Powering Endeavors of Tomorrow

Consider any era before – from the agricultural or industrial periods, to the information age – and your mind may conjure images of the technologies and energy sources that made revolutions in history possible. Here in The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Natural Sciences, we concern ourselves frequently with what’s next. Our faculty and students seek to understand what a new age of artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, advances in gene-editing and new cosmic discovery-making will mean for everyone.

Our college prepares students, scientists and members of society to meet the promises of our time, and to drive new advances and breakthroughs. Whether in fusion physics, studying new biofuels or working in precision medicine, UT researchers are changing the equation for the age that awaits us next, as you’ll read about in this edition of The Texas Scientist. We offer here ideas to fuel your curiosity about the next revolutionary era, and how Texas Science will figure prominently in that picture.

Andreas Matouschek
Interim Dean, College of Natural Sciences