Paul Snelgrove

Paul Snelgrove led the group that pulled together the findings of the Census of Marine Life -- synthesizing 10 years and 540 expeditions into a book of wonders.

Alison Gopnik

Professor & World Leader in Children's Learning and Development

Bunker Roy

Founder of Barefoot College

Cynthia Kenyon

Molecular Biologist & Biogerontologist; Vice President of Aging Research at Calico

Rebecca MacKinnon

Founding Director of Ranking Digital Rights

Anna Dietrich

‎Entrepreneur; Consultant; Speaker; COO & Co-Founder of Terrafugia, Inc.

Elizabeth Murchison

Elizabeth Murchison studies a mysterious (and contagious) cancer that threatens to wipe out Tasmanian devils.

Mikko Hypponen

Computer Security Expert; Chief Research Officer at WithSecure & Principal Research Advisor at F-Secure

If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable

Lucianne Walkowicz

Astronomer, Movement Artist & Educator

David Baker

Director of the Institute for Protein Design

David R. Liu

Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University

Steve McCarroll

Director of Genetics at Broad's Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research & Assistant Professor in Harvard Medical School's Department of Genetics

Natsai Audrey Chieza

Biotech Expert & Designer

Oded Shoseyov

Nanobiotechnologist, Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jennifer Doudna

Technology Co-Inventor of CRISPR- Cas9

Heather Barnett

Artist Who Uses a Slime-Like Organism to Study Biological Computing, Robotics & Structural Design

Dr. Hendrik Poinar

Evolutionary Biologist Specializing in Ancient DNA

Sonaar Luthra

Sonaar Luthra is the creator of Water Canary, a water-testing device that collects real-time water-quality data from the field.

Neil MacGregor

The writer and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 series "A History of the World in 100 Objects" and the accompanying book.

Mina Bissell

Iranian-American Biologist; Known for her Research on Breast Cancer

Jeremy Jackson

Ritter Professor of Oceanography & Director of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Ben Goldacre

Physician; Best-Selling Academic & Science Writer

Allan Jones

As CEO of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, Allan Jones leads an ambitious project to build an open, online, interactive atlas of the human brain.

Danielle de Niese

Her voice described as a sweet gleaming soprano, Danielle de Niese breathes new life into opera, astonishing critics and making audiences sit up and listen.

Charles Hazlewood

Award-winning conductor and musical revolutionary; Speaker, and Artistic Director of Paraorchestra

Josette Sheeran

President and CEO of the Asia Society; Former Vice Chairman of the World Economic Forum.

Hasan Elahi

When Hasan Elahi’s name was added (by mistake) to the US government’s watch list, he fought the assault on his privacy by turning his life inside-out for all the world to see.

Harald Haas

Communications Technology Innovator & Chair of Mobile Communications at the University of Edinburgh

Geoffrey West

Theoretical Physicist, Distinguished Professor & Past President of Santa Fe Institute

Mike Biddle

Co-founder, MBA Polymers