The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and the Office of Academic Effectiveness (OAE) are thrilled to announce the Spring 2024 Course Instructor Opinion Survey (CIOS) Honor Roll. Faculty members at Georgia Tech who made the Spring 2024 Honor Roll have been overwhelmingly praised for their excellent teaching methods and dedication to student success.

The faculty recognized this semester represent all six colleges and the Language Institute. Each Honor Roll recipient receives a certificate from the Center for Teaching and Learning recognizing their accomplishment as well as an invitation to the next Celebrating Teaching Day held in March 2025.

See the full list of Spring 2024 CIOS Honor Roll recipients from across the Institute.

College of Sciences – Small Classes

• Austin Christian, recognized for MATH 4803: Special Topics: Low-Dimensional Geometry

• Christina Athanasouli, recognized for MATH 1553: Intro to Linear Algebra

• Christina Ragan, recognized for NEUR 4001: Neuro Research Project

• Christopher Jankowski, recognized for MATH 1553: Intro to Linear Algebra

• Colin Harrison, recognized for BIOS 1108L: Organismal Biology Lab

• Corrine Yap, recognized for MATH 4032: Combinatorial Analysis

• David Hu, recognized for BIOS 4590: Research Project Lab

• Eric Schumacher, recognized for NEUR 4001: Neuro Research Project

• Gregory Sawicki, recognized for APPH 6232: Locomotion Neuromechanic

• James Roberts, recognized for PSYC 6020: Statistical Analysis II

• James Wray, recognized for EAS 6370: Physics of Planets

• Jennifer Hom, recognized for MATH 4108: Abstract Algebra II

• Lewis Wheaton, recognized for APPH 6400: Human Neuroanatomy

• Mary Holder, recognized for NEUR 4400: Neuroendocrinology

• Ratan Murty, recognized for PSYC 3803: Special Topics

• Robert Richards, recognized for BIOS 4460: Comm Biologicl Research

• Samantha Wilson, recognized for EAS 4803: Special Topics: EAS & Policy

• Zach Walsh, recognized for MATH 2603: Intro Discrete Math

   

College of Sciences – Large Classes

• Adam Decker, recognized for BIOS 3753: Human Anatomy

• Christopher Wiese, recognized for PSYC 2220: Industrial/Organiz Psy

• Dimitrios Psaltis, recognized for PHYS 3201: Classical Mechanics I

• Eric Shen, recognized for CHEM 1315: Survey of Org Chm for Engr

• Gonensin Bozdag, recognized for BIOS 3600: Evolutionary Biology

• Jesse McDaniel, recognized for CHEM 3411: Physical Chemistry I

• Joseph Sadighi, recognized for CHEM 1211K: Chemical Principles I

• Katharine McCann, recognized for NEUR 2001: Neuro-Principles

• Mark Himmelstein, recognized for PSYC 2020: Psychological Statistics

• Matthew Nusnbaum, recognized for NEUR 2001: Neuro-Principles

• Mioy Huynh, recognized for CHEM 1211K: Chemical Principles I

• Mirjana Brockett, recognized for BIOS 4651: Bioethics

• Pamela Pollet, recognized for CHEM 2311: Organic Chemistry I

• Scott Moffat, recognized for PSYC 4740: Neuroethics

• Stephanie Stern, recognized for PSYC 2103: Human Development

• Tiffiny Hughes-Troutman, recognized for PSYC 3009: Health Psychology

• Timothy Cope, recognized for NEUR 3002: Systems Neuroscience

• William Ratcliff, recognized for BIOS 4550: Origin of Complex Life

• William Stern, recognized for PSYC 2210: Social Psychology

273 academic and research faculty members from across the Institute received promotions during the spring semester. We are thankful for their contributions and honored to celebrate their accomplishments.

Academic Faculty

Faculty members newly awarded tenure are indicated with an asterisk (*). 

Promoted to Professor

• Manos Antonakakis, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
• Duen Horng "Polo" Chau, School of Computational Science and Engineering, College of Computing
• Deven Desai, Scheller College of Business
• Shatakshee Dhongde, School of Economics, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
• Betsy DiSalvo, School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
• Michael Gamble, School of Architecture, College of Design
• Ada Gavrilovska, School of Computer Science, College of Computing
• Brian German, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
• Rudolph Gleason, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering & The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Stuart Goldberg, School of Modern Languages, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
• Julie Ju-Youn Kim, School of Architecture, College of Design
• Gordon Kingsley, School of Public Policy, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
• Seung Woo Lee, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Mingfeng Lin, Scheller College of Business
• Peter Loutzenhiser, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Kyoko Masuda, School of Modern Languages, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
• Pamela Peralta-Yahya, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences & the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering
• Thomas Ploetz, School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
• William Ratcliff, School of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences
• Amit Reddi, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences
• Robert Rosenberger, School of Public Policy, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
• Christopher Saldana, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Gregory Sawicki, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering & School of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences
• Aaron Stebner, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering & School of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
• Yuanzhi Tang, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences
• Shannon Yee, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering

Promoted to Associate Professor

• Joy Arulraj, School of Computer Science, College of Computing*
• Saad Bhamla, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering*
• Alex Blumenthal, School of Mathematics, College of Sciences*
• Lindsey Bullinger, School of Public Policy, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts*
• Andre Calmon, Scheller College of Business*
• Yue Chen, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering*
• Lily Cheung, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering*
• Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, School of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering*
• Claudio Di Leo, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering*
• Alberto Fuentes, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts & the School of City and Regional Planning, College of Design*
• Neha Garg, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences*
• Nima Ghalichechian, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering*
• Matthew Gombolay, School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing*
• Roberto Gonzalez, School of Economics, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts*
• Zsolt Kira, School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing*
• Gongjie Li, School of Physics, College of Sciences*
• Brooks Lindsey, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering*
• Nian Liu, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering*
• Jorge Macedo Escudero, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering*
• Jesse McDaniel, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences*
• Seumalu Elora Lee Raymond, School of City and Regional Planning, College of Design*
• Alexander Robel, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences*
• D. Zeb Rocklin, School of Physics, College of Sciences*
• Kathy Rupar-Wang, Scheller College of Business*
• Alberto Stolfi, School of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences*
• Anne Sullivan, School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts*
• Daniel Weagley, Scheller College of Business*
• Eunhwa Yang, School of Building Construction, College of Design*
• Tuo Zhao, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering*

Awarded Tenure (visit our Celebrating Tenure page for more information)*

• Josiah Hester, School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing*
• Yongtaek Kim, School of Modern Languages, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts*
• Yingyan (Celine) Lin, School of Computer Science, College of Computing*
• Ameet Pinto, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering*

Promoted to Principal Academic Professional

• Mirjana Milosevic Brockett, School of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences
• Morag Burke, School of Mathematics, College of Sciences
• Amy D'Unger, Honors Program, Office of the Provost
• Andy Frazee, School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
• Linda Green, School of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences
• Amit Jariwala, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Shana Kerr, School of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences
• JC Reilly, School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
• Jacqueline Mohalley Snedeker, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering
• John Thornton, School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Promoted to Principal Lecturer

• Timothy Halloran, Scheller College of Business
• Arnold Rubinoff, Scheller College of Business
• Michael Smith, Scheller College of Business

Promoted to Senior Academic Professional

• Travis Denton, School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
• Mirla Gonzalez, School of Modern Languages, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
• Rebecca Hull, Center for Teaching and Learning
• Tuba Ketenci, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering
• Tammy McCoy, Center for Teaching and Learning

Promoted to Senior Lecturer

• Rodrigo Carvalho, Language Institute, Divison of Lifetime Learning
• Seung-Eun Chang, School of Modern Languages, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
• Todd Fernandez, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Timothy Martin, Scheller College of Business
• Kendall Nelson, Language Institute, Division of Lifetime Learning
• Maysam Nezafati, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Stephanie Reikes, School of Mathematics, College of Sciences
• David Smith, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering

Promoted to Librarian IV

• Jay Forrest, Georgia Tech Library, Office of the Provost

Promoted to Librarian II

• Catherine Manci, Georgia Tech Library

Research Faculty

Promoted to Principal Research Scientist

• Laura Burkhart, Information and Communications Laboratory, GTRI
• Michael Chang, Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems
• Greg Eisenhauer, School of Computer Science, College of Computing
• Aaron Holdaway, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Yongtao Hu, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
• Clayton Hutto, Applied Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Izudin Ibrahimbegovic, Applied Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Bryan Massey, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Adam Meier, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• James Merrill, Advanced Concepts Laboratory, GTRI
• Satya Moorthy, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Anna Osterholm, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences
• Stephen Stanislav, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Kelly Stevens, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Yan Wang, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Jeffrey Young, School of Computer Science, College of Computing

Promoted to Principal Research Associate

• Dana Stocks-Douglas, Information and Communications Laboratory, GTRI

Promoted to Principal Research Engineer

• Katherine Bowland, Advanced Concepts Laboratory, GTRI
• Devin Brown, Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology
• Theeradetch Detchprohm, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
• Rebecca Douglas, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• William Engler, Advanced Concepts Laboratory, GTRI
• Evan Goldberg, Global Center for Medical Innovation
• Angshuman Guin, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
• Charles Hunter, Advanced Concepts Laboratory, GTRI
• Vernecia Meredith, Advanced Concepts Laboratory, GTRI
• Brian Mulvaney, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Christopher Olinde, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Timothy Palmer, Applied Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Nicholas Payne, Applied Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Jeremy Reed, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Santiago Balestrini Robinson, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Mark Ross, Applied Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Scott Silence, Applied Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Jared Walker, Aerospace, Transportation, and Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Joshua Walker, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Kim Wood, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI

