Physical & Life Sciences

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

Sanjay Salgaonkar

Sanjay Salgaonkar

Sanjay works with organizations of all sizes to optimize their operations and enhance customer engagement through Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform. With over twenty years of experience leading digital transformation initiatives, Sanjay specializes in aligning business processes with cutting-edge technology to deliver impactful solutions.

Sanjay works with organizations of all sizes to optimize their operations and enhance customer engagement through Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform. With over twenty years of experience leading digital transformation initiatives, Sanjay s... Show more

Jelena Ruzic

Jelena Ruzic

Jelena Ruzic is M.Eng(IT) and Software Engineer, with focus on FrontEnd technologies. She is regional speaker and MVP - Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in Developer Technologies category. CO-leader of BLbit user group in Banja Luka and CO-organizer of IT conference INIT.

Jelena Ruzic is M.Eng(IT) and Software Engineer, with focus on FrontEnd technologies. She is regional speaker and MVP - Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in Developer Technologies category. CO-leader of BLbit user group in Banja Luka and CO-organi... Show more

Saroj Patil

Saroj Patil

Saroj Patil is an AI Researcher at SISA Information Security in Bengaluru, working on the Prism AI Security Suite — systems that discover, red-team, monitor, and govern AI across enterprise codebases. The work sits at the messy intersection of applied AI and security: shadow-AI and MCP discovery, AI supply-chain risk, agent analysis, and AIBOM generation.
Before SISA, Saroj interned at ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre on spacecraft anomaly detection using autoencoders and diffusion models, and holds a B.E. in AI & Data Science (CGPA 9.26, 6th rank) from Global Academy of Technology. Two IEEE-published papers span the range of that curiosity — from dementia prognostication with computational models to asteroid-hazard assessment using explainable ML (ExtraTrees + SHAP).
Outside the day job, Saroj builds ML pipelines for astronomy — currently a gravitational-lens detector trained on simulated survey data — and creates AI-education content for India's developer community. An active Toastmasters member, Saroj enjoys turning dense technical ideas into talks people actually want to sit through.

Saroj Patil is an AI Researcher at SISA Information Security in Bengaluru, working on the Prism AI Security Suite — systems that discover, red-team, monitor, and govern AI across enterprise codebases. The work sits at the messy intersection of applie... Show more

Thomas Fricke

Thomas Fricke

Thomas Fricke has been working with containers and Kubernetes for 7 years, with Linux and networks for 30 and with computers for 40. His focus is on security in KRITIS environments (energy, health care) and the agile transformations that are necessary in these environments. He is a freelancer, founder (Endocode, Resility), and volunteers on various boards, including the IT Planning Council.

Thomas Fricke has been working with containers and Kubernetes for 7 years, with Linux and networks for 30 and with computers for 40. His focus is on security in KRITIS environments (energy, health care) and the agile transformations that are necessar... Show more

Oussama Ben wafi

Oussama Ben wafi

Oussama is a seasoned Android engineer with roots dating back to the Java and ADT era. Passionate about native mobile development, he thrives in building robust Android apps with Kotlin as his language of choice. Oussama enjoys connecting with people from around the world, whether it's to discuss mobile tech or share cultural insights.

Oussama is a seasoned Android engineer with roots dating back to the Java and ADT era. Passionate about native mobile development, he thrives in building robust Android apps with Kotlin as his language of choice. Oussama enjoys connecting with people... Show more

Matthias Rochtus

Matthias Rochtus

Matthias Rochtus, experienced public speaker and Data Scientist.
Main fields of expertise are Geospatial research, data engineering & CI/CD , Predictive Maintenance and Retrieval Augmented Generation (LLMs)

Matthias Rochtus, experienced public speaker and Data Scientist. Main fields of expertise are Geospatial research, data engineering & CI/CD , Predictive Maintenance and Retrieval Augmented Generation (LLMs) Show more

Charmi Chokshi

Charmi Chokshi

I am an AI Product Manager / Team Lead at Natural Resources Canada working at the intersection of AI and GeoScience. I have a Master’s in Machine Learning from Mila and the University of Montréal, Canada.

