Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences

A new national project, which includes the Georgia Institute of Technology, aims to convey the benefits of physics’ age-old intertwining with math upon biology, a science historically less connected with it. The National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation have launched four centers to do this, funded with $40 million, one of which is headquartered at Georgia Tech and will receive a quarter of the funding.

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Founding Members of the Organization include:

• Greg Bleckerman (GaTech SoM math)
• Christine Heitsch (GaTech SoM math)
• Natasha Jonoska (USF math)
• Julie Mitchell (UW-Madison math)
• Peter Bubenik (U. Florida math)
• Elena Dimitrova (Clemson math)
• Scott McKinley (Tulane math)
• Dan Goldman (GaTech physics)
• Francesca Storici (GaTech bio)
• Annalise Paaby (GaTech bio)
• Matt Torres (GaTech bio)
• Hang Lu (GaTech biochem)
• Melissa Kemp (GaTech bio-eng)
• Christine Payne (GaTech mech-eng)

This article was edited from a story originally posted 5/24/2018 by Ben Brumfield.