Six College of Sciences researchers are among 19 Georgia Tech faculty and students receiving 2022 Research Awards from the Georgia Tech chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. 

Sigma Xi’s mission is “to enhance the health of the research enterprise, foster integrity in science and engineering, and promote the public’s understanding of science for the purpose of improving the human condition.” 

Two College of Sciences researchers won the Best Faculty Paper Award:

• Roman Grigoriev, professor in the School of Physics 

• Nga Lee (Sally) Ng, professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences with a joint appointment in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Grigoriev won for the paper, “Robust learning from noisy, incomplete, high-dimensional experimental data via physically constrained symbolic regression.” The study appeared in Nature Communications.

Ng won for four papers:

• “Evaluation of particle filtration efficiency of commercially available materials for homemade face mask usage,” Aerosol Science and Technology.

• “In-flight particulate matter concentrations in commercial flights are likely lower than other indoor environments,” Indoor Air.

• “Formation of Oxidized Gases and Secondary Organic Aerosol from a Commercial Oxidant-Generating Electronic Air Cleaner,” Environmental Science and Technology Letters.

• “Room-level ventilation in schools and universities,” ChemRxiv.

Four College of Sciences graduate students are also recognized.

Best Ph.D. Thesis Awards:

• Yuchen He, School of Mathematics
  Advisor: Sung Ha Kang
  Title: "Mathematical and data-driven pattern representation with applications in image processing, computer graphics, and infinite dimensional dynamical data mining"  

• Pan Liu, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  Advisor: Yuanzhi Tang 
  Title: "Speciation and recovery of rare earth elements (REES) from coal fly ash"   

• Suttipong “Jay” Suttapitugsakul, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  Advisor: Ronghu Wu 
  Title: "MS-based chemical proteomics studies of extracellular glycoproteins: identification, quantification, and dynamics" 

Best M.S. Thesis Award:

• Charles Ross Lindsey, School of Biological Sciences
  Advisor: Frank Rosenzweig
  Title: "Phylotranscriptomics points to multiple independent origins of multicellularity and cellular differentiation in the Volvocine algae"

The Sigma Xi Georgia Tech Chapter awards ceremony is scheduled for April, preceding the Georgia Tech faculty awards ceremony. Learn more.