In the past year, I have won the following awards:

* Winner of the Next Generation Leader of the Year award by The Women in IT Summit & Awards Series
* Rising Star awardee by Womxn in Data Science
* One of the awardees for WeaveSphere Developer 30 Under 30 of Canada
* Runner-up in the ‘Outstanding in AI - Young AI Role Model of the Year' - North America by Women in AI

During my time at Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Textract, I worked on Model-based Noisy Annotation Detection and Correction. Previously, I was a Machine Learning Engineer at a fast-paced startup, Shipmnts. There, in the span of 2.5 years, I built an AI-Powered Document Understanding Platform to automate paperwork involved in global supply chains. Prior to that, I was a Research Trainee at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) where I worked in the Smart-cities Mission of India. I hold a Bachelor’s in Information and Communication Technology from Ahmedabad University, India.

I am passionate about tech & community, and my journey has led me to become an international speaker, one of the youngest Google Developers Experts in AI and GCP around the globe. To date, I have spoken at 30+ conferences and have trained 40k+ professionals and students in ML, DL, TensorFlow, and GCP. I have always been curious about the human brain’s functionality and want to tweak its neural circuits! 🧠 👩‍💻

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I am an AI Product Manager / Team Lead at Natural Resources Canada working at the intersection of AI and GeoScience. I have a Master’s in Machine Learning from Mila and the University of Montréal, Canada. In the past year, I have won the following... Show more

Luís Rita

Luís Rita

Biomedical Engineer | PhD in Computational Medicine @ Imperial College London | CEO & Co-Founder @ CycleAI | Global Shaper @ London | Forbes 30 Under 30

Biomedical Engineer | PhD in Computational Medicine @ Imperial College London | CEO & Co-Founder @ CycleAI | Global Shaper @ London | Forbes 30 Under 30 Show more

Daniel Albinsson

Daniel Albinsson

Daniel Albinsson is a product designer and design engineer with 20+ years building complex systems where interfaces have real consequences — from cardiac arrest training tools to marine surveillance for the Swedish Coast Guard. He's currently at Forefront (Sweden), and recently published Agentic UX — a lifecycle framework of 11 patterns for designing interfaces where humans supervise AI agents.

Daniel Albinsson is a product designer and design engineer with 20+ years building complex systems where interfaces have real consequences — from cardiac arrest training tools to marine surveillance for the Swedish Coast Guard. He's currently at Fore... Show more

Maxim Schepelin

Maxim Schepelin

Maxim Schepelin has been an engineering leader in various industries, including Game Dev, e-commerce, and travel building teams capable of launching products from idea to world-scale. With over a decade of experience leading engineering teams, Maxim has mastered the art and science of management, as well as how to exit both Vim and Emacs.
Maxim continues exploring ways to build effective engineering teams that deliver value at a sustainable pace.

Maxim Schepelin has been an engineering leader in various industries, including Game Dev, e-commerce, and travel building teams capable of launching products from idea to world-scale. With over a decade of experience leading engineering teams, Maxim ... Show more

Katharina Lilienthal

Katharina Lilienthal

Initially graduated with a diploma in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in precision, micro-, and nanotechnology. Earned a PhD in micro- and nanoelectronics. Has been working for several years at Fraunhofer IPMS in the CNT department within the industry-oriented 300 mm cleanroom. Started in the “Interconnects” group, where work included, for example, the development of innovative CNT-Cu interconnects within the Dual Damascene process. Later specialized in the “Nano System Technology” area, focusing on metal etching for quantum applications, with an interdisciplinary progression towards integrating sustainability aspects into the semiconductor industry.

Initially graduated with a diploma in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in precision, micro-, and nanotechnology. Earned a PhD in micro- and nanoelectronics. Has been working for several years at Fraunhofer IPMS in the CNT department within the in... Show more

Angel Lopez Morales

Angel Lopez Morales

Ángel López Morales is the founder of VoicePowered.ai, a generative AI company focused on voice, audio experiences, synthetic speech, podcasts and conversational media. He has more than 22 years of experience in telecommunications and full-stack development, with a strong background in voice systems, Node.js, Python, AI-powered products and cloud-based platforms.

He is currently working on VRI — Voice Rights Infrastructure — an open protocol designed to make recorded and AI-generated audio verifiable through provenance metadata, signed proof packages, cryptographic verification and robust watermarking.

Ángel López Morales is the founder of VoicePowered.ai, a generative AI company focused on voice, audio experiences, synthetic speech, podcasts and conversational media. He has more than 22 years of experience in telecommunications and full-stack deve... Show more

José Lecaros

José Lecaros

He works as a Support Engineer at Chronosphere, helping both customers and the Fluent community. He's been a developer and support engineer for 20+ years.

