How I Spent My Summer: NSF REUs Welcome Undergraduate Researchers

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In 2022, all six schools in Georgia Tech's College of Sciences will offer a summer NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Students attending this year's REUs recount what they learned, and how it will impact their academic careers.
Frances Rivera-Hernández taking field samples in Antarctica in 2015 (Photo Frances Rivera-Hernandez) , Miers Valley in Antarctica (Photo Pierre Roudier/Wikimedia) , Frances Rivera-Hernández , Curiosity Rover "selfie" at Mont Mercou, Mars (Photo NASA)

Rivera-Hernández Wins NASA Grant to Aid Current Mars Rover Missions — and Find ‘Martian Lakes’ for Future Rovers and Crews

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Frances Rivera-Hernández and her team will soon head to Antarctica to study an ancient lake bed that may aid in search for past life on Mars, plus clues to climatic changes

CMDI: Mighty Microbial Dynamics for a Healthier People and Planet

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CMDI merges disciplines, aggressively recruiting microbiologist ‘superstars’ to take back the high ground from antibiotic-resistant pathogens and emerging diseases — and to harness microbes for new medicines, cleaner environments, and climate solutions.
College of Sciences alumni from three schools are in this year's class of Georgia Tech Alumni 40 Under 40. ,  Check out the 2021 "40 Under 40" interactive honoree dashboard, courtesy of Joshua Preston, College of Computing at Georgia Tech: bit.ly/40under40-viz , Arindam Basu, MS Math 09, PhD ECE 10 (Associate Professor, City U) , James Belanger, EAS  07, PhD EAS 12  (Senior Meteorological Scientist, The Weather Company, IBM) , Kristen Marhaver, Bio 04  (Associate Scientist, CARMABI Foundation) , Melissa Nord,  EAS  13   (Meteorologist, 11 Alive) , Michole Washington, AM 16 (Mathematics Education Doctoral Candidate, University of Michigan) , Thomas “Bo” Hatchett, Bio 13 (Georgia State Senator – District 50, Georgia State Senate)

Georgia Tech Alumni 40 Under 40: Meet the 2021 Class

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The Georgia Tech Alumni Association has released its annual list of young graduates working to change our world, with six College of Sciences alumni from three schools among those honored in the 2021 class of the Tech’s 40 Under 40.
Jie He

The Challenge of Predicting Rainfall in a Changing Climate

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School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences’ Jie He wins NSF CAREER grant to work on new methods to unlock the uncertainty in rainfall predictions
Air Quality Study: Aerosols , Nga Lee "Sally" Ng

Study Shows that Electronic Air Cleaning Technology Can Generate Unintended Pollutants

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The benefits to indoor air quality of one type of purifying system can be offset by the generation of other pollutants
Leavey and Shepler have accepted appointments as assistant deans in the College of Sciences Dean’s Office effective July 1, 2021. , Jennifer Leavey has been named assistant dean for Faculty Mentoring in the College of Sciences. (Credit: Christopher Moore) , Carrie Shepler joins the Dean’s Office as assistant dean for Teaching Effectiveness in the College of Sciences. (Credit: Carrie Shepler)

Jennifer Leavey, Carrie Shepler Named Assistant Deans

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Leavey has been named assistant dean for Faculty Mentoring in the College. Shepler joins the Dean’s Office as assistant dean for Teaching Effectiveness. Their collaborative leadership will execute key components of the College’s new strategic plan.
Laura Cadonati has been appointed associate dean for Research in the College of Sciences at Georgia Tech (Credit: Rob Felt)

Laura Cadonati Named Associate Dean for Research

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Cadonati, a physics professor and director of the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, has also held leadership positions in LIGO — including leading its data analysis and astrophysics division at the time of the discovery of gravitational waves.
Sensors ready for deployment near the Hikurangi Margin subduction zone. (Photo Kerry Key) , Samer Naif , Christine Chesley of Columbia University (lead author) helps with sensor deployment. (Photo: Kerry Key / Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) , Sensor ready for deployment off New Zealand's east coast. (Photo Samer Naif) , SUESI (Scripps Undersea Electromagnetic Source Instrument) ready for deployment. (Photo Samer Naif)

Surfacing New Clues: Water’s Impact in Undersea Earthquakes

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Tectonic plates colliding deep below the ocean's surface can trigger major earthquakes and tsunamis. A new study from a team of scientists including Samer Naif shows that water may play a bigger role than previously known in the magnitude of these quakes.

Temperate Glimpse Into a Warming World

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SPRUCE experiment study shows elevated levels of greenhouse gases emerging from carbon-rich peatlands