{"661317":{"#nid":"661317","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SCMB Welcomes Two New Postdoctoral Scholars ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Southeast Center\u0026nbsp;for Mathematics \u0026amp; Biology welcomes two new Postdoctoral Scholars to assist faculty and research.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBrandon Legried will work\u0026nbsp;with Christine Heitsch. He recently earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.\u0026nbsp; Brandon\u0026rsquo;s interests are in Probability, Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics, and Theoretical Computer Science. Brandon started as a Postdoc with SCMB here at Georgia Tech in Fall 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrancisco Martinez Figueroa is the new Postdoc researcher at the University of South Florida (USF), working with Natasha Jonoska.\u0026nbsp;Francisco recently earned his Ph.D. from Ohio State University (OSU).\u0026nbsp; Francisco\u0026rsquo;s interests are Topological Combinatorics, Random Graphs, Chromatic number of distance graphs, Topological Data Analysis, Machine Learning and Applications to Biology.\u0026nbsp; Francisco is part of SCMB, in which he collaborates with the biology team of Professor Francesca Storici here at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout SCMB\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scmb.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESoutheast Center for Mathematics and Biology (SCMB)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is one of four\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505392\u0022\u003ENSF-Simons Research Centers for Mathematics of Complex Biological Systems (MathBioSys)\u003C\/a\u003E. The other three are the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2018\/05\/new-center-will-address-fundamental-questions-about-living-systems\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Mathematical and Statistical Analysis of Biology\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at Harvard University, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.uci.edu\/2018\/05\/24\/new-uci-center-to-look-at-life-by-the-numbers\/\u0022\u003ECenter on Multiscale Cell Fate\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eat the University of California, Irvine, and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sites.northwestern.edu\/mathbiosys\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Quantitative Biology\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eat Northwestern University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESCMB is headquartered at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(commonly known as Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, GA, and has six partner institutions around the southeastern United States \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ornl.gov\/\u0022\u003EOak Ridge National Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Oak Ridge, TN;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/tulane.edu\/\u0022\u003ETulane University\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in New Orleans, LA; the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usf.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of South Florida\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Tampa, FL; the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ufl.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of Florida\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Gainesville, FL;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/\u0022\u003EClemson University\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Clemson, SC; and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.duke.edu\/\u0022\u003EDuke University\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Durham, NC.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Brandon Legried, Martinez Figueroa to assist research Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology "}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrandon Legried, and Francisco Martinez Figueroa to assist research Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Legried, Martinez Figueroa to assist research Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology "}],"uid":"36337","created_gmt":"2022-09-20 19:16:49","changed_gmt":"2022-09-21 12:31:19","author":"pbrisco3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-09-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-09-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"661319":{"id":"661319","type":"image","title":"Brandon Legried","body":null,"created":"1663701560","gmt_created":"2022-09-20 19:19:20","changed":"1663701560","gmt_changed":"2022-09-20 19:19:20","alt":"","file":{"fid":"250507","name":"Brandon Legried.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Brandon%20Legried.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Brandon%20Legried.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":181569,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Brandon%20Legried.jpg?itok=bvJpjQ9v"}},"661320":{"id":"661320","type":"image","title":"Francisco Martinez Figueroa ","body":null,"created":"1663701651","gmt_created":"2022-09-20 19:20:51","changed":"1663701651","gmt_changed":"2022-09-20 19:20:51","alt":"","file":{"fid":"250508","name":"francisco_martinez-photo.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/francisco_martinez-photo.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/francisco_martinez-photo.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":61179,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/francisco_martinez-photo.jpeg?itok=73DOR6gS"}}},"media_ids":["661319","661320"],"groups":[{"id":"604684","name":"Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology (SCMB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"191313","name":"Southeast Center for Mathematics \u0026 Biology"},{"id":"191314","name":"Brandon Legried"},{"id":"191315","name":"Francisco Martinez Figueroa"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPaula Brisco\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAdministrative Professional Sr.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSoutheast Center for Mathematics \u0026amp; Biology\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404-894-9240\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["pbrisco3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}