Sylvester James Gates

Sylvester James Gates Jr. (born December 15, 1950), known as S. James Gates Jr. or Jim Gates, is an American 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. 
He is the Brown Theoretical Physics Center Director, the Ford Foundation Professor of Physics, Affiliate Professor of Mathematics, and Watson Institute for International Studies &amp; Public Affairs Faculty Fellow at Brown University. 
He was a University of Maryland Regents Professor and was on former President Barack Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.