Christof Koch is an American neuroscientist best known for his work on the neural bases of consciousness. He is the President and Chief Scientific Officer of the Allen Institute of Brain Science in Seattle. From 1986 until 2013, he was the Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology at The California Institute…
Alan Leshner is a scientist, educator and public servant from the United States. He received an undergraduate degree in psychology from Franklin and Marshall College and earned an MS in Physiological Psychology from Rutgers University. Leshner also earned a PhD degree in Physiological Psychology from Rutgers University. Leshner spent 10 years at Bucknell University, where…
Susan Adele Greenfield is a British scientist, writer, broadcaster, and member of the House of Lords. Greenfield, whose specialty is the physiology of the brain, has worked to research and bring attention to Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Greenfield is Professor of Synaptic Pharmacology at Lincoln College, Oxford. On 1 February 2006, she was installed…
Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist, historian, and author. He is a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, and he has written hundreds of scientific articles and books. In 1999, he received the National Medal of Science, an honor bestowed by the President of the United States and the National Science Foundation. He is currently a…
Murali Doraiswamy is a leading physician scientist in the areas of brain health and personalized medicine at Duke Medicine where he is a Professor in the Division of Translational Neuroscience and Director of the Neurocognitive Disorders Program in Psychiatry. He also serves as a member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and the Duke…
Stuart Hameroff, MD, is a physician and researcher at the University Medical Center at the University of Arizona. He divides his professional time between practicing and teaching clinical anesthesiology in the surgical operating rooms at University Medical Center and conducting research into the mechanism of consciousness. Dr. Hameroff is a Professor Emeritus in the Departments…
David Eagleman is a neuroscientist and writer at Stanford University. He is best known for his published work on time perception, synesthesia, and neurolaw. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, a council member in the World Economic Forum, and a New York Times bestselling author published in 27 languages. As an undergraduate at Rice University, he…
Paul Davies is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and astrobiologist. He is currently Regents’ Professor of Physics and Director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University, where he also runs a cancer research project and co-directs a cosmology program. Davies’ research ranges from the origin of the universe to the origin…
Elissa Epel, Ph.D, is a health psychologist and stress scientist. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, at University of California, San Francisco. She is also the Director of the Center for Obesity Assessment, Study, & Treatment, (COAST), and the Aging, Metabolism, and Emotions Lab, and Asst. Director of the Center for…
Steven J. Dick is an American astronomer, author and historian of science most noted for his work in the field of astrobiology. Dick served as the Chief Historian for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 2003 to 2009. Before his work at NASA he was an astronomer and historian of science at the United…
Celia Deane-Drummond is Director of the Laudato Si’ Research Institute and Senior Research Fellow in theology at Campion Hall, University of Oxford. She graduated in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and obtained a doctorate in plant physiology at Reading University prior to two postdoctoral fellowships at the University of British Columbia and Cambridge University. She…
Roy F. Baumeister is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland. He is a social psychologist who is known for his work on the self, social rejection, belongingness, sexuality, self-control, self-esteem, self-defeating behaviors, motivation, aggression, consciousness, and free will. He has authored 500 publications and has written, co-written, or edited almost 30 books.…