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David Weintraub

Professor of Astronomy; Director of Undergraduate Studies; Director of Program in Communication of Science & TechnologyVanderbilt University

Expert in astrophysics who also writes about extraterrestrial life, human space travel and space colonization.

Craig Copeland

Disruptive Theoristevolve Life Systems

Author, Speaker, Disruptive Theorist

Karyn Rogers

Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental SciencesRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Focuses on the relationships between microbial communities and environmental conditions in extreme ecosystems

Bennett Maruca

Associate Professor, Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Maruca's research focuses on the sun, solar wind and other space plasmas.

Yanping Ma

Professor of MathematicsLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Marie E. McAllister

Professor of EnglishUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. McAllister currently works on the intersections of literature and medicine.

Keivan Stassun

Stevenson Professor of Physics and AstronomyVanderbilt University

Expert in the search for Earth-like planets across the galaxy and an advocate for diversity, including neurodiversity, in the academy.

Landon Frim, Ph.D.

Expert in politics, philosophy, ethics, and religionFlorida Gulf Coast University

Adam Frank

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

Adam Frank is a self-described “evangelist of science,” who writes about intelligent life forms, space exploration, climate change and more.

Lukasz Kurgan, Ph.D.

Dean Robert J. Mattauch Chair | Vice Chair of Computer ScienceVCU College of Engineering

Data scientist specializing in high-throughput structural bioinformatics of proteins & small RNAs.