Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford’s Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. Dawkins first came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centred view of evolution and […]
Torsten Wiesel
Torsten Nils Wiesel is a Swedish neurophysiologist. Together with David H. Hubel, he received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was shared with Roger W. Sperry for his independent research on the cerebral hemispheres. In 1947, he began his scientific career in […]
Roger Penrose
Sir Roger Penrose is an English mathematical physicist, mathematician and philosopher of science. He is the Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford, as well as an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College. Penrose is known for his work in mathematical physics, in particular for his contributions to […]
Leslie Sage
Dr Leslie Sage is a senior editor (physical sciences) at the science journal Nature and is based at the Astronomy Department of the University of Maryland (USA). He is also a long-time columnist for the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. He grew up in the western suburbs of Toronto, Canada, but now […]
Jane Lubchenco
Jane Lubchenco, born on December 4, 1947, is an American environmental scientist and marine ecologist. She is a University Distinguished Professor at Oregon State University, where she focuses on the interactions between the environment and human well-being, biodiversity, climate change, and sustainable use of oceans. Lubchenco served as the Administrator of NOAA from 2009 to […]
Serge Haroche
Serge Haroche is a Nobel Prize–winning physicist renowned for his groundbreaking experiments in quantum physics. Awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, he pioneered methods to observe and control individual quantum particles, allowing scientists to measure fragile quantum states without destroying them. Haroche’s work opened new paths in quantum optics and quantum information science. He […]
Damia Barcelo
Prof. Barcelo is a leading expert in environmental sciences. Since 2008-to date Prof. Damien Barcelo is a Director of the Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA-CERCA), Girona, Spain. From 2016 – to date he is Professor at KSU, Riyadh and Professor at ZAFU, Hangzhou .D Barceló has received the following awards: Doctor Honoris Causa by […]
George Smoot
Astrophysicist at the University of California Berkeley (USA), Professor Smoot won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 for his work on COBE with John C. Mather that led to the measurement of the anisotropy and blackbody form of the cosmic microwave background radiation. He is a senior scientist at LBL and, since 2010, a professor of […]
Dante Lauretta
Dr. Dante Lauretta is a distinguished planetary scientist known for his pivotal role as the Principal Investigator of the OSIRIS-REx mission and his esteemed position as a Regents Professor of Planetary Science at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. His research is primarily dedicated to the intriguing realms of asteroids and comets, […]
Ewine F. van Dishoeck
Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck is a Dutch astronomer and chemist. She is Professor of Molecular Astrophysics at Leiden Observatory, and the president-elect of the International Astronomical Union. She is a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences since 2001 and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. She received the Albert Einstein World Award of […]
