Steven Balbus
STEVEN BALBUS is the Savilian Professor of Astronomy and the Head of Astrophysics at Oxford University. He is also a Professorial Fellow at New College, Oxford. For his work on turbulence in magnetised gaseous accretion discs, Balbus was awarded the 2013 Shaw Prize in Astronomy with J. Hawley. He is a member of the U.S. […]
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 […]
Katherine Richardson
Katherine Richardson is a Professor in biological oceanography and Center leader at Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen. Her research focuses on how marine biological processes and biodiversity contribute to the ocean’s role in the Earth system. In addition, she is one of the core developers of the Planetary Boundaries Framework, that proposes guardrails for anthropogenic […]
Charlie Duke
Participated as Orion lunar module pilot on the Apollo 16 mission in 1972 and explored Descartes. The Apollo 16 mission is considered one of the most successful, due to the number of experiments performed on lunar terrain, and the amount of rocky material brought to Earth. Apollo 16 (April 16–27, 1972) was launched from John F. Kennedy […]
Staffan Qvist
Dr Staffan Qvist leads QuantifiedCarbon (QCL), a tech consultancy active in industrial decarbonization projects, energy systems modelling & optimization and investment analysis. He holds a PhD from the University of California Berkeley and has been working on all corners of the energy transition for the past decade. Dr Qvist is the co-author of “A Bright […]
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 […]
David Grinspoon
David Grinspoon is an astrobiologist, award-winning science communicator, and prize-winning author. He is a Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. His research focuses on climate evolution on Earth-like planets, potential conditions for life elsewhere in the universe, and the planetary scale impacts of human activities on Earth. He is involved with several interplanetary spacecraft […]
Helen Sharman
Helen Sharman is a British chemist who became the first British astronaut and the first woman to visit the Mir space station in 1991. Sharman was born in Grenoside, Sheffield, where she attended Grenoside Junior and Infant School, later moving to Greenhill. After studying at Jordanthorpe Comprehensive, she received a BSc in chemistry at the University of Sheffield in 1984 and a PhD from Birkbeck, University […]
Eugene Kaspersky
Eugene Kaspersky is a world-renowned cybersecurity expert and successful entrepreneur. He is the Chairman and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, the world’s largest privately-held vendor of endpoint protection and cybersecurity solutions. Eugene began his career in cybersecurity accidentally when his computer became infected with the ‘Cascade’ virus in 1989. Eugene’s specialized education in cryptography helped him […]