Dr. Joshua Weitz

Biography

Joshua Weitz is a Professor and Tom Marie Patton Chair at the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Biological Sciences. He co-directs the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Quantitative Biosciences and holds the Blaise Pascal International Chair of Excellence at Ecole Normale Superieure. His research interests focus on Quantitative Viral Dynamics, specifically the structure and dynamics of complex biological systems. The Weitz group investigates how viruses affect human health and the fate of the planet, bringing together physicists, computational biologists, mathematicians, and bioinformaticians. Major research themes include viral dynamics at molecular, population, and evolutionary scales, theoretical ecology, evolutionary biology, and disease dynamics in epidemiology. The work mainly utilizes theoretical and computational approaches, employing tools such as nonlinear dynamics and stochastic processes, alongside interactions with experimentalists. Recent projects have included studying viral-host infection networks and the dynamics of complex viral-host communities, as well as exploring the spread and control of infectious diseases through game theory and strategic behaviors of viruses and microbes.

Research Interests