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Yuanzhi Tang

The College of Sciences is funding two research centers through a new seed grant program. Selected from a finalist pool of nine proposals, Associate Professors Yuanzhi Tang and Thackery Brown’s ideas were chosen due to their high potential for novel interdisciplinary research and impact. A second call for research center proposals is planned for January 2025.

Women-Led Mentorship Cohort

Two grad students share the importance of developing women-centered communities and provide their insight into developing a community. 

Frontiers in Science Banner Outside at Sunrise

This Earth Month more than 100 campus and community stakeholders gathered near the Georgia Tech EcoCommons for the 2024 Frontiers in Science: Climate Action Conference and Symposium. On April 18, the College of Sciences hosted more than 20 speakers and panelists from across the Institute and Atlanta community presenting groundbreaking research and discussing innovations and ideas in climate change, challenges, and solutions.

The team is using a precise layer splitting technique to overcome drawbacks in ferroelectric materials use in electrostatic capacitors.

Three researchers in a joint international research laboratory based at Georgia Tech-Europe in Metz, France, are among a team demonstrating cutting-edge single-crystalline integration — using a precise layer splitting technique to overcome material drawbacks.

Researchers in Nga Lee (Sally) Ng's lab

Their awards total more than $9.5 million in funding, the most Georgia Tech has ever had in the program.

Postdoc Community

We asked our postdocs whom they would like to extend their thanks. Their responses revealed the profound impact of collaboration, mentorship, and peer support. 

Experts In The News

In December, The Conversation hosted a webinar on AI’s revolutionary role in drug discovery and development. Science and technology editor Eric Smalley interviewed Jeffrey Skolnick, Regents' Professor and eminent scholar in computational systems biology at Georgia Institute of Technology, and Benjamin P. Brown, assistant professor of pharmacology at Vanderbilt University. Skolnick has developed AI-based approaches to predict protein structure and function that may help with drug discovery and finding off-label uses of existing drugs. Brown’s lab works on creating new computer models that make drug discovery faster and more reliable.

The Conversation April 7, 2026

While it often gets written off as being distracted or not paying attention, daydreaming is actually a sign of an active and imaginative mind. In fact, a 2017 study found that daydreamers are generally smarter than their focused peers. “People with efficient brains may have too much brain capacity to stop their minds from wandering,” said Eric Schumacher, the Georgia Tech psychology professor who co-authored the study.

People who daydream frequently have things running through their heads, whether they are thinking through ideas or picturing possible outcomes. Letting the mind wander allows unexpected connections to form. To an outside observer, they may seem checked out of reality. However, other highly intellectual people know that they're truly deeply engaged, just not with what's going on right in front of them.

Your Tango April 4, 2026

Upcoming Events

Apr
27
2026
AI is charging forward with unprecedented speed and impact.
Apr
28
2026
College of Sciences students, faculty, and staff are invited to our end-of-school year town hall.
May
01
2026
EAS 1600 students maintain the Library, and it's open to everyone on Fridays from 3:30 - 4:30 pm when classes are in session. Come learn about houseplants and bring your own plant home!

Spark: College of Sciences at Georgia Tech

Welcome — we're so glad you're here. Learn more about us in this video, narrated by Susan Lozier, College of Sciences Dean and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair.