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Michael Laine

PresidentLiftPort Group

Think Big! There is a profound difference between 'difficult', 'very hard' and 'impossible'. We're building an Elevator to Space. Really.

William Whittaker

Founders University Research ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

A field robotics pioneer, William "Red" Whittaker's research interests centers on mobile robots in unpredictable environments.

Adam Frank

Professor of astrophysics, science commentator, and popular authorUniversity of Rochester

Frank is a leading expert on how stars form and how they die, as well as civilizations before humans

Bennett Maruca

Associate Professor, Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Delaware

John Jaeger

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida

John Jaeger researches the ways in which hurricanes have impacted Florida’s coastline.

James Fienup

Robert E. Hopkins Professor of Optics, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Professor in the Center for Visual ScienceUniversity of Rochester

Fienup is a leading expert in the use of phase retrieval algorithms to carefully align mirrors on NASA satellites once they are in orbit.

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.

Guido Mueller

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Guido Mueller’s research interests include quantum optics and detectors for axions and axion-like particles.

Eric Perlman, Ph.D.

Professor | Aerospace, Physics and Space SciencesFlorida Tech

Dr. Perlman is an observational astrophysicist whose research concentrates on the nuclei of galaxies.

Tiziana Di Matteo

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Tiziana Di Matteo's research focuses on the study of black holes, encompassing a wide range of topics in high energy astrophysics.