Physical & Life Sciences

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

Gustavo Pereira

Gustavo Pereira

I'm Gus, a proud Chemical Engineer currently pursuing my PhD in Chemical Engineering at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, I hold a Master's degree from the State University of Maringá in Brazil, where I specialized in multi-objective optimization of process plants. Throughout my academic journey, I've been fueled by a passion for teaching and sharing my expertise in Chemical Engineering. As a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, I'm committed to promoting diversity and equality in STEM fields.

I'm Gus, a proud Chemical Engineer currently pursuing my PhD in Chemical Engineering at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, I hold a Master's degree from the State University of Maringá in Brazil, where I specialized in multi-objective optim... Show more

Mahdi Torabi Rad

Mahdi Torabi Rad

Mahdi Torabi Rad, Ph.D. is a computational scientist, engineer, self-trained software developer, mentor, and YouTube content creator with over 10 years of experience in developing mathematical, statistical, and machine-learning models, as well as computer codes to predict complex phenomena. He has published in top-tier journals of Physics, Engineering, and ML and has extensive experience as an ML Lead in various DeepTech startups. Mahdi is also the YouTuber behind the channel MLBoost, known for its popular videos on ML topics, including Conformal Prediction, which have garnered tens of thousands of views in less than a year.

Mahdi Torabi Rad, Ph.D. is a computational scientist, engineer, self-trained software developer, mentor, and YouTube content creator with over 10 years of experience in developing mathematical, statistical, and machine-learning models, as well as com... Show more

Anja Fitter

Anja Fitter

Diplom-Biologin, Promotion in Meeresökologie, seit 2015 Mitarbeiterin bei Medien für die Lehre im CLS als Projektmanagerin

Diplom-Biologin, Promotion in Meeresökologie, seit 2015 Mitarbeiterin bei Medien für die Lehre im CLS als Projektmanagerin Show more

Sven-Erik Egge

Sven-Erik Egge

Sven-Erik Egge er leder for EY Nordic Security Center, som er EYs tekniske team som leverer sikkerhetstjenester innen offensive og defensive security. Sven-Erik har gjennom sitt arbeid i karrieren, og også nå som konsulent i EY, ledet og gjennomført flere store transformasjonsprosjekter, modenhetsvurderinger, Purple Teaming oppdrag samt mange tekniske og strategiske kriseøvelser

Sven-Erik Egge er leder for EY Nordic Security Center, som er EYs tekniske team som leverer sikkerhetstjenester innen offensive og defensive security. Sven-Erik har gjennom sitt arbeid i karrieren, og også nå som konsulent i EY, ledet og gjennomført ... Show more

Paul Nashawaty

Paul Nashawaty

Paul Nashawaty is a highly experienced Practice Leader and Lead Principal Analyst at The Futurum Group. His area of expertise lies in application modernization, particularly across build, release, and operations. With a career spanning over 25 years, Paul has gained extensive knowledge and expertise in digital transformation initiatives, including front-end and back-end systems. He possesses a deep understanding of the underlying infrastructure ecosystem that is crucial for supporting modernization endeavors.

Paul is recognized for his exceptional ability to implement effective go-to-market strategies, including identifying new market channels, cultivating partner ecosystems, and executing strategic plans. His proven track record of delivering positive business outcomes for his clients is a testament to his skills and experience.

Paul Nashawaty is a highly experienced Practice Leader and Lead Principal Analyst at The Futurum Group. His area of expertise lies in application modernization, particularly across build, release, and operations. With a career spanning over 25 years,... Show more

Carlos Peiter

Carlos Peiter

Metallurgical Engineer, PhD in Mineral Engineering ( Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo,2000). Technologist and Research Coordinator at the Center for Mineral Technology (CETEM) and at the National Institute of Technology (INT). After retiring in 2018 remain as Collaborating Researcher at the Center for Mineral Technology and is a collaborating expert to IRTC activities and projects.Team leader on projects with multidisciplinary scope and with international funding from Canada and the EU connected to Policy and Management of Mineral Resources and Materials. CEO of the Brazilian Society for Solidarity (SBS OPJ), a non-governmental organization in the city of Rio de Janeiro