Promoted to Principal Extension Professional

• Michael Barker, Enterprise Innovation Institute
• Leigh Hopkins, Enterprise Innovation Institute
• Greg King, Institute Relations, Office of the President

Promoted to Senior Research Scientist

• Shelby Allen, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Robert Barbier, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• G. Ozan Bozdag, School of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences
• Eric Coulter, Partnership for an Advanced Computing Environment, OIT
• Soumen Das, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences
• Spencer Fallek, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Travis Hint, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Benjamin Joffe, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Brant Jones, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences
• Theresa Kessler, Applied Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Muslimah Laforce, Center for Advanced Communications Policy, School of Public Policy
• Eric Lorimer, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Brian McMahon, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Anna Miettinen, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Zhanna Nepiyushchikh, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Phillip Odom, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Jinho Park, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Deepa Phanish, Partnership for an Advanced Computing Environment, OIT
• Chandler Price, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Daniel Richardson, Advanced Concepts Laboratory, GTRI
• Taylor Shapero, Advanced Concepts Laboratory, GTRI
• Shaye Storm, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Christopher Tomaszewski, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Jeffrey Valdez, Partnership for an Advanced Computing Environment, OIT
• Michael Weiner, Partnership for an Advanced Computing Environment, OIT
• Joel Wilhite, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI

Promoted to Senior Research Associate

• Landon Bailie, Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Alison Christensen, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Charlotte Cline, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Kandi Horton, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Jayma Koval, Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing, Division of Lifetime Learning
• Gairy Spiers, Information Systems Department, GTRI
• Rebecca Terns, Office of Research Development
• Christopher Winter, Applied Systems Laboratory, GTRI

Promoted to Senior Research Engineer

• Nicholas Austin, Applied Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Ketan Bhardwaj, College of Computing
• Marsal Bruna, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Jason Corman, Aerospace Systems Design Lab, College of Engineering
• Darryl Dickey, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Dante Dimenichi, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Scott Duncan, Aerospace Systems Design Lab, College of Engineering
• Alexander Forbes, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Evan Harrison, Aerospace Systems Design Lab, College of Engineering
• Remington Harrison, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Matthew Jackson, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Zhiyang Jin, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
• Paul Jo, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Jonathan Kosty, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Jung-Ho Lewe, Aerospace Systems Design Lab, College of Engineering
• Thomas Mark, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Alexia Payan, Aerospace Systems Design Lab, College of Engineering
• Christopher Peterson, Advanced Concepts Laboratory, GTRI
• Jessica Pippard, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Anil Babu Poda, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
• Kyle Post, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Robert Pritchard, Advanced Concepts Laboratory, GTRI
• Gina Putman, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Bradford Robertson, Aerospace Systems Design Lab, College of Engineering
• Timothy Schreiber, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Parker Singletary, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Charles Sutlief, Advanced Concepts Laboratory, GTRI
• Maxwell Tannenbaum, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Evan Traffenstedt, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Chuang-Sheng Yang, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering

Promoted to Senior Research Technologist

• John Sledge, High Assurance Computing, GTRI

Promoted to Senior Extension Professional

• Dana Atkinson, Enterprise Innovation Institute
• Samuel Darwin, Enterprise Innovation Institute
• Alan Durham, Enterprise Innovation Institute
• Kelley Hundt, Enterprise Innovation Institute
• Harold Solomon, Office of the Vice President of Commercialization
• Brandy Stanfield-Nagel, Enterprise Innovation Institute

Promoted to Research Scientist II

• Yokhanan Beck, Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Julius Blash, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Virgil Breeden, Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Paramita Chatterjee, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
• Md Fazle Chowdhury, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Joshua Freeman, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Deion Hall, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Austin Himschoot, Information and Communications Laboratory, GTRI
• Joshua Kassab, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Baran Kayim, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Eric Martin, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Emily Maw, Applied Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Pradyumna Mukunda, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Endrit Muqolli, Applied Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Vrinda Nandan, Institute for Data Engineering and Science
• Jacob Nelson, Applied Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Matthew O'Brien, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Frank Olszewski, Information and Communications Laboratory, GTRI
• Ryan Parker, High Assurance Computing, GTRI
• Robert Plante, Applied Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Hasan Qadri, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Erin Ross, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Caitlin Ryan, Applied Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Justin Ryerse, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Harshvardhan Sikka, Institute for Data Engineering and Science
• Joel Stansbury, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• William Syre, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI

Promoted to Research Associate II

• Evan Alvarez, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Phoebe Chiem, Information and Communications Laboratory, GTRI
• Jason Clarke, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Michael Curtis, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Shawn Guffey, Information and Cybersecurity Department, GTRI
• Traci Johnson, Contract Support Office, GTRI
• Robert Labuda, Research Security, GTRI
• Ana Rusch, College of Computing
• Dexter Stacy, Research Security, GTRI

Promoted to Research Engineer II

• Matthew Arceri, Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Ameya Behere, Aerospace Systems Design Lab, College of Engineering
• Bryan Bledsoe, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Salah Eddine Boulfelfel, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering
• Walker Byrnes, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Jacob Campbell, Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Ryan Decker, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Hanjun Fang, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering
• Taylor Fields, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Joshua Gardner, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Matthew Hannah, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Otis Horton, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Michael Jeffries, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Christopher Keel, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Alexander Kernan, Advanced Concepts Laboratory, GTRI
• Jakob Krzyston, Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Elijah Lubanski, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Austin May, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Stephen Piper, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Jacob Pirino, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Michael Roberts, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Jennifer Sharpe, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Brian Solar, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, GTRI
• Gregory Stein, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Andy Stevens, Information and Communications Laboratory, GTRI
• Jacob Stickney, Aerospace, Transportation & Advanced Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• William Stuckey, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Richard Vaughan, Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Kevin Whitmore, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
• Elise Young, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI

Promoted to Research Technologist II

• Kacey Bedingfield, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Douglas Curtis, Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research, GTRI
• Adi Kremo, High Assurance Computing, GTRI
• Sterling Peet, School of Computer Science, College of Computing
• Megan Shuttlesworth, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI
• Paul Weinrich, Electronic Systems Laboratory, GTRI

Promoted to Extension Professional II

• A. Jamal Lewis, Enterprise Innovation Institute
• Olivia Pitts, Enterprise Innovation Institute

Georgia Tech’s Colleges of Engineering and Sciences have been chosen by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to hire a new faculty member focused on solar-terrestrial science and space weather research. The NSF is prioritizing a national need in geospace physics and selected Georgia Tech from a pool of national universities.

“Space weather has many societal implications, including dangers to the power grid, the aviation sector, satellite lifetimes, communications, and navigation,” said Morris Cohen, professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and the grant’s co-principal investigator. “However, the number of qualified graduating students interested in this area is not sufficient to meet the future demand. This is especially true as the generation of professionals trained during the space race of the 1960s and ‘70s continues to retire.”

NSF will fund the position for five years and $1.5 million. The grant is led by Susan Lozier, dean of the College of Sciences and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair. She and Cohen are joined by Raheem Beyah, dean of the College of Engineering and Southern Company Chair, and Glenn Lightsey, the John W. Young Chair in the Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering (AE). 

The two Colleges relied heavily on their strength in space research and Georgia Tech’s culture of multidisciplinary collaborations in the NSF application. These traits will allow Georgia Tech to conduct a unique search process. Instead of one unit making the hire as is typical in higher education, leaders from four schools will team up with the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) for the search process. It’s an approach that addresses a nationwide problem in the field. 

“Decades ago, space physics largely fell within electrical engineering,” Beyah said. “These days, it’s highly interdisciplinary and typically has no true home — faculty are often scattered across aerospace engineering, applied physics, and earth sciences.”

Beyah said that a few universities have a large cluster of space physics faculty as a result. Many others have none. He said this limits the pipeline of future space science professionals because a substantial fraction of students has little or no exposure to the field. 

Georgia Tech is right in the middle, with a presence in solar-terrestrial science and space weather research but not a large cluster of faculty members. The new hire will allow Tech to reach more students interested in the field. Georgia Tech also pointed to its Vertically Integrated Projects program as a mechanism to get many new students involved in the new hire’s research. 

According to Lozier, solar-terrestrial science and space weather encompass at least four buckets: advanced theory and simulations that span the extremes of physics; big data and machine learning; innovative tools to collect new types of measurements; and operational needs in industry and defense, which motivate translation of research into real-world practice. 

“This breadth has hampered faculty growth in this area, as it has other interdisciplinary research fields like quantum computing and neuroscience,” Lozier said. “These areas straddle pure science and engineering, which often are separate in university hierarchy. We believe these interdisciplinary aspects of geospace science should be celebrated. More importantly, we believe they can be turned into a strength.”

Representatives from AE, ECE, GTRI, the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and the School of Physics will form the hiring committee. The hire will complement Georgia Tech’s February announcement of a new Space Research Initiative. Once the NSF-funded position is filled, the Colleges will collectively fund and search for a second faculty member in the field. 

This fall, the College of Sciences will debut three new minors, a new Ph.D. program, and a new “4+1” B.S./M.S. degree program. 

