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Cassie Shriver, QBioS PhD Student

Graduate students from each of the six College of Sciences schools have received 2022-2023 Herbert P. Haley Fellowships to expand their research — and connect with fellow scientists and mathematicians at conferences and events.

 

2022 QBioS Cohort

The interdisciplinary graduate program in Quantitative Biosciences at Georgia Tech is pleased to welcome eight new students to our program.  Our newest cohort began the program in August 2022.

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We welcome alumni and friends to consider participating in our Career Seminar series and/or giving in support of ongoing QBioS student activities.

Aaron Pfennig

Congratulations to QBioS doctoral student, Aaron Pfennig, who was selected for the inaugural cohort for Georgia Tech's Interdisciplinary Health & Environment Leadership Development Program (IHE-LeaD), including a $2000 fellowship. …

Cassie Shriver

Congratulations to QBioS student, Cassie Shriver, who received an ARCS Scholar Award for 2022.  The ARCS Scholar Awards recognize outstanding doctoral students who have a record of past achievement and who show exceptional promise of making…

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Congratulations to our seven QBioS doctoral students who were selected for 2020 student awards.

(Left-Right) Will Ratcliff, Ben Seleb, Emma Bingham, Ellen Liu, Siya Xie, Chris Zhang, Cassie Shriver, Zach Mobille

The interdisciplinary doctoral program in Quantitative Biosciences welcomes its sixth cohort to Georgia Tech.

Pedro Marquez Zacarias and Daniel Muratore

Congratulations to 2022 QBioS graduates, Pedro Marquez Zacarias and Daniel Muratore, selected for Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Santa Fe Institute.

Viruses play an important role in shaping human and environmental health. Joshua Weitz, School of Biological Sciences professor and Tom and Marie Patton Chair, has been named a Simons Investigator for his theoretical work on microbial and viral…

Pawel Golyski and Greg Sawicki (left) with the CAREN (Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment) system at Georgia Tech. 

While there has been extensive research into the biomechanics of falls, most current approaches study how the legs, joints, and muscles act separately to respond, rather than as a system.

Closeup of a Brachymeles kadwa (an intermediate lizard species) on a leaf. Credit: Philip Bergmann, Clark University

There are species of lizards that have long, snakelike bodies, and limbs so tiny even scientists have wondered about their purpose. Understanding how these hybrid-looking lizards move could provide insight into why an evolutionary transition from…

Beam me up, Scotty! Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology offer a new method to disrupt spiral waves that uses less energy and that may be less painful than traditional defibrillation.

QBioS Workshop Group

Since 2017, the annual Quantitative Biosciences Hands-On Modeling Workshop has introduced students and faculty of all skill levels and backgrounds to the use of computational modeling in studying biological systems. This summer, attendees and…

Cassie Shriver

Congratulations to QBioS doctoral student, Cassie Shriver, who was awarded a Herbert P. Haley Fellowship for the 2022-2023 Academic Year.

Tucker Lancaster

Congratulations to QBioS doctoral student, Tucker Lancaster, who was awarded a 2022 Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. 

Mark E. Hay, Regents' Professor and Teasley Chair in Environmental Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, has been elected a member of both the National Academy of Sciences, as well as the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

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Georgia Tech has received two Department of Defense (DoD) 2022 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) awards totaling almost $14 million.

Pedro Marquez Zacaris, QBioS PhD Student

Congratulations to Pedro Marquez Zacarias.

A new study points to possible help for restoring marine ecosystems — and provides more data on the role microbes play in marsh plant health and productivity.