Metallurgical Engineer, PhD in Mineral Engineering ( Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo,2000). Technologist and Research Coordinator at the Center for Mineral Technology (CETEM) and at the National Institute of Technology (INT). After ... Show more

Kayla Taylor

Kayla Taylor

Kayla Taylor is an Associate Solutions Architect in the Cloud Sales Center (CSC) organization based out of Northern Virginia. Her expertise and passion for learning has enabled her to support enterprise customers in the north-eastern region. Kayla has a background in bioinformatics where she has done extensive STEM cell, metabolic, and genomic research. Kayla has worked on a number of AI/ML projects, including Amazon Q: AWS’s Gen-AI chat bot. Outside of work, she likes to play with her puppy and container garden.

Kayla Taylor is an Associate Solutions Architect in the Cloud Sales Center (CSC) organization based out of Northern Virginia. Her expertise and passion for learning has enabled her to support enterprise customers in the north-eastern region. Kayla ha... Show more

Elza Bontempi

Elza Bontempi

Elza Bontempi has a permanent position at the University of Brescia where she is currently a Full Professor teaching courses in Fundamentals of Chemistry for the Technologies. She is responsible for the research line concerning eco-materials at the Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory. She has been responsible for several national and international research projects, developing new technologies and new sustainable materials, coming from waste and by-products. In recent years, his scientific activity has focused on the recovery of critical raw materials in the field of circular economy, such as lithium and cobalt, from exhausted batteries. She is the author of more than 300 peer-reviewed papers and several patents in the field of material recovery. She is included in the list of Unstoppable Women (the 1000 women that are changing Italy) and the Top Italian Scientists (https://topitalianscientists.org/) in the field of natural and environmental sciences (https://elza-bontempi.unibs.it).

Elza Bontempi has a permanent position at the University of Brescia where she is currently a Full Professor teaching courses in Fundamentals of Chemistry for the Technologies. She is responsible for the research line concerning eco-materials at the C... Show more

Timothy Sumner

Timothy Sumner

Tim Sumner is a Project Manager with Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. in their Springfield, Illinois, headquarters. He has worked in the Water Resources Business Unit since graduating from Bradley University in 1991 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. His work includes planning, assessment, modeling, and design of water, wastewater and storm water system maintenance, renewal and improvement projects. Tim is a Licensed PE in Illinois and Indiana, as well as a Certified Floodplain Manager and Certified Stormwater Manager.

Tim Sumner is a Project Manager with Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. in their Springfield, Illinois, headquarters. He has worked in the Water Resources Business Unit since graduating from Bradley University in 1991 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. ... Show more

Francesco Bianco

Francesco Bianco

È un ingegnere del software freelance con l'ambizione di poter lavorare su grandi progetti open source. Da anni lavora su diversi CRM open source, molti dei suoi contributi sono rimasti nell'oblio di codebase storiche come VtigerCRM e SugarCRM. Oggi si occupa esclusivamente di CI/CD e Quality Assurance, ma occasionalmente produce codice PHP e JavaScript che rilascia pubblicamente.

È un ingegnere del software freelance con l'ambizione di poter lavorare su grandi progetti open source. Da anni lavora su diversi CRM open source, molti dei suoi contributi sono rimasti nell'oblio di codebase storiche come VtigerCRM e SugarCRM. Oggi ... Show more

Natalia Filvarova

Natalia Filvarova

Natalia Filvarova is a neuroscientist & UX researcher, currently at Google working on digital identity systems. She has previously led research efforts in brain imaging and understanding multisensory processing, as well as driving efforts for space food design and Alzheimer's diagnosis using sensory testing.
She is driven by giving a voice to those who need it most, and advancing multisensory and experiential designs that are inclusive at their core. Natalia has previously built startups, as well as founded education & communication non-profits. She is an Oxford and LMU neuroscience graduate, as well as an MBA holder.

