Evalyn Gates

University of Chicago
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
5640 S. Ellis Avenue
Chicago IL 60637
773/702-0598

email: gates@oddjob.uchicago.edu


Research Interests

Cosmology and particle astrophysics:

o      Dark matter

o      MACHOs

o      Cosmic Microwave Background

o      Neutrino astrophysics

o      Ultracool White Dwarfs

Teaching

 Neutrino Physics & Astrophysics

Women in Science

Chicago Tribune Op-Ed

Response to Summers's Remarks

University of Chicago Symposium May 2005

Special Reports

I was a member of the committee that drafted a report on the key questions facing high energy physics, particle astrophysics and cosmology:  Quantum Universe

Conferences I’ve co-chaired or helped to organize

Pritzker Symposium on Inflationary Cosmology 1999

COSMO-02   Particle Physics and the Early Universe

Solar Neutrino Workshop

Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum

For several years I was the Director of Astronomy and then Vice-President for Science and Education at the Adler.

I helped to create several exhibit galleries including Gateway to the Universe, The Milky Way, and From the Night Sky to the Big Bang.

Education Sessions

TAUP 2003

Snowmass 2001



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