Evalyn Gates

Evalyn I. Gates is an American cosmologist, astrophysicist, author, and a former executive director and CEO of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Early life and education Gates grew up in Batavia, New York. She received her undergraduate degree from the College of William & Mary and her Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Case Western Reserve University. Gates completed postdoctoral fellowships at Yale University and the University of Chicago and was a member of the theoretical astrophysics research group at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

Career While at the University of Chicago, Gate's research included investigations into white dwarf stars. From 2010 until 2017 Gates was the executive director and CEO of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Selected publications