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Award-winning book (Credit: Princeton University Press)

On the heels of the 2019 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics, two more awards have been bestowed on David Hu. The American Institute of Physics (AIP) selected Hu as co-winner of the book award for its 2019 Science Communication Awards. Organizers of China’s Pineapple Science Prizes have named Hu this year’s winner of the physics prize.

Andrew Schilling

First-year biochemistry major Andrew Schilling wins quiz 5 of ScienceMatters Season 3.

Kim Cobb honored with 2020 Hans Oeschger Medal

Kim Cobb is one of 49 recipients of the 2020 awards and medals of the European Geoscience Union (EGU). A professor in the Georgia Tech School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS), Cobb will receive the 2020 Hans Oeschger Medal. The medal recognizes scientists “for their outstanding achievements in ice research and/or short-term climatic changes (past, present, future).”

Lewis Wheaton, associate professor, School of Biological Sciences

School of Biological Sciences Associate Professor Lewis Wheaton uses his Cognitive Motor Control Lab to research the neurological processes involved when people cope with the loss of a limb, a stroke, or a traumatic brain injury that can impact motor skills. 

 

Venkata Ramana Makkapati

Fourth-year aerospace engineering Ph.D. student Venkata Ramana Makkapati wins quiz 4 of ScienceMatters Season 3.