College of Sciences

Three College of Sciences alumni have been selected as members of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association's 2026 class of 40 Under 40. 

Mathematics Assistant Professor Wei Zhu has been awarded a five-year, $500,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. The award will support Zhu's research and education initiatives focused on artificial intelligence.

 From storytelling to customer discovery, Quadrant-i teaches faculty soft skills to commercialize their work.

With support from an NSF CAREER Award, Gong Chen is advancing new mathematical frameworks to predict how complex wave systems evolve —  unlocking deeper insights into solitons, the rare waves that hold their shape while traveling at a constant speed.

Congratulations to Dingjing Shi, for being recognized as an APS Rising Star. The designation is presented to outstanding APS members in the earliest stages of their research career post-PhD. 

Scientists have shown that bacteria can learn from past experiences, store memories across generations and adapt their behavior to changing environments all without a brain or nervous system. The work could shape how scientists think about bacterial infections and antibiotic treatment.