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Nathan Mcdonald

GaTech Instructor

nathan.mcdonald@gatech.edu

Compensation history

YearTitleCategoryOrganizationSalaryTravel
FY2025ASSISTANT PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$143,500$2,642
FY2024ASSISTANT PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$80,500$667

Federal grants acquired

Public NIH + NSF awards where this person is the lead/contact PI, FY20242025. A defensible lower bound — co-PI, non-federal, and unmatched awards are not counted.

Total federal
$483.1K
NIH
$483.1K
NSF
$0
Awards
2
$241.5K$241.5K$241.5K$241.5K$241.5K$241.5KFY2024FY2025

Research output

Scholarly record from OpenAlex, publishing since 2011. Author matched by name; metrics are indicative. ORCID 0000-0003-2716-3881.

h-index
16
Citations
2.1K
Works
30
Works FY15–25
27
Publications and citations by year
048.697.2145.8194.4243012456CitationsWorks2015201620172019202020212022202320242025
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.Lists a founder/executive role.

2024Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology · Biological Sciencesacademic
2018Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University · Biologyfounder/exec
2011–2017Ph.D., Vanderbilt University · Cell and Developmental Biologyeducation
2007–2011B.S., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chemistryeducation

Georgia Tech teaching

26 classes taught9 distinct coursesSummer 2024Spring 2026
20261 termLecture 1hLaboratory 12hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 24h
Spring 2026Lecture 1hLaboratory 12hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 24h
Lecture· 1h
Laboratory· 12h
Graduate Research· 0h
20253 termsLecture 14.5hLaboratory 12hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 48h
Fall 2025Lecture 14.5hLaboratory 12hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 12h
Lecture· 14.5h
Laboratory· 12h
Graduate Research· 0h
Summer 2025Graduate Research 0hIndependent Study 12h
Graduate Research· 0h
Independent Study· 12h
Spring 2025Graduate Research 0hIndependent Study 24h
Graduate Research· 0h
20242 termsLecture 2.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
Fall 2024Lecture 2.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
Lecture· 2.5h
Graduate Research· 0h
Summer 2024Graduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
Graduate Research· 0h
Independent Study· 0h

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.