Natalia Filvarova is a neuroscientist & UX researcher, currently at Google working on digital identity systems. She has previously led research efforts in brain imaging and understanding multisensory processing, as well as driving efforts for space f... Show more

Ayahnee Johnson

Ayahnee Johnson

My name is Ayahnee Johnson. I am a Jamaican International Student, studying Biological Sciences (pre-med), in my second year at Florida International University. I am a returning extended orientation leader at FIU. I am an active member of multiple organizations on campus, including the Caribbean Students Association and Jamaican Student Union. In my free time, I like to cook, hang out with friends at the beach and tend to my skin-care small business.

My name is Ayahnee Johnson. I am a Jamaican International Student, studying Biological Sciences (pre-med), in my second year at Florida International University. I am a returning extended orientation leader at FIU. I am an active member of multiple o... Show more

Joyce West

Joyce West

I'm a top-rated coach, including being on Influence Digest's List of 2023 Top Coaches in San Francisco (a short list of 15 coaches out of thousands, if not tens of thousands of coaches).

I founded and successfully sold an office snack distribution company to corporate offices, and love being an early stage employee at fast growing and innovative companies where I can make an impact.

I'm a General Manager and operating executive for growing companies. I love change management, turnarounds, and strategically fixing problems and fueling growth. I love balancing the two sides of every business equation (supply and demand) - creating demand and making it rain through sales and business development, and also driving excellence in operations/fulfillment.

I'm also a seasoned Chief Revenue Officer experienced in creating strategy and world class execution for the entire sales cycle. I can play a CRO role or a VP of Sales role. I have extensive experience with creating aggressive finance strategy, managing cashflow, and optimizing pricing, costs and revenues.

Fast forward to the present - my passion is career coaching, executive and leadership coaching, business coaching, and sales coaching.

I coach a wide range of clients, but am a unicorn 🦄 coach when it comes to serving ambitious leaders (of all ethnicities and genders), Asian American leaders (or those looking to move into leadership), people of color / minorities, and women. There aren't many coaches who do what I do to get more Asian Americans to break the bamboo ceiling, so that is a particular mission and passion of mine.

I'm a serial entrepreneur who started her first business in college, and I've never known what it's like to not be in charge and be a leader. If you're someone who wants to gain that executive presence, stop being an apologist for who you are, and train to be in the C-suite and executive management, let's talk. #diversityplease

If you think I can help with your event, drop me a line or book time with me: https://calendly.com/coachingwithempathy/callwithjoyce

I'm a top-rated coach, including being on Influence Digest's List of 2023 Top Coaches in San Francisco (a short list of 15 coaches out of thousands, if not tens of thousands of coaches). I founded and successfully sold an office snack distributio... Show more

Nathan Brewer

Nathan Brewer

I am a Data Scientist. I have a few simple and crucial skills, asking a good question, being able to research to find the answer and being able to explain it once I've found it. I learn through play and I build my own playgrounds. I had a role working with the team discovering the heaviest known elements: 117 and 118 (Ts and Og). I make tools that make my team successful and I can find a needle in a haystack (if you need a needle).

I'm keenly interested in mentorship, the use of technology in the learning process, data science, machine learning, ethical AI, puzzles, visualization, math, physics and FLOSS. I really enjoy effective illustrations and experiments that can unlock solving very complicated problems. I love a good one sentence story.

I am a Data Scientist. I have a few simple and crucial skills, asking a good question, being able to research to find the answer and being able to explain it once I've found it. I learn through play and I build my own playgrounds. I had a role workin... Show more

Vicki Delaney

Vicki Delaney

A mechanical engineer, Vicki Delaney is no stranger to the management system business. Since 1994, she has helped over 300 companies attain certification to various ISO standards (International Organization for Standardization). Thirteen years of manufacturing engineering gives me a very strong background in manufacturing. That background is with almost every kind of industry you could imagine.

Vicki has been working with companies to achieve CMMC certification since 2020 and has a passion for helping small to medium sized companies. Her focus has been on finding the most simple and affordable solution possible for her “people”.

