_Member American Physical Society Fellow
gptkbp:birthDate	1950-12-15
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Tampa,_Florida,_United_States
gptkbp:children	4
gptkbp:degree	gptkb:PhD
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:James_E._Young
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:Brown_University gptkb:University_of_Maryland,_College_Park
gptkbp:engagedIn	advocate for diversity in STEM featured on PBS NOVA frequent science communicator member of President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
gptkbp:ethnicity	gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:field	gptkb:theoretical_physics gptkb:string_theory gptkb:supergravity
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Sylvester_James_Gates_Jr.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sylvester James Gates
gptkbp:knownFor	work on supergravity work on superstring theory work on supersymmetry
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:American_Physical_Society gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:Shirley_Ann_Jackson
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Superspace,_or_One_Thousand_and_One_Lessons_in_Supersymmetry work on Adinkra symbols in supersymmetry
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:position	gptkb:John_S._Toll_Professor_of_Physics_at_University_of_Maryland Ford Foundation Professor of Physics at Brown University Director of the Brown Theoretical Physics Center
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Diane_Gates
gptkbp:thesisTitle	gptkb:Symmetry_Principles_in_Selected_Problems_of_Gauge_Field_Theory_(1977)
gptkbp:website	https://www.brown.edu/academics/physics/s-james-gates-jr
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:University_of_Maryland,_College_Park
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4