{"547861":{"#nid":"547861","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Todd Streelman Is Named Chair of the School of Biological Sciences","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Sciences Dean Paul M. Goldbart has appointed \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/todd-streelman\u0022\u003EJ. Todd Streelman\u003C\/a\u003E to serve as the chair of the School of Biological Sciences, effective August 15, 2016. The School of Biological Sciences is \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/content\/college-sciences-establishes-school-biological-sciences\u0022\u003Ea new unit within the College of Sciences, effective July 1, 2016\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA professor and associate chair for graduate studies in the School of Biology, Streelman joined Georgia Tech in 2004. Previously, he did research at the University of New Hampshire, where he was the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Evolution. Since joining Georgia Tech, he has been honored as a Sloan Foundation Research Fellow in Computational and Evolutionary Molecular Biology and with a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStreelman\u2019s research is focused on the relationship between genotype and phenotype in wild vertebrates, often via studies of cichlid fishes from Lake Malawi, in Africa. Major themes include aspects of the genomic and cellular circuitry of complex behavior, tooth and taste bud patterning and regeneration, and developmental diversification of the brain. Streelman served as associate editor for the journal \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/journal\/10.1111\/(ISSN)1558-5646\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEvolution\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and is a standing member of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/public.csr.nih.gov\/StudySections\/IntegratedReviewGroups\/MOSSIRG\/SBDD\/Pages\/default.aspx\u0022\u003ENational Institutes of Health Study Section on Skeletal Biology Development and Disease.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the past four years, Streelman has played a pivotal role in defining the research themes for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sIU8z_v44dk\u0022\u003EEngineered Biosystems Building\u0026nbsp;I\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech\u2019s inspiring new venture to catalyze interactions between life scientists and life engineers. He also co-chairs an Institute task force charged with developing Georgia Tech\u2019s strengths in the field of neuroscience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy colleagues in the College of Sciences team and I are excited to be partnering with Todd and our colleagues in the School of Biological Sciences,\u201d says College of Sciences Dean Paul M. Goldbart.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new School of Biological Sciences combines the Schools of Applied Physiology and of Biology. The single entity is designed to capitalize on and add coherence to Georgia Tech\u2019s broad strengths in the life sciences, both in research and in the suite of educational opportunities that the school will offer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn taking on the role of chair, Streelman will be building on the outstanding leadership of Professors \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ap.gatech.edu\/Nichols\/\u0022\u003ET. Richard Nichols\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/terry-snell\u0022\u003ETerry W. Snell\u003C\/a\u003E, says Dean Goldbart. \u201cRichard and Terry have led their respective schools, Applied Physiology and Biology, with distinction, and they have guided the fusion of the schools with sensitivity and vision. I thank them for their critically important contributions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am thrilled to be named chair, on behalf of my colleagues in the School of Biological Sciences,\u201d Streelman says. \u201cI am excited to continue progress made under Richard and Terry, to both sustain and propel innovative research and teaching in the life sciences.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStreelman\u2019s appointment follows a national search conducted by Georgia Tech faculty members \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/linda-green\u0022\u003ELinda E. Green\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/brian-hammer\u0022\u003EBrian K. Hammer\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/julia-kubanek\u0022\u003EJulia Kubanek\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/stanley.gatech.edu\/biography\/\u0022\u003EGarrett B. Stanley\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/joshua-weitz\/\u0022\u003EJoshua S. Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/williams\/\u0022\u003ELoren D. Williams\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/soojin-yi\u0022\u003ESoojin Yi\u003C\/a\u003E. Leading the search committee was\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/faculty\/lu\u0022\u003EHang Lu\u003C\/a\u003E, of Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Biology professor aims to \u201csustain and propel\u201d life sciences research and teaching at Georgia Tech"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBiology professor aims to \u201csustain and propel\u201d life sciences research and teaching at Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Biology professor aims to \u201csustain and propel\u201d life sciences research and teaching at Georgia Tech"}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2016-06-24 13:00:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:00","author":"A. 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