science Experts

Gordon Patterson, Ph.D.

Professor | School of Arts and CommunicationFlorida Tech

Christi Pace, PhD

Associate Professor in the College of Education and Human DevelopmentAugusta University

Pace teaches undergraduate and graduate literacy education courses.

Gene Wright

Assistant ProfessorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Serial entrepreneur, innovator, and educator with experience in the classroom and beyond and worked with hundreds of small business owners.

Kevin Folta

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Kevin Folta is an expert in biotechnology. He also farms and has a background in communication.

Drew Bridges

Assistant ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Bridges's lab uncovers signals bacteria use to coordinate their behaviors, aiming to turn those signals into new ways to treat infections.

Richard Barker

Director2030healthfutures

Challenging and entertaining speaker on the future of healthcare and life sciences

Doug Williamson

President and Chief Executive OfficerThe Beacon Group

A bold thinker and dynamic speaker, with extensive global experience, who can provide unique insights into today's business challenges.

Todd Digby

Department Chair | University LibrarianUniversity of Florida

Todd Digby leads a department that researches, develops, optimizes and supports advanced library information systems.

Alina Zare

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Alina Zare's research focuses on developing new machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to process data and imagery.

Nicholas Leadbeater, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of ChemistryUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Leadbeater specializes in cleaner, greener ways to make molecules.