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Vicki Wysocki

Wysocki’s research involves solving biomedical problems and developing new techniques and devices to study proteins in the human body.

Will Gutekunst in his lab

Will Gutekunst, associate professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Tech, co-leads the interface of polymer science and wood-based materials initiative along with Blair Brettmann at the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI). 

Below is a brief Q&A with Gutekunst where he discusses his research focus areas and how they influence the interface of polymer science and wood-based materials initiative at Georgia Tech.

Incoming Explore students and their new home for the 2024-2025 school year: Eighth Street West Apartments provides two-, four-, and six-bedroom two-bath residences with a shared living room and kitchen.

In a break from tradition, Explore students will live and learn in apartment-style dorms during the 2024-2025 school year. The Eighth Street West address will be new, but Explore’s mission to provide a science-focused hub where students thrive through academic support, career exploration, and engaging social activities remains unchanged.

Georgia Tech Alumni Association's 2024 Class of 40 Under 40

Four College of Sciences alumni have been selected as members of the 2024 class of 40 under 40. 

A view of Tech Tower from Crosland Tower. Photo: Georgia Tech

Nine early-career professors will pursue cutting-edge climate mitigation research during the upcoming year as part of the initiative.

Chemistry Ph.D. student Isabel Berry

Berry, a Chemistry Ph.D. student, is one of 40 students in the U.S. to receive the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship awarded to emerging leaders in computational science. She is the sole student from Georgia Tech to earn the distinction this year.

Experts In The News

Alex Robel, an associate professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech, said pumping sand onshore is far from a perfect solution to stabilize a beach, but it’s “one of the best tools we have in our arsenal.”

“It’s been done in the United States for almost a century in different places and we know how to do it,” Robel said. “We’re good at it.”

But nourishment is only a Band-Aid for erosion. Once cities start replenishing sand, Robel said they have to keep doing it regularly. 

Atlanta Journal Constitution March 24, 2026

A team of researchers including David Hu, a professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Biological Sciences and George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, have visualized mosquito flight behavior for the first time.

Based on their data, the researchers said they don’t think mosquitoes swarm because they’re following the pack. Each appeared to pick up on the cues independently, then found themselves at the same place at the same time.

“It’s like a crowded bar,” said Hu. “Customers aren’t there because they followed each other into the bar. They’re attracted by the same cues: drinks, music, and the atmosphere. The same is true of mosquitoes. Rather than following the leader, the insect follows the signals and happens to arrive at the same spot as the others. They’re good copies of each other.”

A similar story was published by The Economic Times.

ScienceDaily March 22, 2026

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