New paper published in Virus Evolution
A new paper authored by Tapan Goel, along with Stephen Beckett and Prof. Joshua Weitz, has been published in Virus Evolution. The study, titled “Eco-evolutionary dynamics of temperate phages in periodic environments,” uses non-linear differential equations...
Congratulations to Akash Arani on His Acceptance to the Santa Fe Institute Summer School!
We’re excited to share that Akash Arani, a graduate student in biology in the group, has been accepted to the Santa Fe Institute Complex Systems Summer School. This highly competitive program, which accepts only 40 applicants each year, brings together students...
Prof. Joshua Weitz Featured on the Critical Speaking Podcast
Prof. Joshua Weitz recently joined Dr. Teri Markow on the Critical Speaking Podcast to discuss the role of asymptomatic individuals in the spread of COVID-19 and the broader implications for how we understand and prepare for pandemics. The conversation covers the...
Congratulations to Marian Dominguez-Mirazo on Successfully Passing Her Ph.D. Thesis Defense!
The Weitz Group is thrilled to announce that Marian Dominguez-Mirazo has successfully passed her thesis defense and has earned a Ph.D. in Quantitative Biosciences from the School of Biological Sciences at Georgia Tech. Her dissertation, “Impact of Latent Period...
Congratulations to Emma Wachter on Her Successful Honors Thesis Defense!
Congratulations to Emma Wachter, an undergraduate researcher in the Weitz Group, for successfully defending her Honors Thesis titled “Assessing mechanisms of non-exponential decay in viral systems.” After graduating this May, Emma will join the Dana-Farber...
Publication named QBioS Best Eco-Evo Paper at Georgia Tech
Group member Marian Dominguez-Mirazo, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biology, co-authored a paper recently selected as the Best Paper in Ecology, Evolution and Population Biology for the 2024 QBioS Award at Georgia Tech. Published in mBio, the paper, titled...
New paper published in PNAS on coexistence of marine microbes
A new paper co-led by Prof. Weitz has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Entitled “Evidence for temporal partitioning of phosphorus uptake in microbial communities of the North Atlantic Ocean,” the study reveals that marine...
Hosting the inaugural Maryland Aquatic Viral Ecology meeting
Dr. Stephen Beckett, Dr. Julie Pourtois, and Dr. Tapan Goel co-organized, and hosted the first Maryland Aquatic Viral Ecology meeting on April 16, 2025 at the University of Maryland, College Park. The meeting brought together local viral ecologists to learn about each...
Prof. Weitz to Give Closing Chaire Blaise Pascal Lecture in Paris
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...
Raunek Day Receives Three University Awards
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...
Rogelio Rodriguez-Gonzalez Defends His Ph.D. Thesis
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”...
Sharing Science: A Semester of Noteworthy Seminars
During the Spring ’24 semester, the Weitz Group welcomed many distinguished experts in virology and mathematical biology through several University of Maryland (UMD) seminar series, fostering insights into viral ecology, infectious disease dynamics, and...