The announcement follows curriculum updates for the 2023-24 academic year, including the launch of the Minor in the Science of Mental Health and Well-Being in the School of Psychology and the creation of three new bachelor of science degrees in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. 

“We are excited to announce these additions to the College’s portfolio of academic opportunities for our students,” says David M. Collard, senior associate dean in the College of Sciences and professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. “The updates reflect our College’s growth and respond to our students’ interest in pursuing advanced study.”

The additions for the 2024-2025 academic year include: 

“4+1” B.S./M.S. Degree Program

The College offers several options for undergraduate students to earn both a bachelor of science degree and a master of science degree as a part of a “4+1” program. Students may apply to the B.S./M.S Degree Program after being at Georgia Tech for about one year. This allows them to tailor their undergraduate and graduate academic requirements to complete both degrees in a timely manner. 

Computation and Cognition Minor 

The Minor in Computation and Cognition is a highly interdisciplinary program that combines advanced computational training with the study of human cognition. Students will learn about the computational mechanisms underlying human cognition and use computational methods to better understand human cognition. Established by the School of Psychology in collaboration with the College of Computing and with support from the Schools of Physics and Mathematics, the minor is open to all students starting this fall.

There are several new courses in the School of Psychology supporting this minor, including PSYC 4690 (Sensation and Perception: A Computational Perspective) and PSYC/PHYS 4745 (Physics of Cognition). These two classes are offered as special topics this fall but will have permanent course numbers in Spring 2025. More new courses in computation and cognition are planned for the next year and beyond.  

Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Ph.D. Program, Neuroscience Minor

The new Ph.D. and minor offerings build on the recently launched Neuro Next Initiative in Research and the Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience, respectively. 

The new Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Ph.D. Program is a joint effort across the Colleges of Science, Computing and Engineering. It is focused on educating students to advance the field of neuroscience through an interdisciplinary approach, with scientists and engineers of diverse backgrounds — ultimately integrating neuroscience research and technological development to study all levels of nervous system function. The program expects to enroll its first graduate students in Fall 2025.

Approved by the Board of Regents in 2017, the interdisciplinary B.S. in Neuroscience degree enrolled more than 400 undergraduate students in 2022, and has been the fastest growing undergraduate major at Georgia Tech. The Minor in Neuroscience is set to become available during the 2024-25 academic year.  

Quantum Sciences and Technology Minor

In response to the explosion of research, development, investment, and hiring in quantum information science taking place across academia, national labs, and private industry, the School of Physics is now hosting a new Minor in Quantum Sciences and Technology. 

Available starting this fall, the program is open to all students, regardless of major, who are interested in learning more about quantum information theory, applications of quantum information to measurement, quantum materials, quantum computation, quantum algorithms, quantum communication, or any other quantum science related topics. The coursework includes basic training in quantum mechanics and quantum information, and a choice of quantum-related electives in physics, math, chemistry, computer science, and electrical engineering. 

The minor was established by the School of Physics in partnership with the School of Mathematics and the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry in addition to the Colleges of Computing and Engineering.

The College of Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Jean Lynch-Stieglitz as chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, effective September 2024.

Lynch-Stieglitz is currently a professor in the School, and her research focuses on the behavior of the Earth’s oceans and climate over the last 100,000 years. 

“I am delighted to serve as chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,” says Lynch-Stieglitz. “I look forward to contributing to our School’s continued development and its atmosphere of inclusivity, innovation and excellence.”

“Jean’s clear vision and strong commitment to the School were apparent throughout the selection process,” says Susan Lozier, dean of the College of Sciences and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair. “She is an exceptional scholar and instructor, and I look forward to working with her in the years ahead to continue elevating the School's teaching and research missions.”

“I thank the search committee for their time and efforts,” adds Lozier. “I also want to take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt gratitude to Greg Huey for leading the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences since 2014. Greg has done a tremendous job steering the School as chair, and I have appreciated his commitment throughout his service.” 

Meet Jean Lynch-Stieglitz

Lynch-Stieglitz joined Georgia Tech’s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences as an associate professor in 2004. She served as the Schools’ associate chair from 2015-22 and as an ADVANCE Professor for the College of Sciences from 2022-23. She is currently serving as a Jefferson Science Fellow at the Department of State.

Her research centers on changes in ocean circulation and climate since the height of the last ice age. Work in this area has helped in understanding the full range of behavior possible for the ocean/climate system, and which parts of this system may be vulnerable to change in the future. Her research combines geochemical methods for gathering data on the state of the past ocean with the analytical tools and approaches of modern oceanography. 

Lynch-Stieglitz currently serves on the Board of Reviewing Editors at Science Magazine and was editor of Earth and Planetary Science Letters from 2012-2015. She was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015 and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2019 in recognition of her work on ocean circulation changes over the transition out of the last ice age. She was also named Cesare Emiliani Lecturer by AGU in 2018, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of paleoceanography. 

