Javier Santaolalla
Javier Santaolalla was born in Burgos and brewed in the Canary Islands. He studied Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and, with time to spare, simultaneously pursued a degree in Physics, graduating from the Complutense University of Madrid, where he also completed a master’s in Fundamental Physics. In between, and […]
Julie Payette
Julie Payette is a Canadian astronaut, engineer, and scientist who flew on two Space Shuttle missions and spent more than 25 days in space. After joining the Canadian Space Agency in 1992, she worked on robotics operations for the International Space Station and flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery and Endeavour. From 2017 to 2021 she […]
Pedro Miguel Echenique
President of the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) and Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the University of the Basque Country, he holds a degree in Physical Sciences from the University of Navarra, a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (1976) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1977), and completed postdoctoral work at Oak Ridge […]
Brian Greene
Brian Greene is Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University and is widely recognized for a number of groundbreaking discoveries in mathematical physics and superstring theory, including the co-discoveries of mirror symmetry and topology change. His first book for general audiences, The Elegant Universe, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and has sold nearly two […]
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 […]
