Collaborating To Benefit The Greater Good

Published on September 21, 2018

“I grew up in New Orleans… a very social town. The idea that you would engage a bunch of people in something you’re passionate about is not foreign to me.”

For more than 40 years — half of those at Carolina — Greg Forest, the Grant Dahlstrom Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, has generously shared his mathematical expertise with those around him. He’s studied lung function, the effects of antibodies on viruses, and polymers, to name only a few areas.

Physicists, chemists, physician scientists, engineers. He’s worked with them all, oftentimes on the same project. The number of collaborators’ names Forest throws out is daunting, at times hard to even follow. He promises he could name more. It’s a testament to his willingness to help others solve problems that will benefit a greater good.

“Everything that I do is of this nature,” Forest said.

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