A mechanical engineer, Vicki Delaney is no stranger to the management system business. Since 1994, she has helped over 300 companies attain certification to various ISO standards (International Organization for Standardization). Thirteen years of man... Show more

Maurizio De Giorgi

Maurizio De Giorgi

Maurizio De Giorgi is always looking at new technology and the best way to apply them. He has a long experience in IT in different roles, industries, markets in the private sector and, more recently, in international scientific organisations. He has a solid architectural and engineering approach to design and operate services according to ITSM best practices, with a focus on data stores and data intensive applications. He is working in the DB on Demand Team at CERN since Sep 2020.

Maurizio De Giorgi is always looking at new technology and the best way to apply them. He has a long experience in IT in different roles, industries, markets in the private sector and, more recently, in international scientific organisations. He has ... 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

John Davis

John Davis

MSEE Johns Hopkins. BSEE/CPE NCSU.

MSEE Johns Hopkins. BSEE/CPE NCSU. 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

Tony Smurlo

Tony Smurlo

Tony Smurlo has over 23 years of experience with municipal and industrial water and wastewater transmission, conveyance, pumping and treatment facilities. His specialty is working with subject matter experts and equipment representatives to develop a basis of design; lead a multi-disciplined engineering team to create construction documents and specifications; and provide construction oversight / administration. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio he believes the Browns will one day win a Super Bowl.

Tony Smurlo has over 23 years of experience with municipal and industrial water and wastewater transmission, conveyance, pumping and treatment facilities. His specialty is working with subject matter experts and equipment representatives to develop a... 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

Jorge Martín Vila

Jorge Martín Vila

Astrónomo aficionado y radioaficionado. Desde su lanzamiento a la actualidad Co-coordino la Campaña Argentina de Búsqueda de Asteroides Argentina de la IASC-NASA. Soy estudiante avanzado de Biotecnología y en mis ratos libres enfoco mis estudios a la astrobiología.

Astrónomo aficionado y radioaficionado. Desde su lanzamiento a la actualidad Co-coordino la Campaña Argentina de Búsqueda de Asteroides Argentina de la IASC-NASA. Soy estudiante avanzado de Biotecnología y en mis ratos libres enfoco mis estudios a la... Show more

Arvy K

Arvy K

5+ years of experience in harm reduction and international drug policy. core at entheoscope, independent psychedelic media. core at seks.design, experience design and community care collective. currently prototyping loob.labs, a collective memory tool for integrating transformative experiences.

5+ years of experience in harm reduction and international drug policy. core at entheoscope, independent psychedelic media. core at seks.design, experience design and community care collective. currently prototyping loob.labs, a collective memory too... Show more

Mats Brorsson

Mats Brorsson

Mats Brorsson got his degrees from Lund university in Sweden too long ago. He has done some effort trying to understand parallel programming and performance issues and gained some interesting insights along the way. Since a few years back he wanted to apply these insights also in the cloud domain and in particular for the Edge-Cloud Continuum.

Mats Brorsson got his degrees from Lund university in Sweden too long ago. He has done some effort trying to understand parallel programming and performance issues and gained some interesting insights along the way. Since a few years back he wanted t... 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

Jeffrey Harris

Jeffrey Harris

Jeffrey Harris is the founder and Managing Partner of Harris Search Associates where he leads the firm’s Higher Education, Academic Medicine, and Healthcare Administration practices. Founded in 1997 and modeled after the first premier management-consulting firms, Harris Search Associates is a leading global executive search and board advisory consulting firm focused solely on the recruitment of senior leadership talent to support the growth of the foremost universities, academic medical centers, medical schools, research institutions, and healthcare enterprises driving global innovation and discovery. Based in Columbus, Ohio, and with regional offices in San Francisco and Dallas, the firm has successfully completed over 900 assignments. Jeffrey leads a diverse, seasoned team of over 20 seasoned consultants and staff who combine the recruiting and leadership assessment expertise from the largest, most well-recognized retained search organizations with highly respected, former university Presidents, Provosts, Deans, Vice Presidents, and senior administrators from across the country.

Jeffrey Harris is the founder and Managing Partner of Harris Search Associates where he leads the firm’s Higher Education, Academic Medicine, and Healthcare Administration practices. Founded in 1997 and modeled after the first premier management-consul... Show more

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