Dr. Gates to lecture Nov. 19
Morehead State University’s physics and pre-engineering students club is sponsoring a talk with Dr. Evalyn Gates.
Dr. Gates, assistant director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago and a senior research associate in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Her research focuses on theoretical cosmology and particle astrophysics. Her recent book, “Einstein’s Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy” in the Universe, is the subject of her talk. The book describes how scientists are using gravitational lensing to help unlock the secrets of dark matter and dark energy.
She grew up enjoying the incredible winters of Batavia, N.Y., and moved a bit further south to pursue an undergraduate degree in physics at the College of William and Mary. After receiving her Ph.D. degree in theoretical particle physics from Case Western Reserve University in 1990, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University before coming to the University of Chicago in 1992. She spent seven years at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, initially as director of astronomy and then as vice president for science and education.
Additional information is available by calling Dr. Capp Yess, associate professor of physics, at (606) 783-2939.
Posted: 11-18-09
