Chiara Marletto is a Research Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, working at the foundations of physics. Her research spans quantum information theory, quantum biology, condensed-matter physics, and thermodynamics. Together with David Deutsch, she has developed constructor theory — a proposed reformulation of the laws of physics in terms of counterfactuals: what can and…
Thomas G. Brophy, PhD, is President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS). He previously served as president of California Institute for Human Science (CIHS). His tenure as president of CIHS oversaw a many-year effort to achieve regional accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Colleges and Universities Commission (WSCUC) in 2021, for…
Federico Faggin is an Italian-American physicist, engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur. He is best known for designing the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004. Faggin led the 4004 (MCS-4) project and the design group during the first five years of Intel’s microprocessor effort. While working at Fairchild Semiconductor in 1968, he also created the self-aligned MOS…
Ivette Fuentes is a Professor of Quantum Physics at the University of Southampton and Emmy Fellow (Fellow by Special Election) at Keble College, University of Oxford. Her work considers fundamental quantum mechanics, quantum optics and their interplay with general relativity. She is interested in how quantum information theory can make use of relativistic effects.
Dr. Philip Kurian is a theoretical physicist, researching scientist, and essayist, serving as principal investigator and founding director of the Quantum Biology Laboratory at Howard University. Beginning his career as a math teacher in North Philadelphia, he completed his doctorate in physics after a stint at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Kurian is now the…
Vlatko Vedral FInstP is a Serbian-born British physicist. He is best known for his contributions to quantum information theory, quantum mechanics, and quantum entanglement. He is professor of quantum information science in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, concurrently holding the role of Governing Body Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. Vedral earned…
Daniel Ofir Whiteson is an American experimental particle physicist and professor of Physics and Astronomy at University of California, Irvine (UCI). He is also the Vice-chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UCI and a fellow of the American Physical Society. He earned a bachelor’s degree in physics and computer science from Rice…
Priyamvada “Priya” Natarajan is a theoretical astrophysicist and professor in the departments of astronomy and physics at Yale University. She is the director of the Franke Program in Science and the Humanities. She is noted for her work in mapping dark matter and dark energy, particularly in gravitational lensing and in models describing the assembly…
Uziel Awret (1953–2026) was a physicist and philosopher who devoted his career to the study of consciousness. Born in Israel, he studied physics at the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), biophysics at Georgetown University, and continental philosophy at George Mason University, later teaching physics at Trinity Washington University. Awret was widely recognized for his work…
Janna Levin is the Claire Tow Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University. She is also the Chair and Founding Director of the Science Studios at Pioneer Works. A Guggenheim Fellow, Levin has contributed to an understanding of black holes, the cosmology of extra dimensions, and gravitational waves in the shape…
Michel Bitbol is a researcher in the philosophy of physics, the philosophy of knowledge, and the philosophy of mind. He is Director of Research at the CNRS, based at the Husserl Archives, ENS, Paris. Together with Bernard d’Espagnat, Jean Petitot, and Hervé Zwirn, he is a founding member of the Collège de Physique et de…
Alex Gómez-Marín is a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a Masters in biophysics from the University of Barcelona. He was a research fellow at the EMBL-CRG Centre for Genomic Regulation and at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon. His research spans from the origins of the…