Bob Bishop
Bob Bishop spent 40 years in the technical, engineering and scientific computing business, and was responsible for building and operating the international aspects of Silicon Graphics Inc., Apollo Computer Inc., and Digital Equipment Corporation. To accomplish this task, he lived with his family in five countries: USA, Australia, Japan, Germany and Switzerland. He was Chairman […]
Rim Turkmani
Dr Rim Turkmani is senior policy fellow at London School of Economics and Political Science leading research programmes on peace and conflict in the Arab world. She is also a member of the Women’s Advisory Board to the UN Special Envoy to Syria. Prior to joining LSE in 2014, Dr Turkmani was an Astrophysicist working […]
Alfred McEwen
Dr. McEwen is Professor in the Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona, and Director of the Planetary Image Research Lab (PIRL). He has studied planetary surfaces for more than 30 years, including time at the U.S. Geological Survey prior to joining UA in 1996. Research interests include volcanology, cratering, slope processes, and remote sensing […]
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 […]
Sandra Magnus
Dr. Sandra H. “Sandy” Magnus is the Executive Director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. Born and raised in Belleville, Ill., Dr. Magnus attended the Missouri University of Science and Technology, graduating in 1986 with a degree in physics and in […]
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone has been credited with writing and or directing over 20 full-length feature films, earning him a well-respected place in cinematic history for some of the most influential and iconic films of the last two decades. Throughout his long career, which began at a young age writing short plays for his family, Oliver Stone […]
Lisa Randall
Lisa Randall studies theoretical particle physics and cosmology at Harvard University, where she is Frank J. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science. Randall’s research connects theoretical insights addressing puzzles in our understanding of the properties of matter, the Universe, and space. Her latest book Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs is a sweeping overview of the evolution of the […]
David Gross
Gross received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, in 1962. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1966 then spent three years as Junior Fellow at Harvard University. In 1973 he was promoted to Professor at Princeton University and named Iugene Higgins […]
Victor Gorbatko
Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko (December 3, 1934 – May 17, 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions. Viktor’s interest in becoming a pilot was sparked during the conflict between the Soviets and the Nazis. His siblings often told him stories of brave pilots and their adventures […]
Sara Garcia
Sara García Alonso, born in 1989 in León, Spain, is a prominent biotechnologist and cancer researcher. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology in 2012 and a master’s degree in Biomedical and Biological Research in 2013, both from the University of León. In 2018, she completed her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology of Cancer and Translational […]