Ewine F. van Dishoeck
Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck is a Dutch astronomer and chemist. She is Professor of Molecular Astrophysics at Leiden Observatory, and the president-elect of the International Astronomical Union. She is a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences since 2001 and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. She received the Albert Einstein World Award of […]
Claude Nicollier
Claude Nicollier studied Physics at the University of Lausanne and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1970. He then worked as a graduate scientist from 1970 to 1973 at the Institute of Astronomy at the University and at the Geneva Observatory before obtaining a Master of Science degree in Astrophysics from the University of Geneva in 1975. Nicollier has spent over […]
Oliver James
Oliver James, Chief Scientist at Double Negative Visual Effects, studied physics at Oxford University followed by an apprenticeship in photography, before combining them with computing to develop the technology used to realize some of the most innovative effects in film. His work over the last 20 years has contributed to iconic images seen inThe Matrix […]
Brian May
Brian May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, astrophysicist, and photographer. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He uses a home-built electric guitar called the Red Special. His compositions for the band include “We Will Rock You”, “Tie Your Mother Down”, “I Want It All”, “Fat Bottomed Girls”, […]
Jill Tarter
Astrophysicist and SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) pioneer. Tarter holds the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI Research at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the California Academy of Sciences. She was named one of the 100 most influential people […]
Alan Stern
Dr. Alan Stern is a planetary scientist, a flown commercial astronaut, space program executive, aerospace consultant, author, and public speaker. Stern’s first spaceflight, a research and training mission, occurred in 2023. NASA has selected him to be the first researcher NASA funded to fly to space as a crewmember aboard a commercial suborbital space mission; […]
Bob Smith
Robert Smith is an American business executive and aerospace engineer. Smith is the Chief Executive Officer of Blue Origin, LLC, a private company which develops rockets to enable human space exploration. He is a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Smith was previously President of Mechanical Systems & Components and Chief Technology Officer at Honeywell […]
Martin Rees
Lord Martin Rees is a Fellow of Trinity College and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge. He holds the honorary title of Astronomer Royal and also Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and at Leicester University. After studying at the University of Cambridge, he held post-doctoral positions in the UK […]
Fabiola Gianotti
Fabiola Gianotti is an Italian particle physicist, the CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Director-General, and the first woman to hold this position. Her mandate began on 1 January 2016 and runs for a period of five years. Dr. Gianotti received a PhD in experimental particle physics from the University of Milan in 1989. Since […]
Adam Riess
Adam Riess is a Professor of Astronomy and Physics at the Johns Hopkins University and a Senior member of the Science Staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute, both in Baltimore, MD. His research involves measurements of the cosmological framework with supernovae (exploding stars) and Cepheids (pulsating stars). In 1998 Dr. Riess led a study […]
