![Lewis Wheaton (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)](https://d7.biosciences.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/hg/lewis_wheaton_web.jpg?itok=cLy_tOCP)
Wheaton is among five Georgia Tech faculty members selected for the 2024 ACC Academic Leaders Network (ACC ALN) Fellows program.
![Simon Sponberg](https://d7.biosciences.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/hg/simon_headshot.jpeg?itok=5cTvU4q_)
Co-PI Simon Sponberg will lead the Georgia Tech contingent of researchers, which aims to understand dynamic, agile movement.
![saltern Ponds_1.jpeg](https://d7.biosciences.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/hg/ponds_1.jpeg?itok=Djx6n51C)
The researchers used data to investigate natural divisions in bacteria with a goal of determining a viable method for organizing them into species and strains.
![Sea cucumbers and coral](https://d7.biosciences.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/hg/sea_cucumber_feeding_1_1.png?itok=AL7yIT3P)
In a first-of-its-kind study, the researchers discovered that sea cucumbers protect coral from disease.