the future Experts

Carmel Majidi

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Carmel Majidi’s mission is to discover materials and methods that allow robots and machines to behave like soft biological organisms.

Joshua Goldberger

Assistant Professor | Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryThe Ohio State University

New materials expert, specializing in applications in electronics, energy conversion, and medicine

Alexis Dudden, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of HistoryUniversity of Connecticut

Professor of History specializing in modern Japan and Korea, and international history.

Andrew Palmer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor | Ocean Engineering and Marine SciencesFlorida Tech

Dr. Palmer's research interests include eavesdropping on bacterial 'conversations', Martian farming, and cell wall fragment-based signaling.

Nikolay Osadchiy

Associate Professor of Information Systems & Operations ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Daniel McNeil

Professor | ChairUniversity of Florida

Daniel McNeil is a clinical psychologist and a clinical researcher with interdisciplinary interests in health psychology.

Walter Schilling, Jr., Ph.D.

Professor, Program Director of Cybersecurity SystemsMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Walter Schilling is an expert in software verification, software reliability, software security and embedded systems software.

Trevor Zink, Ph.D.

Professor of Management and Sustainability, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Nefertiti Walker

Professor of Sport Management and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and Equity for the UMass SystemUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Nefertiti Walker's research centers on sports culture and developing diverse and inclusive cultures in sports and other organizations.

Blaine Penny

CEOLumiio

Blaine Penny has over 20 years of experience in the health, technology, and engineering sectors.