Joshua Weitz

Joshua Weitz is a Professor and Clark Leadership Chair in Data Analytics at the University of Maryland, with an affiliate appointment at the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. His research focuses on understanding how viruses transform human and environmental health through computational models and interdisciplinary collaborations.

• Appointments: Department of Biology, UMD Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
• Research Themes: Virus-host interactions, phage therapy, marine virology, and disease dynamics

His work spans virus ecology in microbial systems, infectious disease dynamics, and marine viral impacts. Key methodologies include computational modeling, data integration, and collaborations with experimentalists and public health experts.

Recent publications analyze phage-bacteria interactions, viral decay mechanisms, and marine microbial dynamics. These studies intersect computational biology, epidemiology, and ecological modeling.

Scientific Awards:

• Simons Foundation Investigator (2023-2027)
• Chaire Blaise Pascal (2021-2024)
• Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (2019)
• AAAS Fellow (2017)
• Royal Society of Biology Best Postgraduate Textbook (2016)
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award (2007-2013)
• NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship (2003-2005)

Weitz mentors students like Emma Wachter and Marian Dominguez-Mirazo, and his lab collaborates globally to advance viral dynamics research and its applications to phage therapy, marine ecosystems, and pandemic preparedness.