What is Sylvester James Gates?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Sylvester James Gates Jr. | image = Jim Gates.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|12|15|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Tampa, Florida]], [[United States|U.S.]]<ref>[http://www.umdphysics.umd.edu/images/CV/gates_cv.pdf CV]</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = [[Americans|American]] | field = [[Theoretical physics]]<br/>[[Mathematical physics]] | work_institutions = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]<br/>[[University of Maryland, College Park]]<br/>[[Brown University]] | alma_mater = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (BS, PhD) | doctoral_advisor = [[James Edward Young|James E. Young]] | doctoral_students = | known_for = Contributions to [[Supersymmetry]], [[Supergravity]] and [[Superstring Theory]]<br/>[[Superspace]]<br/>[[Supersymmetry nonrenormalization theorems]]<br/>[[Superconformal algebra]]<br/>[[Generalized complex structure|Bihermitian manifolds]]<br/>[[Mirror symmetry (string theory)]]<br/>[[Adinkra symbols (physics)|Adinkra symbols]] | influences = | influenced = | prizes = [[Klopsteg Memorial Award]] {{small|(2003)}}<br/>[[National Medal of Science]] <small>(2013)</small> | religion = | footnotes = | signature = }} '''Sylvester James Gates Jr.''' (born December 15, 1950), known as '''S. James Gates Jr.''' or '''Jim Gates''', is an American [[theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]]. He 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://umdphysics.umd.edu/people/faculty/current/item/167-gatess.html|title=Gates, Sylvester - UMD Physics|last=Sickles|first=Kate|access-date=October 3, 2017|language=en-us}}</ref> He is the Brown Theoretical Physics Center Director, the Ford Foundation Professor of Physics, Affiliate Professor of Mathematics, and Watson Institute for International Studies