{"202301":{"#nid":"202301","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Goldbart Named Dean of College of Sciences","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFollowing a national search, Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Sciences has a new leader. Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice provost for Academic Affairs, announced Tuesday that Paul Goldbart, professor and chair of Tech\u2019s School of Physics, would assume the responsibilities of College of Sciences dean, beginning July 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoldbart succeeds Paul Houston, who, last August, announced plans to step down in June 2013 and retire in 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore joining Tech\u2019s School of Physics in 2011, Goldbart spent 25 years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn Paul Goldbart, we get a scholar and a leader with a wealth of experience from his years at UIUC, and at the same time an individual who in a couple of years has adapted and integrated into the One Georgia Tech fabric,\u201d said Bras. \u201cI am delighted to count Paul among the university\u2019s academic leadership.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoldbart said he intends to build upon Houston\u2019s work.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy sincere thanks go to Dean Paul Houston for his superb leadership and initiative, under which the College of Sciences has truly thrived,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel honored to take on the role of dean; I look forward to helping the College\u0027s outstanding faculty, students and staff realize their aspirations; and I relish the opportunity to pool my ideas with theirs to drive the College forward.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHaving spent the past 35 years as a physicist and teacher, Goldbart acknowledges a \u201clifelong romance\u201d with science and mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think the task of the College of Sciences is to be a passionate advocate for the full range of scientific and mathematical endeavors, especially those whose potential for application cannot \u2013 at the present time \u2013 be known,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince Goldbart\u2019s arrival at Georgia Tech, the School of Physics has appointed five new faculty members \u2013 two in biophysics and three in astrophysics. Two of the newly appointed faculty members are from historically underrepresented groups.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoldbart\u2019s participation in campuswide activities includes infrastructure development to help generate plans for shared, wide-use experimental facilities, as well as involvement in retreats for faculty that focus on identifying new career challenges. He also launched a popular program of lectures for the general public on cutting-edge ideas in science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs chair of Tech\u2019s School of Physics, Goldbart has partnered with his colleagues to initiate reforms in undergraduate and graduate education, to infuse teaching with best practices, to create new classes, and to foster the development of a massive open online course, \u003Cem\u003EYour World is Your Laboratory\u003C\/em\u003E, led by Professor Michael Schatz. He has also collaborated with the College of Sciences on numerous activities devoted to building partnerships with alumni and friends of Georgia Tech, and to generate resources.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoldbart\u2019s research \u2013 much of it done jointly with graduate student and postdoctoral collaborators \u2013 examines a wide range of issues, from the soft matter science of crystalline liquids and macromolecular networks, to the complexity of spin glasses, to quantum currents in nano-circuits and superconductors, to aspects of biophysics. He also has explored the co-crystallization of atoms and light in ultracold vapors and has contributed to the theory of quantum entanglement \u2013 and even to a little law and economics. He interacts widely, with both experimentalists and theorists, and has co-authored more than 140 journal articles as well as a textbook: \u003Cem\u003EMathematics for Physics \u2013 A Guided Tour for Graduate Students\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoldbart earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in physics and theoretical physics from the University of Cambridge, and a master\u2019s in physics from the University of California \u2013 Los Angeles. He earned a diploma in mathematical physics and a Ph.D. in physics from Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe chair of Tech\u2019s School of Physics will assume the responsibilities of College of Sciences dean beginning July 1.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Paul Goldbart, professor and chair of Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Physics, to become dean of the College of Sciences, beginning July 1."}],"uid":"27713","created_gmt":"2013-03-26 16:22:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:55","author":"Victor Rogers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"193991":{"id":"193991","type":"image","title":"Paul Goldbart","body":null,"created":"1449179891","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:58:11","changed":"1475894843","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:23","alt":"Paul Goldbart","file":{"fid":"196365","name":"pg-sm.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pg-sm_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pg-sm_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":85023,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pg-sm_0.jpg?itok=8TLFYk1_"}}},"media_ids":["193991"],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVictor Rogers\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-6398\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}