Georgia Tech’s First Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Ph.D. Cohort Arrives on Campus – 2025
The inaugural cohort of Georgia Tech’s Ph.D. program in Neuroscience and Neurotechnology has arrived on campus for the Fall 2025 semester. The group includes both transfers from other Georgia Tech graduate programs and students new to the Institute. A joint initiative of the Colleges of Sciences, Computing, and Engineering, the program aims to educate students and advance the field of neuroscience through an interdisciplinary approach. It integrates neuroscience research with technological development to explore all levels of nervous system function.
“Our first Ph.D. students represent a wide range of professional and research interests in neuroscience and neurotechnology,” says Tim Cope, program director and professor in the School of Biological Sciences and Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. “The student-centered program is built on the strength of our exceptional researchers and educators. I am watching with excitement as our faculty and new students create a dynamic community of learning and collaboration that is dedicated to neuroscience discovery.”
Fullbright U.S. Student Awards Announced for 2024-2025 – 2024
The Georgia Institute of Technology is pleased to announce that five students and alumni have received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to study/conduct research in the fields of international business and neuroscience and serve as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Mongolia and Taiwan for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
ANISHA KANUKOLANU, B.S. NEUROSCIENCE, 2023, Research at the Technische Universität, Berlin, Berlin Germany. Anisha will conduct research under the guidance of Dr. Sein Jeung in the Berlin Mobile Brain-Body Imaging Lab. Anisha states, “I am very passionate about cultural competency and creating globally inclusive research. I want to conduct research in Germany to learn more about the highly multicultural academic landscape in neuroscience research.”
Academic Success & Advising Announces CCG & Advising Award Recipients – 2024
Christina Ragan wins the Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Advisor Award
Asthma’s New Treatment Frontier – 2024
Asthma impacts more than 40 million Americans, and 10% of the world’s population. However, current anti-inflammatory treatments only partially control the disease’s symptoms. Now, Liang Han, an associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a $2.47M grant by the National Institute of Health to study the role our nervous system plays in asthma — and the potential for new treatments. The grant will fund five years of research, with work beginning this spring.
Neuroscience Study Taps Into Brain Network Patterns to Understand Deep Focus, Attention – 2024
A team of Georgia Tech researchers is the first to study the relationship between fluctuations in attention and the brain network patterns within low-frequency 20-second cycles.
Neuroscience, Mental Health, & Motherhood – June 2nd, 2023
Christina Ragan and her husband Zachary Grieb have studied the neuroscience of mental health and parenthood for years, and are now set to become parents themselves.
College of Science Honors Faculty & Staff at Spring Sciences Celebration – April 20th, 2023
Dr. Thackery Brown (Psychology) was awarded the Cullen-Peck Faculty fellows award
Dr. Christina Ragan (Biological Sciences) was awarded the Eric R. Immel memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching
Mary Holder Elected President of Atlanta Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience – 2023
Mary K. Holder, a senior academic professional in the School of Psychology and associate director of Georgia Tech’s Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience, is adding a new title to her CV: President of the Atlanta chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (ACSFN).
Computational Neuroscience Digging Deep at Georgia Tech – 2022
Researchers at Georgia Tech are working in the realm of computational neuroscience, a branch of neuroscience that uses mathematical models, computer simulations, and theoretical analysis of the brain to gain a deeper understanding of the nervous system.