She received a Bachelor of Science in Geology and in Physics from Duke University and a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from Columbia University. She was a faculty member at Columbia University's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory from 1996-03. 

Learn more about Jean Lynch-Stieglitz.

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Members of the College of Sciences community gathered at Harrison Square on May 8 to recognize outstanding faculty and staff as part of the 2023-2024 academic year Spring Sciences Celebration. 

“It is always a pleasure to honor faculty who excel in teaching and research,” says Susan Lozier, dean of the College of Sciences, Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair, and professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, “and to celebrate staff members across our College who are exceptionally committed to service and excellence.”

During the annual event, Lozier also recognized faculty and staff members who recently retired. 

This year’s honorees include:

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

The Cullen-Peck Fellowship Awards were established by Frank Cullen (‘73 Math, MS ‘76 ISyE, PhD ‘84 ISyE) and Elizabeth Peck (‘75 Math, MS ‘76 ISyE) to encourage the development of especially promising mid-career faculty:

• Wenjing Liao, Mathematics 
• Jenny McGuire, Biological Sciences
• Elisabetta Matsumoto, Physics

The Gretzinger Moving Forward Award, endowed by Ralph Gretzinger (‘70 Math) and named to honor his late wife Jewel, recognizes the leadership of a school chair or senior faculty member who has played a pivotal role in diversifying the composition of tenure-track faculty, creating a family-friendly work environment, and providing a supportive environment for early-career faculty:

• Michael Lacey, Mathematics

The Eric R. Immel Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching, endowed by Charles Crawford (‘71 Math), honors exemplary instruction of lower division foundational courses. It honors the late School of Mathematics professor Eric R. Immel, who greatly influenced Crawford’s undergraduate experience at the Institute:

• Samantha Wilson, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences   

The Leddy Family Dean’s Faculty Excellence Award, established by Jeff Leddy (’78 Physics) and Pam Leddy, supports a faculty member at the associate professor level with proven accomplishments in research and teaching:

• Simon Sponberg, Physics

The Faculty Mentor Award, established jointly by the College of Sciences and its ADVANCE Professor, awards the efforts and achievements of our faculty members who mentor fellow faculty:

• Shana Kerr, Biological Sciences

RESEARCH FACULTY AWARDS

The Outstanding Junior Research Faculty Award and Outstanding Senior Research Faculty Award honor postdoctoral and non-tenure track research faculty who have made exceptional research contributions with significant impact on their field of study:

• Outstanding Junior Research Faculty: Yinghao Wen, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

• Outstanding Senior Research Faculty: Anna Österholm, Chemistry and Biochemistry

The Research Faculty Community Trailblazer Award recognizes postdoctoral and non-tenure track research faculty who have demonstrated and sustained leadership that strengthens the sense of community among research faculty within the College of Sciences:

• Jessica Bowman, Chemistry and Biochemistry  

STAFF AWARDS

The College of Sciences Staff Awards are made possible by funding from the Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Dean’s Chair endowment. They include:

The Exceptional Staff Member Award and Staff Excellence Awards honor College of Sciences staff who exemplify outstanding performance above and beyond the call of duty — positively impacting the strategic goals of their department and the College, consistently providing excellent service within their school or the overall College, and demonstrating exemplary teamwork.  

Exceptional Staff Member Award

• Verene Lancaster, Biological Sciences

Staff Excellence Awards

• Lea Marzo, Center for Promoting Inclusion and Equity in the Sciences

• Faith Taylor, Dean’s Office

The Leadership in Action Staff Award and Excellence in Leadership Staff Awards recognize College of Sciences staff who have made exceptional contributions to the College through innovative and strategic leadership, change management, business process improvement, special project leadership, and similar accomplishments.

Leadership in Action Staff Award

• Erin Nagle, Dean’s Office

Excellence in Leadership Staff Awards

• Monica Branch, Chemistry and Biochemistry

• Troy Hilley, Academic and Research Computing Services

Georgia Tech researchers have finished investigating how the prehistoric weakening of a major ocean current led to a decline in ocean nutrients and negative impacts on North Atlantic ocean life. The results support predictions about how our oceans might react to a changing climate — and what that means for ocean life.

The North Atlantic ocean is a hub of biological activity, due in large part to the Gulf Stream, which supplies a rich current of nutrients. Scientists have speculated that our changing climate may lead to a decline of nutrients and biological activity in the North Atlantic due to a weakening of the ocean circulation — but this theory has previously been supported only by models. 

Now, by studying sediments buried at the Gulf Stream’s origin, the team has conducted a first-of-its-kind investigation into the impact of a similar climate-induced decline nearly 13,000 years ago, when Earth exited the last ice age.

