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Sylvester James Gates

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American physicist

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, known as S. James Gates Jr. or Jim Gates, is an American theoretical physicist who works on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory. He is currently the Toll Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland.

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2023Oersted Medal
2013Mendel Medal
2011National Medal of Science
1994Edward A. Bouchet Award
1977Harvard Junior Fellow
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
honorary doctor of Loyola University Chicago

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Sylvester James Gates Jr., known as S. James Gates Jr. or Jim Gates, is an American theoretical physicist who works on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory. He is currently the Toll Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland. He also holds the Clark Leadership Chair in Science with the physics department at the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. He is also affiliated with the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy. He previously was the Brown University Theoretical Physics Center Director and the Ford Foundation Professor of Physics. He served on former president Barack Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

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Born 1950 · age 75
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