Anton Zeilinger
Anton Zeilinger, born 20 May 1945, is an Austrian quantum physicist working on fundamental aspects of quantum science with focus of matter waves and quantum entanglement and pioneering possible applications, at the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Together with Alain Aspect and John F. Clauser he was awarded the Nobel Prize […]
Bernhard Schölkopf
Bernhard Schölkopf’s scientific interests are in machine learning and causal inference. He has applied his methods to a number of different fields, ranging from biomedical problems to computational photography and astronomy. Bernhard studied physics and mathematics and earned his Ph.D. in computer science in 1997, becoming a Max Planck director in 2001. He has (co-)received […]
Lia Halloran
Lia is an artist who integrates science and nature into her work, drawing from scientific materials and historical influences. She has collaborated with scientists and architects, including Nobel Laureate Kip Thorne. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is part of collections like the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Halloran has received numerous awards, including an […]
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 […]
Garik Israelian
Dr Israelian, an astrophysicist at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (Spain), is the creative director and spiritual father of the STARMUS Festival. In 1999 he led a collaboration reported in the journal Nature that found the first observational evidence that supernova explosions are responsible for the formation of black holes. His research has led […]
Carole Mundell
Prof. Carole Mundell – ESA Director of Science Prof. Mundell is an internationally renowned scientist with extensive experience in inclusive leadership, operational management, strategy and international science policy development. Carole Mundell She joined ESA from the University of Bath where she held the Hiroko Sherwin Chair in Extragalactic Astronomy, was founding Head of Astrophysics, and […]
Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal
Ronald Jay Blumenthal better known by his stage name Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal or just simply as Bumblefoot, is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. He adopted his nickname from the bacterial infection of the same name, which he learned about while helping his wife study for her veterinary exams. The name went from being just […]
Steven Chu
Steven Chu is Professor of Physics, Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and Energy Science and Engineering at Stanford University. He received the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for laser cooling and trapping of atoms. Other contributions include the first optical tweezers manipulation of biomolecules, precision atom interferometry based on optical pulses of light, and single molecule […]
Kathryn Thornton
Dr. Thornton Graduated from Sidney Lanier High School, Montgomery, Alabama, in 1970; received a bachelor of science degree in physics from Auburn University in 1974, a master of science degree in physics from the University of Virginia in 1977, and a doctorate of philosophy in physics from the University of Virginia in 1979.After Dr. Thornton […]
Chris Rapley
Chris Rapley CBE is Professor of Climate Science at University College London. He is a Fellow of St Edmund’s College Cambridge, a Distinguished Visiting Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a member of the Academia Europaea, a Board member of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, Chairman of the European Space Agency Director General’s High Level […]