Physical & Life Sciences

Scholars dedicating their careers to the study of living organisms and non-living systems

Thomas Heid

Thomas Heid

Thomas Heid forschte nach seinem Studium der Physik am Lehrstuhl für Teilchen- und Astroteilchen Physik der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Kooperation der europäischen Forschungsgemeinschaft KM3NeT. Er promovierte im Bereich der Neutrinoastronomie mit dem Fokus auf der Auswertung von Messdaten und Entwicklung von Algorithmen zur Sensitivitätsanalyse. Thomas Heid ist seit 2017 für die ASTRUM IT GmbH tätig. Mit seiner Erfahrung in der Analyse und Bewertung von Messergebnissen liegt Thomas Fokus mittlerweile auf der Entwicklung von maßgeschneiderten Lösungen zu Prozessoptimierung und Business Intelligence.

Thomas Heid forschte nach seinem Studium der Physik am Lehrstuhl für Teilchen- und Astroteilchen Physik der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Kooperation der europäischen Forschungsgemeinschaft KM3NeT. Er promovierte im Bereich der... Show more

Javier Fernandez

Javier Fernandez

Javier is a research scientist at Flower Labs and the creator of the Flower Simulation Engine. The Flower Simulation Engine allows running Federated Learning workloads in a resource-aware manner and to scale these to thousands of active clients through an intuitive Python API. Javier's interests lie in the intersection of Machine Learning and Systems and, more concretely, running on-device ML workloads, a key component in Federated Learning. Javier often writes about running ML on embedded devices such as Raspberry Pi or NVIDIA Jetson. Javier got his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Oxford in 2021. Before joining Flower Labs, Javier worked as a research scientist at Samsung AI (Cambridge, UK)

Javier is a research scientist at Flower Labs and the creator of the Flower Simulation Engine. The Flower Simulation Engine allows running Federated Learning workloads in a resource-aware manner and to scale these to thousands of active clients throu... Show more

Toni Payne

Toni Payne

Toni Payne is a multi-talented artist, known for her skills in Still Life, Nature and Documentary Photography, as well as her abilities as a poet, podcast host, content creator, and public speaker. Although she has spent the greater part of her career capturing a wide range of subjects, her primary focus is on showcasing the beauty and importance of flora, fauna, and food.

As an artist, Toni values the power of her craft to inspire and drive awareness for social, environmental, and climate issues. She believes that her photography can serve as a tool for education and change, and strives to create impactful works that can inspire viewers to take action.

She currently creates content on several platforms that strives to educate about conservation and biodiversity.

Toni Payne is a multi-talented artist, known for her skills in Still Life, Nature and Documentary Photography, as well as her abilities as a poet, podcast host, content creator, and public speaker. Although she has spent the greater part of her caree... Show more

Nubwa Medugu

Nubwa Medugu

Clinical Microbiologist, Senior Lecturer, and Senior Consultant at the Nile University of Nigeria and the National Hospital Abuja. I started working with GBS in 2014 and am a strong proponent for routine surveillance and vaccine implementation.

Clinical Microbiologist, Senior Lecturer, and Senior Consultant at the Nile University of Nigeria and the National Hospital Abuja. I started working with GBS in 2014 and am a strong proponent for routine surveillance and vaccine implementation. Show more

Kirstie Whitaker

Kirstie Whitaker

Dr Kirstie Whitaker is a passionate advocate for making science "open for all" by promoting equity and inclusion for people from diverse backgrounds. She leads the Tools, Practices and Systems research programme at The Alan Turing Institute, the UK's National Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. Kirstie founded The Turing Way, an openly developed educational resource that enables researchers and citizen scientists across government, industry, academia and third sector organisations to embed open source practices into their work. She is the chair of the Turing Research Ethics Panel, co-lead investigator of the AI for Multiple Long Term Conditions Research Support Facility, co-lead investigator of the AutSPACEs citizen science platform, and co-investigator for the Turing's Data Safe Haven - an open source trusted research environment. Kirstie holds a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of California at Berkeley, is a Fulbright scholarship alumna, and was a 2016/17 Mozilla Fellow for Science.

Dr Kirstie Whitaker is a passionate advocate for making science "open for all" by promoting equity and inclusion for people from diverse backgrounds. She leads the Tools, Practices and Systems research programme at The Alan Turing Institute, the UK's... Show more

Dee Dee Mendez

Dee Dee Mendez

As one of the top women motivational speakers, I share my own life experiences for a unique and inspirational storytelling experience. I specialize in using the power of intention to reach your personal and professional goals in life. I am also proud to be a trailblazer in the self-partnership and DIY parenting movement for independence and autonomy. I provide real-world relevance, having worked in Corporate HR & Leadership Development for over 30 years

With every speaking engagement, I aim to connect with my audience with love, freedom, and empathy. For better understanding of my style as an inspirational speaker about life, please take a listen to my podcast, Audacious Freedom or visit my website: audaciousfreedom.com/speaking

As one of the top women motivational speakers, I share my own life experiences for a unique and inspirational storytelling experience. I specialize in using the power of intention to reach your personal and professional goals in life. I am also proud... Show more

Joy Sheppard Nurse Practitioner and Pro Athlete

Joy Sheppard Nurse Practitioner and Pro Athlete

I'm Joy Sheppard, a wife, mother, Family Nurse Practitioner, and professional athlete in the International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB). My father, a Buddhist monk for two decades, has been my guiding mentor.

I'm Joy Sheppard, a wife, mother, Family Nurse Practitioner, and professional athlete in the International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB). My father, a Buddhist monk for two decades, has been my guiding mentor. Show more

Julian West

Julian West

Julian West's background is in Computer Science, Math and Molecular Biology. Involved in 3 active research projects: * Knowledge representation and management * System Biology * ML and genetic algorithms.

Currently leads 2 open-source projects: BrainAnnex.org (Python Full Technology Stack on top of Neo4j) and Life123.science (Dynamical Systems Modeling).

He works as a Graph Database Architect at a large pharmaceutical company, and is very involved in the Longevity-Science community.

Julian West's background is in Computer Science, Math and Molecular Biology. Involved in 3 active research projects: * Knowledge representation and management * System Biology * ML and genetic algorithms. Currently leads 2 open-source projects: B... Show more

Alex Alamri

Alex Alamri

Alex is co-founder of Hundreds & Thousands, a Web3 Games studio with indie flavours.

He is a successful Web3 founder and NHS Neurosurgeon, poking brains by day and building games by night (and sometimes the other way around).

Outside of the gaming world, Alex has built a presence as a Science communicator on YouTube. Through his channel, he shares valuable insights into brain and spine surgery.

Alex is co-founder of Hundreds & Thousands, a Web3 Games studio with indie flavours. He is a successful Web3 founder and NHS Neurosurgeon, poking brains by day and building games by night (and sometimes the other way around). Outside of the ... Show more

Artem Ryasik

Artem Ryasik

Artem Ryasik works as a data scientist, has an academic background in life science and a PhD in biophysics. He is interested about graphs, NLP, data anonymization and data science. Artem has Neo4j certifications and he is also certified Knime trainer.

Artem Ryasik works as a data scientist, has an academic background in life science and a PhD in biophysics. He is interested about graphs, NLP, data anonymization and data science. Artem has Neo4j certifications and he is also certified Knime trainer... Show more

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