Elizabeth Blackburn
Dr. Blackburn is a leader in the area of telomere and telomerase research. She discovered the molecular nature of telomeres-the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes that serve as protective caps essential for preserving the genetic information – and discovered the enzyme telomerase, which replenishes telomeres. Blackburn is currently a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and […]
Roger Penrose
Sir Roger Penrose is an English mathematical physicist, mathematician and philosopher of science. He is the Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford, as well as an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College. Penrose is known for his work in mathematical physics, in particular for his contributions to […]
Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife
The Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife (OST, “The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra”), depends on Tenerife Island Council, and is considered one of the best symphony orchestras in Spain Founded as the Orquesta de Cámara de Canarias in 1935, it became a symphony orchestra in 1970. Its seat is the Auditorio de Tenerife and since its creation, the […]
Barry Barish
Barry Barish is the Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus at California Institute of Technology. He is a leading expert on gravitational waves, having led the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) project as the Principal Investigator and Director from the beginning of construction in 1994 until 2005. During that period, LIGO detectors reached design sensitivity and […]
Carolyn Porco
Carolyn Porco is leader of the imaging team for the Saturn-orbiting Cassini mission, and a veteran imaging scientist on the 1980s Voyager mission to the outer planets. Over the course of a 40-year career in planetary science, she has made seminal scientific contributions in a variety of disciplines, most recently in the study of the […]
MC Hawking
What if Stephen Hawking, in addition to being a brilliant scientist, were also a gangsta rapper? This is the question MC Hawking hopes to answer. MC Hawking (the undisputed king of theoretical gangsta-astrophysics) is the creation of musician Ken Lawrence from Gloucester Massachusetts. Lawrence created the person of MC Hawking in the early 2000s and […]
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 […]
Jim Al-Khalili
Jim Al-Khalili is a British professor of physics, author and broadcaster based at the University of Surrey where he currently teaches and conducts research in theoretical physics and where he holds a second chair in the Public Engagement in Science. He received his PhD in nuclear physics in 1989 and has published over a hundred […]
Anathema
Formed in 1990, Anathema have long lived up to their name: a band that transcends transient fashion in favour of the tireless pursuit of songwriting perfection, sonic substance and the wide-eyed conquering of new musical ground. Initially hailed as pioneers of an entire sub-genre, Anathema have spent the vast majority of their career making music […]
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 […]
