Investigating how viruses transform human health and the fate of our planet.
Investigating how viruses transform human health and the fate of our planet.
Investigating how viruses transform human health and the fate of our planet.
Prof. Weitz will deliver soon deliver his closing lecture as the Chaire Blaise Pascal of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, France. Weitz has held the Blaise Pascal International Chair of Excellence since 2021, and conducted a year of research based at the Institute of Biology at the École Normale Supérieure (IBENS) in Paris as part […]
Group member Raunek Dey, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Physics, has recently received three awards through the University of Maryland (UMD) to fund his research and conference travel. UMD Microbiome Center Summer Scholarship This scholarship was awarded to Raunak through the UMD Center of Excellence in Microbiome Studies to support his research project […]
Rogelio Rodriguez-Gonzalez recently defended his thesis, successfully earning a Ph.D. in Biology in Quantitative Biosciences from Georgia Tech. His project entitled “Computational Models of Phage Therapy from In Vitro Settings to In Vivo Infections” addresses the urgent global challenge of antimicrobial resistance through innovative approaches in phage therapy. Focusing on enhancing the efficacy of phage […]
After nearly 10 years in development, the textbook “Quantitative Biosciences: Dynamics across Cells, Organisms, and Populations” and associated lab guides are now available to order from Princeton University Press and Amazon. Written by Prof. Weitz, the book serves as “a hands-on approach to quantitative reasoning in the life sciences.” Combined with companion guides in MATLAB, […]
Prof. Weitz is now one of the chief editors of the Journal of Theoretical Biology. In this role, Weitz will advise on new directions for the journal, identify new topics for publication, write editorials, and more. Learn more about the editorial board here.
Quan Nguyen, an undergraduate Weitz Group member since 2020, just graduated with a B.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. Quan has spent his time in the Group designing algorithms that estimate the risk scores of viral infections. This fall, Quan will be starting a PhD in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania. “I want to […]
Dr. Jeremy Harris will be leaving the Weitz Group to start at the Rose Hulman College in August 2023. Dr. Harris accepted a position as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics. Congratulations Jeremy on this next step in your career.
On March 22nd, 2023, Shashwat Shivam successfully defended his dissertation entitled “Endogenous and Exogenous Control of Virus-Host Dynamics,’’ earning his Ph.D. in electrical & computer engineering. Congratulations, Shashwat! To learn more about Shashwat’s dissertation, read the abstract below. Optimization and control techniques are ubiquitous and used in diverse fields such as Mathematics, Engineering and Science. […]
Quan (King) Nguyen, a chemical & biomolecular engineering undergraduate that has been in the Weitz Group since 2020, has recently been selected by the Student Awards Committee of the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering as the recipient of the Thomas L. Gossage International Enrichment Scholarship. Awarded to the top international students in the School of Chemical and […]
Quan (King) Nguyen, a chemical & biomolecular engineering undergraduate that has been in the Weitz Group since 2020, has recently been accepted into the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) 2.0 program. Created by U.S. Congress in 2003 to “strengthen the bilateral relationship between the United States and Vietnam through educational exchange activities,” the program offers academic mentoring and […]