He works as a Support Engineer at Chronosphere, helping both customers and the Fluent community. He's been a developer and support engineer for 20+ years. Show more

Peter Rose

Peter Rose

Peter Rose is a computational biologist and bioinformatics leader specializing in AI-enabled scientific discovery through open data and knowledge graphs. He led the Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, where he helped advance the RCSB Protein Data Bank (PDB) as a foundational resource for structural biology and drug discovery, and held leadership roles at Agouron Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer. He currently collaborates with UCSF, NASA, and NSF-funded initiatives to develop biomedical knowledge graphs and AI applications that enable natural-language access to complex scientific data. His work focuses on accelerating biomedical and space health research through open, reproducible science.

Peter Rose is a computational biologist and bioinformatics leader specializing in AI-enabled scientific discovery through open data and knowledge graphs. He led the Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, where he ... Show more

‪Uri Rosenberg‬‏

‪Uri Rosenberg‬‏

Uri Rosenberg is the Strategic Specialist Technical Manager of AI Services at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Based out of Israel, Uri works to empower strategic customers to design, build and operate deep learning at scale.
Uri is an AWS certified Lead Machine Learning Subject Matter Expert and holds an MsC. in computer science from Tel-Aviv Academic college, where his research focused on large scale deep learning models. He is also a member of the European Commission’s AI Alliance, a forum dedicated to all legal, technical, and economic implications that artificial intelligence (AI) presents to our societies.
Before his current role, Uri was the AI Specialist Technical Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Prior to AWS, He also led the ML projects at at&t innovation center in Israel, working on deep learning models with extreme security and privacy constraints.

Uri Rosenberg is the Strategic Specialist Technical Manager of AI Services at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Based out of Israel, Uri works to empower strategic customers to design, build and operate deep learning at scale. Uri is an AWS certified Lea... Show more

Ravi Kiran Pagidi

Ravi Kiran Pagidi

Ravi Kiran Pagidi is a Senior Data Engineer and AI/Data Systems Researcher with over 11 years of experience designing and delivering scalable data platforms, analytics ecosystems, and AI-enabled enterprise solutions. His expertise spans data engineering, big data, data analytics, machine learning, generative AI, agentic AI, and cloud-native data architectures. Across his career, he has focused on building reliable, production-ready systems that transform complex data into actionable intelligence and measurable business value.

In addition to his industry work, Ravi is actively engaged in the global research community. He has authored 2 books, published 20+ peer-reviewed research papers, and contributed 10+ peer reviews for international conference research papers. His research and professional interests center on production-ready AI systems, intelligent automation, modern data platforms, and the practical application of advanced analytics to real-world problems.

Ravi is especially passionate about bridging the gap between research and enterprise implementation, helping organizations move beyond experimentation toward trustworthy, scalable, and impactful AI and data solutions. His talks combine technical depth with practical perspective, making complex concepts accessible to both engineering and broader technology audiences.

Ravi Kiran Pagidi is a Senior Data Engineer and AI/Data Systems Researcher with over 11 years of experience designing and delivering scalable data platforms, analytics ecosystems, and AI-enabled enterprise solutions. His expertise spans data engineer... Show more

Tiffaney Childers

Tiffaney Childers

Tiffaney Childers is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, and suicide loss advocate. After losing both parents to suicide one year and five days apart, she spent years surviving before finding her way back to hope, purpose, and a life that felt like her own again. Today, she speaks with honesty, humor, and hope about resilience, identity, and the courage to rise back when life changes everything.

Tiffaney Childers is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, and suicide loss advocate. After losing both parents to suicide one year and five days apart, she spent years surviving before finding her way back to hope, purpose, and a life that felt lik... Show more

Lou Tetlan

Lou Tetlan

Dr. Lou Tetlan Bio -
Lou received her Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison after which she was an Honorary Fellow at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, serving in the Neuroradiology Lab on fMRI brain imaging studies.
In addition, she has a Master’s Degree from the UW Graduate School of Business and holds a BFA in Art History, minor in linguistics, from Drake University & VIS Certification in Art History & Studio Arts from Venezia Isola di Studi, Venice, Italy.

Her focus is on the neurobiology of learning & creating 2D formats based on how the brain actually processes visual information. In pursuit of this focus, she developed a 3-step process for creating Cognitive-based Information Design (CID) formats. She is a published researcher and national/international speaker as well as a Professional Trainer and Founder of The CID Group, LLC.

