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Jacob plans to continue his research in the analysis and design of materials with a multidisciplinary thrust that emphasizes bio-related applications.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaChance, an assistant professor in the School of Biology who opened his lab in January 2015, will soon move into new digs in the Engineered Biosystems Building, where his team will use computational approaches to study the genomes of diverse human populations, with a particular interest in secondary contact between divergent populations, the genetic architecture of complex traits, and the interplay between human adaptation and hereditary disease.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchenker, an orthopedic surgeon who earned her M.D. at the University of Chicago\u2019s Pritzker School of Medicine, will join the Emory faculty in August as an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. 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