Silvia Jonas is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bamberg, an external member of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP), and an associated member of the Konstanz Center for Philosophy of Mathematics. She also serves on the board of trustees of the Martin Buber Society of Fellows and is a trusted advisor…
Denis Noble is a British physiologist and biologist who held the Burdon Sanderson Chair of Cardiovascular Physiology at the University of Oxford until 2004 and was appointed Professor Emeritus and co-Director of Computational Physiology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society. Noble is one of the pioneers of systems biology and developed the first…
Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist and the Charles Simonyi Professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study. Witten is a researcher in string theory, quantum gravity, supersymmetric quantum field theories, and other areas of mathematical physics. In addition to his contributions to physics, Witten’s work has significantly impacted…
Licia Verde is an Italian cosmologist and theoretical physicist and currently ICREA Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Barcelona. Her research interests include large-scale structure, dark energy, inflation and the cosmic microwave background. She received a Laurea degree in 1996 from University of Padua and a PhD in 2000 from the University…
Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck is an American mathematician and a founder of modern geometric analysis. She is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she held the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair. She is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and a visiting senior…