Penny Chisholm

Award-Winning Oceanographer & Professor, MIT

Professor Penny Chisholm on Earth Week

Watson Hartsoe

Ethnographer, Designer, Educator; Genesis STEAM

Michael Archer

Paleontologist Michael Archer is working to bring back his favorite extinct animal: the Tasmanian tiger.

Marla Spivak

Entomologist; Focused on Practical Applications to Protect Honey Bee Populations

David Moinina Sengeh

Minister Of Basic and Senior Secondary Education & Chief Innovation Officer for the Government of Sierra Leone

Dr. Eric Drexler

American engineer best known for popularizing the potential of molecular nanotechnology (MNT), from the 1970s and 1980s.

Johanna Blakley

Expert in Popular Culture, Digital Technology and Entertainment

Vilayanur Ramachandran

Neuroscientist; Director of the Center for Brain & Cognition, University of California, San Diego

Anousheh Ansari

CEO of X Prize Foundation & First Female Private Space Explorer

Dr. Michael Merzenich

Leading Pioneer in Brain Plasticity Research; Author of "Soft-Wired: How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Can Change Your Life"

Yoshua Bengio

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Expert; Professor at the University of Montreal

Clara Sousa-Silva

Quantum Astrochemist & Science Communicator

Cara Altimus

Senior Director at the Milken Institute, MI Philanthropy’s Science and Health

Michelle Weise

SVP, Workforce Strategies, Strada Education Network & Chief Innovation Officer, Strada Institute for the Future of Work

Michael Bodekaer

Technology Entrepreneur & Founder of Labster

David Sloan Wilson

SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University

Wilton Virgo

Laser Spectroscopist & Author of "Quantum Mechanics in Everyday Life"

Karen Wynn

Professor, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Yale University

Jo Boaler

Professor of Mathematics Education at Stanford University

Eduardo Briceño

Founder & CEO at Growth.how, Former CEO of Mindset Works, Facilitating a Growth Mindset

Jon Bergmann

Pioneer of the Flipped Class Movement & Bestselling Author of "Flip Your Classroom"; Member of the TED-Education Advisory Board

Dr. Scott Fraser

Forensic Psychologist

Molly Crockett

Globetrotting Neuroscientist investigating altruism, morality and economic decision-making.

Peter Girguis

Associate Professor of Natural Sciences at Harvard; Adjunct Research Engineer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

David Houle

Global Futurist & Strategist, Honorary President and Futurist of the Future Business School of China. Houle won two Emmys, a Peabody award and the Heartland award for "Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream"

Moving to a Finite Earth Economy | David Houle | TEDxUofIChicago

David Thornburg

Award-Winning Futurist, Author & Educational Consultant

Mayim Bialik

Neuroscientist, Mental Health Advocate & Actress Known for "The Big Bang Theory"

Read Montague

Neuroscientist & Popular Science Author

Joy Hirsch

Professor of Neuroscience, Columbia University

Bunker Roy

Founder of Barefoot College