Mario Bianchini

Mario Bianchini is a Lecturer at the School of History and Sociology within Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. His research focuses on German history of science and technology, particularly East German technological culture and socialist utopianism. He holds a PhD (2022), M.S. (2016), and B.A. (2012) from Georgia Tech, NYU, and additional studies at Freie Universität Berlin via DAAD grants.

• Education:
• PhD - History and Sociology of Technology & Science (Georgia Tech, 2022)
• M.S. - History and Sociology of Technology & Science (Georgia Tech, 2016)
• B.A. - Individualized Major in Nazi Guilt in German Literature (NYU Gallatin, 2012)

His research explores East German technological culture through hobbies, sports, education, and science fiction. He also studies post-war German economics via projects like the University of Vienna's 'Between Bukharin and Balcerowicz' initiative. Key grants include Fulbright and DAAD awards for research at the ZZF Potsdam.

Awards:

• Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Award (2022)
• Fulbright Research Award (2019-2020)
• Linda Hall Library Dissertation Fellowship (2019-2020)

Publications: Works appear in German Studies Review, Jahrbuch für Historische Kommunismusforschung, and Technology and Culture. His dissertation examines East Germany's technological utopianism through cultural lenses.