This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In her awe-inspiring talk, Evalyn Gates discusses the importance of science education.

Evalyn Gates is the Executive Director and CEO of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. After receiving her Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Case Western Reserve University in 1990, Gates held postdoctoral fellowships at Yale University and the University of Chicago and was a member of the theoretical astrophysics research group at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. 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. Before coming to the Museum in May of 2010, Gates was the Assistant Director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. Gates is the author of Einstein’s Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe. Most recently, her research has focused on various aspects of dark matter, and searching for ancient stellar fossils in the form of the oldest white dwarfs. Gates also has a strong personal interest in addressing the under-representation of women and minorities in the physical sciences and has written several articles and presented talks on the topic of women in physics.

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