Dr. Lou Tetlan Bio - Lou received her Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison after which she was an Honorary Fellow at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, serving in the Neuroradiology... Show more

Emmanuel Hervé

Emmanuel Hervé

Coach professionnel, j’accompagne depuis plus de 15 ans managers, équipes et organisations à franchir des caps, en gardant l’humain et le vivant au cœur de l’action.

Mon approche s’appuie sur l’agilité, le coaching intégral et une inspiration tirée de la culture chinoise : écouter les cycles, cultiver l’équilibre, avancer avec justesse. J’aide les collectifs à retrouver du sens, à renforcer leur cohésion et à évoluer dans un environnement en mouvement.

J’installe des espaces de confiance, où chacun peut questionner ses repères et s’aligner avec ses aspirations.

J’allie écoute, transmission d’outils concrets et attention à ce qui fait vivre l’équipe, pour révéler le potentiel collectif.

J’accompagne les leaders à incarner une posture authentique, ancrée dans la réalité et attentive à l’équilibre humain.

Osez avancer autrement : mon accompagnement est une invitation à expérimenter, à progresser et à faire grandir le collectif, en lien avec le vivant.

Coach professionnel, j’accompagne depuis plus de 15 ans managers, équipes et organisations à franchir des caps, en gardant l’humain et le vivant au cœur de l’action. Mon approche s’appuie sur l’agilité, le coaching intégral et une inspiration tiré... Show more

Mårten Rånge

Mårten Rånge

Mårten Rånge is a consultant, developer, and software architect with nearly 30 years of experience building applications. He has worked at Microsoft, WCOM, and Ericsson, and now works at Contracting Works AS.

Mårten Rånge is a consultant, developer, and software architect with nearly 30 years of experience building applications. He has worked at Microsoft, WCOM, and Ericsson, and now works at Contracting Works AS. Show more

Chimzibudu Chiorlu

Chimzibudu Chiorlu

Chimzibudu Chiorlu is a product-driven full-stack developer with expertise in building scalable systems, leading teams, and turning ideas into measurable business outcomes. A lifelong learner, math enthusiast, and former robotics hobbyist, Chimzi is passionate about teaching, collaboration, and leveraging technology to drive innovation and growth.

Chimzibudu Chiorlu is a product-driven full-stack developer with expertise in building scalable systems, leading teams, and turning ideas into measurable business outcomes. A lifelong learner, math enthusiast, and former robotics hobbyist, Chimzi is ... Show more

Gagan Preet Singh

Gagan Preet Singh

Gagan Preet Singh is a Principal AI Architect at HP Inc., specializing in the engineering of automated AI workflows and agent-based systems for enterprise finance. With over 12 years of experience at the intersection of Data Science, Finance, and Computational Physics, Gagan designs and deploys autonomous decision-support engines that integrate large-scale data processing with specialized AI agents.

Previously, Gagan led global initiatives to standardize machine learning development, modular architecture, and deployment hygiene across international data science teams. His work focuses on transforming unstructured or noisy financial data into structured, actionable insights through the development of robust, auditable AI frameworks. An active member of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, Gagan holds an MS in Physics from IISER Mohali, with a research background in computational simulation and N-body modeling.

Gagan Preet Singh is a Principal AI Architect at HP Inc., specializing in the engineering of automated AI workflows and agent-based systems for enterprise finance. With over 12 years of experience at the intersection of Data Science, Finance, and Com... Show more

Salma Mayorquin

Salma Mayorquin

I'm Salma Mayorquin, co-founder and CEO of Remyx AI, where we're building decision intelligence for AI engineering teams. Before Remyx, I worked with startups and Fortune 500 customers as a Solutions Architect at Databricks, helping them put ML into production. I write about ML infrastructure and experimentation on smellslike.ml, and our open-source work at Remyx (VQASynth, SpaceLLaVA) is cited by Google DeepMind on their official SpatialVLM page and used as benchmark baselines in ICLR 2026 papers. UC Berkeley math grad. Outside work, I swim laps and play guitar at jam sessions.

I'm Salma Mayorquin, co-founder and CEO of Remyx AI, where we're building decision intelligence for AI engineering teams. Before Remyx, I worked with startups and Fortune 500 customers as a Solutions Architect at Databricks, helping them put ML into ... Show more

Mike Loumeau

Mike Loumeau

So Cal native, now live in Phoenix, 17th year in channel; focus on Microsoft ERP, CRM, Azure, Power Platform, and love ISVs!

