Eleven distinguished researchers will join the faculty of Georgia State this fall as part of the university’s Second Century Initiative (2CI) which supports emerging fields of study from bioinformatics to the future of cities.
The Second Century Initiative is expected to bring in more than 100 new professors by 2015, enhancing Georgia State’s strategic efforts to increase the university’s level of competitive, federally funded studies and its overall recognition for excellence in research.
Since 2010, the university has annually awarded proposals for high impact research to senior, tenured faculty leaders with the proven ability to build collaborative, interdisciplinary research clusters. The fourth round of awarded proposals include Translation Immunology (PI-Jian Dong Li), Big Data Analytics (PI-Richard D. Phillips), Integrating Geographic Information Science (PI-Timothy Hawthorne), and Mathematical and Computational Modeling of Diseases (PI-Yi Jiang).
New 2CI Faculty
2CI Cluster: Diagnostics
Associate Professor
Chemistry/Biology
College of Arts & Sciences
2CI Cluster: Evidence Based Policy
Distinguished University Professor
Criminal Justice
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
2CI Cluster: Stellar Astrophysics & Astroinformatics
Associate Professor
Physics & Anatomy
College of Arts & Sciences
2CI Cluster: Neurogenomics & the Molecular Basis of Behavior
Associate Professor
Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
2CI Cluster: Atlanta Census Research Data-Health Policy & Risky Behaviors
Associate Professor
Health Management & Policy
Institute of Public Health
Eric Wright
2CI Cluster: Atlanta Census Research Data-Health Policy & Risky Behaviors
Professor
Sociology
College of Arts & Sciences
2CI Cluster: Stellar Astrophysics & Astroinformatics
Associate Professor
Computer Science
College of Arts & Sciences
2CI Cluster: Trans-Cultural Conflict & Violence Studies
Associate Professor
Communications
College of Arts & Sciences
2CI Cluster: Future of Cities
Professor
Public Management & Policy
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
2CI Cluster: Future of Cities
Assistant Professor
College of Law
2CI Cluster: Neuroethics
Associate Professor
Philosophy
College of Arts & Sciences
For additional information regarding this initiative, please visit secondcentury.gsu.edu