Sylvester James Gates Jr.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sylvester_James_Gates_Jr.
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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Edward_A._Bouchet_Award
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Sakurai_Prize
gptkb:Presidential_Scholars_Program_Distinguished_Teacher_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1950-12-15
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Tampa,_Florida,_United_States
gptkbp:boardMemberOf gptkb:President's_Council_of_Advisors_on_Science_and_Technology
gptkbp:children 4
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:James_E._Young
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Brown_University
gptkb:University_of_Maryland,_College_Park
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:field gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:supergravity
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sylvester James Gates Jr.
gptkbp:knownFor work on supergravity
work on superstring theory
work on supersymmetry
gptkbp:mediaAppearance gptkb:NOVA
gptkb:The_Elegant_Universe
PBS programs
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
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
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
gptkb:researchers
author
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:John_S._Toll_Professor_of_Physics_at_University_of_Maryland
Ford Foundation Professor of Physics at Brown University
Director of the Center for String and Particle Theory at University of Maryland
gptkbp:signature Sylvester James Gates Jr. signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Diane_Gates
gptkbp:thesisTitle gptkb:Symmetry_Principles_in_Selected_Problems_of_Field_Theory_(1977)
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