Sylvester James Gates, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sylvester James Gates

American physicist

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1950

Place of Birth: Tampa, Florida, United States

Profession: physicist, astrophysicist, theoretical physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Sylvester James Gates Jr.
(born December 15, 1950), known as S.
James Gates Jr.
or Jim Gates, is an American theoretical physicist who works on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory.
He retired from the physics department at the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences in 2017, and he is now the Brown Theoretical Physics Center Director, the Ford Foundation Professor of Physics, Affiliate Professor of Mathematics, and Watson Institute for International Studies & Public Affairs Faculty Fellow at Brown University.
He was a University of Maryland Regents Professor and served on former President Barack Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.