Sylvester James Gates

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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
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