News Center

To request a media interview, please reach out to experts using the faculty directories for each of our six schools, or contact Jess Hunt-Ralston, College of Sciences communications director. A list of faculty experts is also available to journalists upon request.

We're @GTSciences on Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

Latest News

Samantha Wilson (left) with nominating students Claire Riggs and Cameron Hyde

Students nominated School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences’ Samantha Wilson for this year’s top faculty honor in the GT 1000 program, which supports first-year students as they are introduced to the Georgia Tech experience.


 

Peter Conlin

A group of first-year students are conducting undergraduate research and learning about special science and math subjects through a new special topics course that’s also giving postdoctoral scholars and research scientists a chance to design a course and hone their teaching skills


 


 

Matt Baker, math professor and magician

Matt Baker is a Georgia Tech School of Mathematics professor and award-winning magician. This week, he’ll appear on the CW television series Penn & Teller: Fool Us, airing Friday, December 1 and streaming Saturday, December 2. 


 

Edgar Garay.jpeg

ATLANTA and BALTIMORE  Falcomm, the semiconductor company providing ultra-efficient power amplifiers to the wireless communications market, announced that it has raised $4 million in seed funding and hired two industry leaders to accelerate the development of its next-generation Dual-Drive PA and expand its network of hardware manufacturers.

Jennifer Hom

A trio of School of Mathematics faculty have received top honors from the American Mathematical Society, with Professor Jennifer Hom taking home the 2024 Levi L. Conant Prize, and Professors Greg Blekherman and Thang Le selected as 2024 AMS Fellows.


 

The Trinity Demonstrator telescope. (Photo Nepomuk Otte)

Physics Professor Nepomuk Otte and students have developed the Trinity Demonstrator to search for sources of high-energy neutrinos that contain clues to the early universe.


 

Experts In The News

A special issue of Pure and Applied Functional Analysis honors mathematician School of Mathematics Regents' Professor Leonid Bunimovich on his 75th birthday. 

Bunimovich's pioneering contributions have shaped modern dynamical systems. He is best known for discovering a fundamental mechanism of chaos in dynamical systems, including systems of chaotic billiards such as the Bunimovich stadium, Bunimovich flowers, and elliptic flowers. Learn about his research in this 2023 news story: Bringing Understanding to Chaotic Dynamics with Billiards, Flowers, and ... Mushrooms?

Georgia Tech School of Mathematics March 16, 2026

If you’ve walked the aisles of a grocery store, scrolled through social media, watched television, or set foot in a fast-casual restaurant chain in recent months, you know that protein is having its moment.

So, why are brands pushing protein? An International Food Information Council study found that 70% of adults are looking to increase their protein intake. But as it makes its way into more products than ever before, is it too much of a good thing?

Lesley Baradel is a registered dietitian, nutritionist, and lecturer in the College of Sciences at Georgia Tech. In this episode of "Generating Buzz", she digs into the protein-packed trend, with implications ranging from health and wellness to marketing and how the rise of GLP-1s factors into the increased focus on the macronutrient.

Futurity March 5, 2026