Joshua Weitz Explained

Joshua S. Weitz is an American biologist. He is both a professor of biology and the Clark Leadership Chair in Data Analytics at the University of Maryland.[1] Previously, he was a professor at Georgia Tech,[2] where he was the founding director of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Quantitative Biosciences.[3] In 2017, he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[4]

Education

He earned his A.B at Princeton University in 1997 and his Ph.D. in physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003.[5]

Research

Weitz's interests are the dynamics and structure of complex biology systems.[5] In particular, Joshua Weitz's research focuses on the quantitative evaluation of virus-host interactions. The quantitative edge that he brought to the field is summarized in the award winning book Quantitative Viral Ecology,[6] which won the 2016 Postgraduate Textbook Prize awarded by the Royal Society of Biology.[7]

While in graduate school, he co-authored a widely cited paper, Re-examination of the “3/4-law” of Metabolism, published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology.[8] As a post-doctoral scholar, he published Coevolutionary arms races between bacteria and bacteriophage in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[9] His notable more recent publications include Statistical structure of host–phage interactions, PNAS (2011),[10] Ocean viruses and their effects on microbial communities and biogeochemical cycles, F1000 Bio. Rep. (2012),[11] Viral tagging reveals discrete populations in Synechococcus viral genome sequence space, Nature (2014),[12] and An oscillating tragedy of the commons in replicator dynamics with game-environment feedback, PNAS (2016).[13]

Other Activities

Weitz has published poetry, including a book of poems he wrote in college, Between Two Stones.[14] He has also been politically active, writing in the Chronicle for Higher Education about advocating for science,[15] and speaking at the Atlanta March for Science.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miller . Leslie . Joshua Weitz Joins Biology as Professor and Clark Leadership Chair in Data Analytics . News . University of Maryland . 12 September 2023 . 5 July 2023.
  2. Web site: Joshua Weitz . gatech.edu . December 22, 2017.
  3. Web site: Director Joshua Weitz welcomes the inaugural class to the QBioS Ph.D. at Georgia Tech . August 31, 2016 . September 10, 2018.
  4. Web site: Joshua Weitz Elected AAAS Fellow . November 21, 2017 . gatech.edu . September 10, 2018.
  5. Web site: Joshua Weitz . gatech.edu . December 22, 2017.
  6. Book: Weitz . Joshua . Quantitative Viral Ecology: Dynamics of Viruses and Their Microbial Hosts . January 5, 2016 . Princeton University Press . 978-0691161549.
  7. Web site: Book Awards Winners 2016 . Royal Society of Biology . 10 September 2018.
  8. P.S. Dodds . D.H. Rothman . J.S. Weitz . Re-examination of the "3/4-law" of Metabolism . Journal of Theoretical Biology . 7 March 2001 . 209 . 1 . 9–27 . 10.1006/jtbi.2000.2238. physics/0007096 . 11237567 . 2001JThBi.209....9D . 9168199 .
  9. J. S. Weitz . H. Hartman . S.A. Levin . Coevolutionary arms races between bacteria and bacteriophage . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . July 5, 2005 . 102 . 27 . 9535–9540 . 10.1073/pnas.0504062102. 1172273 . 15976021 . 2005PNAS..102.9535W . free .
  10. Cesar O. Flores . Justin R. Meyer . Sergi Valverde . Lauren Farr . Joshua S. Weitz. Statistical structure of host–phage interaction . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . July 12, 2011 . 108 . 28 . E288–E297 . 10.1073/pnas.1101595108 . 21709225 . 3136311. free .
  11. Joshua S. Weitz . Steven W. Wilhelm . Ocean viruses and their effects on microbial communities and biogeochemical cycles . F1000 Biol. Rep. . September 5, 2012 . 4 . 17 . 17 . 10.3410/B4-17. 22991582 . 3434959 . free .
  12. Li Deng. etal . Viral tagging reveals discrete populations in Synechococcus viral genome sequence space . Nature . 11 September 2014 . 513 . 7517 . 242–245 . 10.1038/nature13459. 25043051 . 2014Natur.513..242D . 4463116 .
  13. Joshua S. Weitz . Ceyhun Eksin . Keith Paarporn . Sam P. Brown . William C. Ratcliff . An oscillating tragedy of the commons in replicator dynamics with game-environment feedback . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . November 22, 2016 . 113 . 47 . E7518–E7525 . 10.1073/pnas.1604096113. 27830651 . 5127343 . 2016PNAS..113E7518W . free .
  14. Book: Between Two Stones: Poems . November 1, 2002 . Sheep Meadow . 1931357021.
  15. News: Weitz . Joshua . Should Scientists Compromise? First, Define Your Terms . 10 September 2018 . The Chronicle for Higher Education . March 10, 2017 . March 5, 2017.
  16. News: Hagen . Lisa . Thousands, Armed With Puns, March For Science In Atlanta . 10 September 2018 . WABE . April 24, 2017.

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