The paper, “A Diminished North Atlantic Nutrient Stream During Younger Dryas Climate Reversal” was published in Science this week. Led by Jean Lynch-Stieglitz, a professor in the School of Earth of Atmospheric Sciences, the team also included Lynch-Stieglitz’s past students: Tyler Vollmer, Shannon Valley, and Eric Blackmon, along with Sifan Gu (Jiao Tong University School of Oceanography), and Thomas Marchitto (University of Colorado, Boulder).

“The research tests a concept that has previously only been explored in theory and models,” Lynch-Stieglitz says. “The large-scale Atlantic overturning circulation provides the nutrients that underly biological productivity in the North Atlantic.” 

Since the current is expected to continue weakening over the next century as a result of greenhouse gas emissions, researchers anticipate that the North Atlantic will receive fewer and fewer nutrients.

“This concept has real-world implications for the future health of the oceans and fisheries,” Lynch-Stieglitz explains. Impacts range from a decline in fish populations to potentially impacting the amount of CO2 the ocean can uptake. 

“The dramatic climate changes the Earth has experienced in the past can help us understand what parts of the Earth system are vulnerable to change, and help us evaluate ideas about the impacts of the ongoing climate change,” she adds.

An unlikely mystery

The team studied the Younger Dryas, a period of time during the transition out of the last ice age when there was a weakening of the Atlantic circulation. By examining how the nutrient stream changed when circulation weakened in the past, the researchers hoped to better understand what we may expect from today's warming oceans.

However, the team didn’t initially set out with this goal in mind — the work began as an undergraduate research project with an intriguing mystery. Eric Blackmon, then a student in Lynch-Stieglitz’s lab, was interested in investigating the disappearance of a species of plankton from the North Atlantic Ocean during the last ice age.

“The outcome of this study was puzzling,” Lynch-Stieglitz recalls. The team decided to use a rarely used technique to better understand the results. The method of reconstructing seawater oxygen concentration produced an unusually clear record of how oxygen concentration in the seawater had changed through time. 

“Our team realized that when combined with an earlier reconstruction of seawater chemistry, the technique provided key information on the history and mechanisms of nutrient delivery into the North Atlantic Ocean,” Lynch-Stieglitz says. “We set out to answer a small question, and along the way discovered our data has broader implications than we anticipated.”

Beautiful tiny shells

With this new technique, the team analyzed layers of sediment in the Florida Straits, a narrow passage between the Florida Keys and Cuba, where the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean meet. By coring into these layers and taking a cylindrical sample, “the layers of accumulating sediments provide an environmental history at the site,” Lynch-Stieglitz explains. In this instance, “we looked at how the shells of single-celled organisms called foraminifera changed with time.” Because foraminifera live on the ocean floor, their shells accumulate within each layer of sediment, preserving important chemical signatures that can be used to reconstruct the chemistry of the ocean in which they resided.

“It is pretty amazing that ocean chemistry of the past can be reconstructed in such detail using beautiful, tiny shells,” Lynch-Stieglitz says.

The research showed that during the Younger Dryas, as the overturning circulation weakened, nutrients in the Gulf Stream decreased and the amount of oxygen in the Florida Straits increased. The team also found that as the nutrient stream decreased, the amount of biological productivity in the North Atlantic decreased as well.

“The study represents an important development of the carbon isotope-based proxy for past oxygen concentrations,” Lynch-Stieglitz says. “The record is very clean, and the magnitude and timing of the changes in dissolved oxygen are mirrored to an astonishing degree in the phosphate reconstruction.”

Beyond climate

Beyond these findings about how the ocean works, the team’s study of foraminifera also provides new ways to understand how nutrients are cycled around the ocean, and how we investigate this. These windows into how Earth’s oceans changed in the past provide a critical tool for testing models, letting us better predict how our oceans and the resources they provide may respond to climate change in the future.

“The physical changes in the earth system can have profound changes on life in the ocean, and far-reaching impacts,” Lynch-Stieglitz notes. “Climate change is about more than climate,” 

This study was supported by National Science Foundation grant OCE-1459563 (J.L.-S.) and National Science Foundation grant OCE-1851900 (J.L.-S.).

DOI: science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi5543

Georgia Tech researcher Jie He set out to predict how rainfall will change as Earth’s atmosphere continues to heat up. In the process, he made some unexpected discoveries that might explain how greenhouse gas emissions will impact tropical oceans, affecting climate on a global scale.

“This is not a story with just one punch line,” said He, assistant professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, whose most recent work appeared in the journal Nature Climate Change. “I didn’t really expect to find anything this interesting—there were a few surprises.”

He is principal investigator of the Climate Modeling and Dynamics Group, which combines expertise in physics, mathematics, and computer science to study climate change. The team’s latest study, a collaboration with Mississippi State University and Princeton University, examines hydrological sensitivity in the planet’s three tropical basins: the central portions of both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and most of the Indian Ocean, an equatorial belt girding the Earth between the Tropic of Cancer (north) and Tropic of Capricorn (south).

