BIO
Marcus T. Cicerone received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1994, under the direction of Mark Ediger. He spent three years at Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, served as a visiting teaching professor at Brigham Young University for two years, and subsequently joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology in 2001, where he remained for 18 years, serving as a group leader and project leader. In January 2019 he joined the Georgia Institute of Technology as a Professor of Chemistry.

Professor Cicerone is a fellow of American Physical Society, and has received several awards for his efforts in coherent Raman-based biological imaging and for his work in dynamics of liquids and amorphous solids. These include a Johnson & Johnson Director’s Research Award, two Department of Commerce Bronze metals, the 2015 Washington Academy of Sciences Physical & Biological Sciences Award, and the 2017 Arthur S. Flemming Award.

The Spatial Omics and Data Analytics (SODA) Center meets monthly for networking, information transfer, and active partnership formation. These seminars will feature internal faculty spotlights, external leaders, and dedicated time slots for “Synergy Sessions” where faculty pitch data challenges or analytical solutions, directly seeding joint grant applications and cross-departmental Ph.D. mentorship.