{"658540":{"#nid":"658540","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mathematics and Biological Sciences Researchers Receive NSF Postdoctoral Fellowships ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThree postdoctoral scientists have received \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/beta.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities?f%5B0%5D=student_educator_eligibility:postdoc\u0022\u003EPostdoctoral Fellowships\u003C\/a\u003E to support their research across the College of Sciences in celestial mechanics, microbial dynamics and infection, and host-microbe symbiosis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECelestial mechanics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~bkumar30\/\u0022\u003EBhanu Kumar\u003C\/a\u003E, a Ph.D. candidate and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/strg\/nstgro\u0022\u003ENASA Space Technology Research Fellow (NSTRF)\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E, has won a fellowship for work in dynamical systems applied to celestial mechanics and applied astrodynamics for space mission design. His Ph.D. is set to be conferred in August. Kumar received his M.S. from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EDaniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech last December, and is also an NSTRF visiting technologist at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/\u0022\u003ENASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E, where he works with his mentor and research collaborator Rodney Anderson. Kumar\u2019s adviser at Tech is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~rll6\/\u0022\u003ERafael de la Llave\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Mathematics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMicrobial dynamics and infection\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elijah-mehlferber-18204a188\u0022\u003EElijah (Eli) Mehlferber\u003C\/a\u003E is slated to receive his Ph.D. at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.berkeley.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of California, Berkeley\u003C\/a\u003E this summer, before beginning research in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/brownlab.biology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Elab\u003C\/a\u003E of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/sam-brown\u0022\u003ESam Brown\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E and co-director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/microdynamics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Microbial Dynamics and Infection (CMDI)\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech. Mehlferber received his baccalaureate degree from the University of Georgia. Mehlferber\u2019s research seeks to understand how community dynamics in the microbiome can impact susceptibility to pathogen invasion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was aware of CMDI through talking to Sam before deciding to apply for the fellowship in his lab, and it was definitely one of the factors that influenced my decision to join the program,\u201d Mehlferber says. \u201cI liked the idea of having a cross-disciplinary group of like-minded researchers to work and collaborate with \u2014 and a program that encourages that kind of work. I think a lot of my best research has taken place through these sorts of collaborations so I\u2019m very excited to continue that with the folks across CMDI.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHost-microbe symbiosis\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kayla-stoy-6a43b594?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com\u0022\u003EKayla Stoy\u003C\/a\u003E is set to receive her Ph.D. this summer at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.emory.edu\/home\/index.html\u0022\u003EEmory University\u003C\/a\u003E before joining Mehlferber in the School of Biological Sciences at Georgia Tech this fall. Stoy will complete her NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship with research in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ratclifflab.biosci.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Elab\u003C\/a\u003E of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/will-ratcliff\u0022\u003EWilliam Ratcliff\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor and co-director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/qbios.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInterdisciplinary Ph.D. in Quantitative Biosciences\u003C\/a\u003E program at Tech. Ratcliff\u2019s lab focuses on experimental evolution of multicellular complexity. 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