Hydrological sensitivity (HS) refers to the precipitation change per degree of surface warming. Hydrological sensitivity is a key metric researchers use in evaluating or predicting how rainfall will respond to future climate change. Positive HS indicates a wetter climate, while negative HS indicates a drier climate.

“The projection of hydrological sensitivity and future precipitation has been widely investigated, but most studies look at global averages — nobody had yet looked closely at each individual basin,” He said. “And the real impact on global climate change will come from the regional scale.”

In other words, what happens in tropical waters has far-reaching effects.

Long Reach of the Tropics

He wanted to specifically examine the tropical basins because they already have a well-known influence on remote locations: El Niños and La Niñas. These weather patterns that shift every couple of years are examples of tropical oceanic precipitation changes that have a global impact.

“These precipitation changes create heating and cooling in the atmosphere that set off atmospheric waves affecting remote climates across the globe,” He said. During El Niño winters, for example, the southeastern U.S. typically gets more precipitation than usual.

But El Niños and La Niñas are naturally occurring, whereas the tropical precipitation changes He identified are projected as outcomes of human-induced global warming — a simulation, part of a climate model.

Climate models are an essential tool for He and other researchers, who use them to simulate possible future scenarios. These are computer programs that rely on complex math equations to project the atmospheric interactions of energy and matter likely to occur across the planet.

What surprised He was the substantial difference in HS between tropical basins. Essentially, in He’s model the Pacific tropical basin has an HS more than twice as large as the Indian basin, with the Atlantic basin projected as a negative value.

“It was surprising because these differences can’t be explained by the mainstream theories on tropical precipitation changes,” He said. “In other words, none of the theories we knew would have predicted it.”

Modeling the Sensitive Future

The effects of such diverging hydrological sensitivity would be widespread, according to He. For example, his experiments suggest that the continental U.S. will get wetter, and the Amazon will become drier.

“If these model projections are true, these effects will materialize as the climate continues to warm,” said He, who can’t predict exactly how long it will be before these effects can be detected in actual observations of our three-dimensional world.

That’s because they only have reliable observations of oceanic tropical precipitation since 1979. Precipitation changes over decades are strongly affected by internal climate variability — that is, climate change that isn’t caused by humans. When human-induced precipitation changes are significantly greater than internal climate variability, we should be able to detect the wide-ranging effects of diverging hydrological sensitivity.

But the challenges of continuing climate change do not allow the luxury of waiting until every aspect of climate projection becomes a reality, He noted, adding, “We are relying on climate projections to some extent to guide our adaptation and mitigation plans. Therefore, it is important to study and understand the climate projections.”

Based on the scenario projected by climate models used in He’s research, the effects of El Niños and La Niñas on remote climates will become stronger.

“What we can imply is that this strengthening would be partly due to the diverging HS among tropical basins,” He concluded.

While the future effects of HS on El Niños and La Niñas weren’t discussed in this study, He believes it would make a very interesting research subject going forward.

This semester, 33 faculty members from across the Institute were awarded tenure. Tenure recognizes a faculty member’s contributions to Georgia Tech through research, teaching, and community.

We are honored to celebrate this defining moment in our faculty members' careers.

• Joy Arulraj, School of Computer Science, College of Computing
• Saad Bhamla, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering
• Alex Blumenthal, School of Mathematics, College of Sciences
• Lindsey Bullinger, School of Public Policy, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
• Andre Calmon, Scheller College of Business 
• Yue Chen, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Lily Cheung, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering
• Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, School of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering 
• Claudio Di Leo, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
• Alberto Fuentes, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts & School of City and Regional Planning, College of Design
• Neha Garg, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences
• Nima Ghalichechian, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
• Matthew Gombolay, School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
• Roberto Gonzalez, School of Economics, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
• Josiah Hester, School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
• Yongtaek Kim, School of Modern Languages, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
• Zsolt Kira, School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing & GTRI
• Gongjie Li, School of Physics, College of Sciences
• Yingyan (Celine) Lin, School of Computer Science, College of Computing
• Brooks Lindsey, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Nian Liu, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering
• Jorge Macedo Escudero, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
• Jesse McDaniel, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences
• Ameet Pinto, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
• Seumalu Elora Lee Raymond, School of City and Regional Planning, College of Design
• Alexander Robel, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences
• D. Zeb Rocklin, School of Physics, College of Sciences
• Alberto Stolfi, School of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences
• Anne Sullivan, School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
• Kathy Wang, Scheller College of Business
• Daniel Weagley, Scheller College of Business
• Eunhwa Yang, School of Building Construction, College of Design
• Tuo Zhao, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering