{"617100":{"#nid":"617100","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Microbiologists Elected AAM Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.asm.org\/index.php\/aam\u0022\u003EAmerican Academy of Microbiology\u003C\/a\u003E (AAM) has elected \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.asm.org\/Press-Releases\/Fellows-Elected-into-the-American-Academy-of-Micro\u0022\u003E109\u0026nbsp;new fellows\u003C\/a\u003E in 2019. Among them are \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.joelkostka.net\/\u0022\u003EJoel Kostka\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ecotheory.biology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EJoshua Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKostka is a professor in the Schools of Biological Sciences and of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Weitz is a professor in the School of Biological Sciences. Both are members of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAAM is an honorific leadership group within the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.asm.org\u0022\u003EAmerican Society for Microbiology\u003C\/a\u003E (ASM). Fellows of the AAM are elected annually through a selective, peer-review process, based on records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe election of Kostka as AAM fellow comes shortly after another high recognition of his contributions to microbiology. In 2018, he was named \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/hammer-and-kostka-named-distinguished-lecturers\u0022\u003EDistinguished Lecturer\u003C\/a\u003E by ASM. In this capacity, Kostka speaks at ASM branch meetings throughout the U.S. His visits provide opportunities for students and early-career research microbiologists to interact with prominent scientists.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKostka is well-known for his research in environmental microbiology. His lab characterizes the role of microorganisms in the functioning of ecosystems, especially in the context of bioremediation and climate change. He is co-principal investigator of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/c-image\/about\/who-we-are\u0022\u003EC-IMAGE-III\u003C\/a\u003E. This consortium is funded by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gulfresearchinitiative.org\/\u0022\u003EGulf of Mexico Research Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E to study the environmental consequences of the release of petroleum hydrocarbons on living marine resources and ecosystem health.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWeitz holds courtesy appointments in the Schools of Physics and of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is also the founding director of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/qbios.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Quantitative Biosciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/team\/joshua-weitz\/\u0022\u003E, a Simons Foundation Investigator in Ocean Processes and Ecology\u003C\/a\u003E, and author of an \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/qbios.gatech.edu\/book-joshua-weitz-quantitative-viral-ecology-wins-award\u0022\u003Eaward-winning book on quantitative viral ecology\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;I\u0026#39;m grateful for the recognition and excited to continue our ongoing, collaborative efforts to understand the role of ecology and evolution in shaping microbial and viral life,\u0026quot; Weitz says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWeitz\u0026rsquo;s research focuses on the interactions between viruses and their microbial hosts, that is, the viral infections of microbial life. Weitz is motivated by seemingly simple questions: What happens to a microbe when it is infected by a virus? How do infections of single cells translate into population- and system-wide consequences?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAAM fellows represent all subspecialties of the microbial sciences and are involved in basic and applied research, teaching, public health, industry, or government service. They hail from all around the globe. Kostka and Weitz join fellows from\u0026nbsp;France, Ireland,\u0026nbsp;the Netherlands, Israel, Korea, Taiwan,\u0026nbsp;and China.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Joel Kostka, Joshua Weitz join prestigious leadership group"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.asm.org\/index.php\/aam\u0022\u003EAmerican Academy of Microbiology\u003C\/a\u003E (AAM) has elected \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.asm.org\/Press-Releases\/Fellows-Elected-into-the-American-Academy-of-Micro\u0022\u003E109\u0026nbsp;new fellows\u003C\/a\u003E in 2019. Among them are \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.joelkostka.net\/\u0022\u003EJoel Kostka\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ecotheory.biology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EJoshua Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Joel Kostka, Joshua Weitz join prestigious leadership group."}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2019-01-31 14:54:42","changed_gmt":"2019-01-31 15:01:13","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-01-31T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-01-31T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"617009":{"id":"617009","type":"image","title":"Kostka, Weitz: Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology","body":null,"created":"1548799271","gmt_created":"2019-01-29 22:01:11","changed":"1548799271","gmt_changed":"2019-01-29 22:01:11","alt":"","file":{"fid":"234828","name":"2019 Kostka Weitz AAM Fellows.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2019%20Kostka%20Weitz%20AAM%20Fellows.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2019%20Kostka%20Weitz%20AAM%20Fellows.png","mime":"image\/png","size":753615,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2019%20Kostka%20Weitz%20AAM%20Fellows.png?itok=09wsLYjx"}}},"media_ids":["617009"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"180356","name":"AAM fellows"},{"id":"20131","name":"Joel Kostka"},{"id":"11599","name":"Joshua Weitz"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA. Maureen Rouhi, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}