Patrick Michel
Dr. Patrick Michel is an international expert of asteroids born in the famous village Saint-Tropez (France) who was awarded the Carl Sagan Medal by the Division of Planetary Science of the American Astronomical Society for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science. He is Director of Research at CNRS (French Scientific Research National Center) and […]
Remigius “Remo” Klacansky
Remigius “Remo” Klacansky is a talented young composer and pianist born in Norway in 1993. He started showing his musical abilities at the age of three and has since won numerous awards at piano competitions across Europe. In addition to classical music, Klacansky has ventured into film and pop music, collaborating with notable figures in […]
Mary Kaldor
Mary Kaldor is Professor Emeritus of Global Governance and Director of the Conflict and Civicness Research Group at the London School of Economics. She has pioneered the concepts of new wars and global civil society. Her elaboration of the real-world implementation of human security has directly influenced European and national governments. She is the author […]
Richard Marko
Richard Marko has been ESET’sCEO since 2011. Under his leadership, ESET has become one of the leading cybersecurity vendors with its headquarters in the EU and an impressive list of clients including MS, Google, Tesla, Dell, etc. Richard is a board member of the ESET Foundation devoted to the support of education, technology, innovation and […]
Paul Franklin
Paul Franklin has been creating spectacular visual effects for over 25 years. Co-founder of Double Negative Visual Effects – one of the world’s leading digital visual effects studios – Paul is perhaps best known for his long-running collaboration with director Christopher Nolan. Paul’s work has featured in more than thirty films including “Inception” , “Interstellar”, […]
SLOVAK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
THE SLOVAK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA was established in 1949. Two internationally reputed personalities, Václav Talich (1949 – 1952) and Ľudovít Rajter (1949 – 1976) stood at the orchestra’s birth. Other chief conductors who have played an important role in the orchestra’s musical evolution include Tibor Frešo, Ladislav Slovák, Libor Pešek, Vladimir Verbitsky, Bystrík Režucha, Aldo Ceccato, […]
Kurt Wüthrich
Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss scientist who, with John B. Fenn and Tanaka Koichi, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2002 for developing techniques to identify and analyze proteins and other large biological molecules. After receiving a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Basel in 1964, Wüthrich took his postdoctoral training in Switzerland and […]
Garrett Reisman
Garret Reisman was selected by NASA as a mission specialist astronaut in 1998. His first mission was aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour which dropped him off for a 95 day mission aboard the International Space Station after which he returned to Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. His second mission was aboard the Space Shuttle […]
Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and new-age genres, and known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring his music, vast laser displays and fireworks. Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and grandparents and trained on the piano. From an early age, […]
Christopher Nolan
Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s thought-provoking films, such as “Interstellar” and “Tenet,” ignited curiosity in scientific concepts. Nolan expressed his gratitude: “Thank you to STARMUS. The relationship between art and science is incredibly important, and in my work, I’ve taken pleasure in trying to communicate what I have learned about science from scientists and how truth […]