So Cal native, now live in Phoenix, 17th year in channel; focus on Microsoft ERP, CRM, Azure, Power Platform, and love ISVs! Show more

Shana Dacres-Lawrence

Shana Dacres-Lawrence

Shana is an accomplished Senior Architect with over 13 years of experience and a strong foundation in Cyber Security and Software development. She has successfully led and delivered complex, high-quality consulting and architecture projects, including systems of critical national importance. Shana has also played a pivotal role in architecting one of the largest cloud transformations and migrations in Europe and designed an award-winning CIAM solution for a major electricity system operator.

A passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in technology, Shana has been instrumental in establishing and driving internal communities within the organisations she has worked for. She is dedicated to attracting, retaining, and promoting women in tech. Shana is also the founder of ArchitectHer, a community platform devoted to supporting, inspiring, and elevating women in technology architecture.

Shana is an accomplished Senior Architect with over 13 years of experience and a strong foundation in Cyber Security and Software development. She has successfully led and delivered complex, high-quality consulting and architecture projects, includin... Show more

Zhao Snow

Zhao Snow

Snow has decades of Silicon Valley experience building and scaling technology organizations at Facebook, Block (Cash App), and Groupon. She is currently building at AIgentic, an applied AI company designing robust, trustworthy AI systems for professional industries. She leads global teams that delivered secure, high-performance systems used by billions, from product infrastructure behind Messenger’s rewrite and end-to-end encryption, to architecting enterprise AI platforms that bridge traditional sectors with digital transformation. Her work has spanned mobile, security, open-source, federated architecture, AI-powered automation, cross-platform software ecosystems, and more — always guided by the principle that engineering excellence is a human discipline as much as a technical one.

Snow has decades of Silicon Valley experience building and scaling technology organizations at Facebook, Block (Cash App), and Groupon. She is currently building at AIgentic, an applied AI company designing robust, trustworthy AI systems for professi... Show more

Luke Menzies

Luke Menzies

I am a data scientist at Advancing Analytics that has been in the field for over four years. Before entering the data science world, I completed a PhD in computational materials modelling for applications in nuclear fusion. I have always taken an interest in using the language of mathematics to deliver tangible solutions to the world around me.

I am a data scientist at Advancing Analytics that has been in the field for over four years. Before entering the data science world, I completed a PhD in computational materials modelling for applications in nuclear fusion. I have always taken an int... Show more

Benjamin Elfen

Benjamin Elfen

Benjamin is a developer at a large international pharmaceutical company, where he engineers solutions for a healthier world. He's passionate about engineering in all its forms - whether that's software architecture, 3D printing, smart-home automations, or wrenching on cars and motorcycles. An open-source enthusiast and relentless problem-solver by nature, he's happiest when tinkering with something new. Off the clock, he plays the drums, makes music, and most recently joined the local volunteer fire brigade.

Benjamin is a developer at a large international pharmaceutical company, where he engineers solutions for a healthier world. He's passionate about engineering in all its forms - whether that's software architecture, 3D printing, smart-home automation... Show more

Denise Bronner

Denise Bronner

Denise N Bronner, Ph.D. has roughly 15 years of organizational thought leadership experience within the global healthcare space and has held various roles in academia, consulting, pharma, and venture capital. During her career, she has specialized in health equity, data-driven global therapy program strategy development, pitch and storytelling refinement, and identifying business opportunities within pharma. Beyond her professional endeavors, she's passionate about enhancing diversity in STEM fields, serving on advisory boards, participating as a judge in pitch/business competitions, and mentoring young professionals. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from Wayne State University, a Ph.D. in Microbiology & Immunology from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, and certification from the Venture Capital Executive Program from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She is the founder of Empactful Ventures which currently consults healthcare-focused startups and venture funds, she is a member of the Clinical Leader editorial board, a Board Director for healthtech startup Naviday Health, and a Board Director for the patient advocacy group We Are ILL.

Denise N Bronner, Ph.D. has roughly 15 years of organizational thought leadership experience within the global healthcare space and has held various roles in academia, consulting, pharma, and venture capital. During her career, she has specialized in... Show more

Annalisa Arcella

Annalisa Arcella

Senior Manager of ML Engineering, AI thought leader with 10+ years working worldwide from biomedical research, IoT, to financial service and digital media. She is a cloud enthusiastic, public speaker and active tech advocate among the Google Developers Community as Women TechMakers Ambassador.

Senior Manager of ML Engineering, AI thought leader with 10+ years working worldwide from biomedical research, IoT, to financial service and digital media. She is a cloud enthusiastic, public speaker and active tech advocate among the Google Develope... Show more

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