{"73919":{"#nid":"73919","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Physics Chair Takes the Helm","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMei-Yin Chou is the new chair of Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Physics. The professor of theoretical condensed matter physics begins her new post this month. She follows Ron Fox, who will remain at the School as a Regents\u0027 professor of physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m delighted that Mei-Yin has accepted the position as chair,\u0022 said Provost Jean-Lou Chameau. \u0022She is an exceptional scholar and has great leadership potential. I am excited about the future of the physics program under her leadership and look forward to supporting her drive toward continued success.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChou said one of the first orders of business will be to continue the growth of the School. Work is being done to build a biophysics program that she hopes to have in place within the next few years.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In the past, the traditional way of looking at bio-related phenomena has been by using the biologist\u0027s point-of-view,\u0022 she explained. \u0022But there\u0027s a way physics can contribute: mainly by using experimental techniques developed for physics as well as applying methods in theoretical physics to the study of biological systems.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWorking with the faculty, Chou said the School plans to identify one or two more areas for expansion as well as strengthen existing research groups by hiring faculty members who \u0022define the field.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Physics currently has 27 full-time academic faculty members. Chou said she hopes to increase that to about 40 in five to seven years.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Physics must continue to play a vital role in the institutional development of Georgia Tech by performing frontier research and by providing an outstanding educational environment,\u0022 she said. \u0022Our strengths are that we have very good faculty members and scientists. This is a good intellectual group. We want to improve the community so faculty and students will feel this is a productive environment. I\u0027m a strong believer that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Mei-Yin Chou is the new chair of Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Physics. The professor of theoretical condensed matter physics begins her new post this month.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Mei-Yin Chou is Tech\u0027s new chair of physics"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2005-07-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:59","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2005-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73920":{"id":"73920","type":"image","title":"Mei-Yin Chou","body":null,"created":"1449178028","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:08","changed":"1475894683","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:43"}},"media_ids":["73920"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/mchou.html","title":"Mei-Yin Chou"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech School of Physics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}