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Lewis Wheaton

GaTech Instructor

lewis.wheaton@ap.gatech.edu

Compensation history

YearTitleCategoryOrganizationSalaryTravel
FY2025PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$183,474$1,975
FY2024PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$173,650$2,845
FY2023ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$142,724$828
FY2022ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$122,541
FY2021ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$99,921
FY2020ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$95,749$1,293
FY2019ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$98,064$1,729
FY2018ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$107,173$1,835
FY2017ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$98,323$1,723
FY2016ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$97,880$237
FY2015ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$95,223$1,581

Federal grants acquired

Public NIH + NSF awards where this person is the lead/contact PI, FY20172018. A defensible lower bound — co-PI, non-federal, and unmatched awards are not counted.

Total federal
$136.6K
NIH
$136.6K
NSF
$0
Awards
2
$68K$68.1K$68.3K$68.4K$68.5K$68.6KFY2017FY2018

Research output

Scholarly record from OpenAlex, publishing since 2004. Author matched by name; metrics are indicative. ORCID 0000-0003-0771-0294.

h-index
25
Citations
3.6K
Works
83
Works FY15–25
38
Publications and citations by year
022.645.267.890.4113013467CitationsWorks20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Works (bars, right axis)Citations received (line, left axis)

Career history

Prior positions and education from ORCID (self-reported). Academic history is well covered; corporate and founder roles are often omitted, so their absence isn’t evidence they don’t exist.

2022Professor, Georgia Tech · Biological Sciencesacademic
2014–2022Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology · Applied Physiologyacademic
2008–2014Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology · Applied Physiologyacademic
2005–2008Post Doc, Baltimore VA Medical Center · Neurology and Gerontologyacademic
2001–2005Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health · Human Motor Control Section/NINDSacademic
2000–2005PhD, Neuroscience and Cognitive Sciences, University of Maryland at College Park · Biologyeducation
1995–1999BS, Biology, Radford University · Biologyeducation

Georgia Tech teaching

185 classes taught30 distinct coursesSummer 2009Spring 2026
20261 termLecture 5.5hIndependent Study 45h
Spring 2026Lecture 5.5hIndependent Study 45h
20253 termsLecture 17hIndependent Study 97h
Fall 2025Lecture 12hIndependent Study 27h
Lecture· 12h
Summer 2025Lecture 2.5hIndependent Study 25h
Lecture· 2.5h
Spring 2025Lecture 2.5hIndependent Study 45h
Lecture· 2.5h
20243 termsIndependent Study 28h
Fall 2024Independent Study 15h
Summer 2024Independent Study 13h
Independent Study· 13h
Spring 2024Independent Study 0h
Independent Study· 0h
20233 termsIndependent Study 49h
Fall 2023Independent Study 15h
Summer 2023Independent Study 13h
Independent Study· 13h
Spring 2023Independent Study 21h
20222 termsLecture 2.5hIndependent Study 64h
Fall 2022Lecture 2.5hIndependent Study 54h
Lecture· 2.5h
Summer 2022Independent Study 10h
Independent Study· 10h
20213 termsLecture 2.5hIndependent Study 106h
Fall 2021Lecture 2.5hIndependent Study 54h
Lecture· 2.5h
Summer 2021Independent Study 10h
Independent Study· 10h
Spring 2021Independent Study 42h
Independent Study· 42h
20203 termsLecture 2.5hIndependent Study 67h
Fall 2020Lecture 2.5hIndependent Study 42h
Lecture· 2.5h
Independent Study· 42h
Summer 2020Independent Study 10h
Independent Study· 10h
Spring 2020Independent Study 15h
Independent Study· 15h
20193 termsLecture 5hLaboratory 2hIndependent Study 70h
Fall 2019Lecture 2.5hLaboratory 2hIndependent Study 42h
Lecture· 2.5h
Laboratory· 2h
Summer 2019Independent Study 7h
Spring 2019Lecture 2.5hIndependent Study 21h
Lecture· 2.5h
20183 termsLecture 2.5hLaboratory 2hIndependent Study 43h
Fall 2018Lecture 2.5hLaboratory 2hIndependent Study 15h
Lecture· 2.5h
Laboratory· 2h
Summer 2018Independent Study 7h
Spring 2018Independent Study 21h
20173 termsLecture 5.2hLaboratory 2hIndependent Study 3h
Fall 2017Lecture 2.5hLaboratory 2hIndependent Study 0h
Lecture· 2.5h
Laboratory· 2h
Independent Study· 0h
Summer 2017Independent Study 1h
Spring 2017Lecture 2.7hIndependent Study 2h
Lecture· 2.7h
Independent Study· 2h
20163 termsLecture 6.2hLaboratory 2hIndependent Study 12h
Fall 2016Lecture 3.5hLaboratory 2hIndependent Study 5h
Laboratory· 2h
Independent Study· 5h
Summer 2016Independent Study 5h
Spring 2016Lecture 2.7hIndependent Study 2h
Lecture· 2.7h
Independent Study· 2h
20153 termsLecture 9.7hLaboratory 2hIndependent Study 12h
Fall 2015Lecture 4.7hLaboratory 2hIndependent Study 5h
Laboratory· 2h
Independent Study· 5h
Summer 2015Independent Study 5h
Spring 2015Lecture 5hIndependent Study 2h
Independent Study· 2h
20143 termsLecture 6.7hLaboratory 2hIndependent Study 11h
Fall 2014Lecture 3.7hLaboratory 2hIndependent Study 5h
Laboratory· 2h
Independent Study· 5h
Summer 2014Independent Study 4h
Spring 2014Lecture 3hIndependent Study 2h
Lecture· 3h
Independent Study· 2h
20133 termsLecture 5.7hLaboratory 2hIndependent Study 11h
Fall 2013Lecture 3hLaboratory 2hIndependent Study 5h
Lecture· 3h
Laboratory· 2h
Independent Study· 5h
Summer 2013Independent Study 4h
Spring 2013Lecture 2.7hIndependent Study 2h
Lecture· 2.7h
Independent Study· 2h
20123 termsLecture 2.7hSeminar / Recitation 5.3hIndependent Study 8h
Fall 2012Lecture 2.7hSeminar / Recitation 2.7hIndependent Study 5h
Lecture· 2.7h
Seminar / Recitation· 2.7h
Independent Study· 5h
Summer 2012Independent Study 2h
Independent Study· 2h
Spring 2012Seminar / Recitation 2.7hIndependent Study 1h
Seminar / Recitation· 2.7h
Independent Study· 1h
20113 termsLecture 3hSeminar / Recitation 2.8hIndependent Study 8h
Fall 2011Lecture 3hIndependent Study 5h
Lecture· 3h
Independent Study· 5h
Summer 2011Independent Study 2h
Independent Study· 2h
Spring 2011Seminar / Recitation 2.8hIndependent Study 1h
Seminar / Recitation· 2.8h
Independent Study· 1h
20103 termsSeminar / Recitation 6hIndependent Study 10h
Fall 2010Seminar / Recitation 3hIndependent Study 5h
Seminar / Recitation· 3h
Independent Study· 5h
Summer 2010Independent Study 4h
Independent Study· 4h
Spring 2010Seminar / Recitation 3hIndependent Study 1h
Seminar / Recitation· 3h
Independent Study· 1h
20092 termsIndependent Study 7h
Fall 2009Independent Study 4h
Independent Study· 4h
Summer 2009Independent Study 3h
Independent Study· 3h

Compiled from public records and matched by name — grant, research, and teaching figures are indicative and may be incomplete or, rarely, misattributed, and do not reflect a person’s worth. See methodology. Report a correction.