Physical & Life Sciences

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

Daniela Chiru

Daniela Chiru

AntiFragile Mindset and Leadership Professional/Adaptive Organisation Design/Brain-Based Learning Expert/Plenary Speaker International Conference Soft Skills Development/ Motivation at Play in Institutional Contexts Author/ EODF member/Community Agile Marketing Italia

AntiFragile Mindset and Leadership Professional/Adaptive Organisation Design/Brain-Based Learning Expert/Plenary Speaker International Conference Soft Skills Development/ Motivation at Play in Institutional Contexts Author/ EODF member/Community Agil... Show more

Joscha Wirtz

Joscha Wirtz

Joscha Wirtz is project lead of the RRI Hub at the Technical University in Aachen (RWTH). The hub initiates and supports projects in the fields of "social innovation", "impact architectures" and "social responsibility of universities". His research focuses on complex systems engineering and the traceability of digital and non-digital resource flows to accelerate the circular transition on a European level.

Joscha Wirtz is project lead of the RRI Hub at the Technical University in Aachen (RWTH). The hub initiates and supports projects in the fields of "social innovation", "impact architectures" and "social responsibility of universities". His research ... Show more

Hüseyin Bilgen

Hüseyin Bilgen

I was born in North Cyprus and living in Istanbul/Turkey. I have one daughter and one boy. I enjoy taking photos, reading books and cooking.
As a result of being using comupters since I'm 12, I studied Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and then jumped to SAP Basis area in 1999. Done lots of projects and conducted technical trainings around Europe and Middle East area between 2005-2012.
In 2013, I founded CoreToEdge with 5 consultants to do SAP on Cloud business. For this purpose, we've signed Partnership with SAP, AWS and then Microsoft to do SAP business on Cloud.
We're providing Private Cloud for Global companies (40 companies inc. Apple, Shell, Amazon, Google) since 2013 and also deployed many S/4HANA GreenField or BrownField projects on Private and Public Clouds. Penti Giyim and Mopas are some of our Global Success Stories we deployed in 2018 and still providing Managed SAP and Cloud.
In 2019, my company CoreToEdge is acquired by GlassHouse ( Mediterra Capital PE Company) to accelerate their Cloud and SAP adoption and I'm currently working as a Lead SAP Architect and Business Development Executive at GlassHouse.

I was born in North Cyprus and living in Istanbul/Turkey. I have one daughter and one boy. I enjoy taking photos, reading books and cooking. As a result of being using comupters since I'm 12, I studied Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering a... Show more

Shannon Rollins

Shannon Rollins

Shannon Rollins is a Performance Coach with more than eight years of experience enabling individuals to improve their mental health and physical wellbeing through one-on-one coaching, group wellness programs, corporate workshops, and health education services.

Through her corporate workshops and motivational speaking engagements, companies turn to Rollins to help increase their employee productivity and engagement. With experience developing solutions for thousands of employees nationwide; her end goal is to help individuals live happier, healthier, and more fulfilled lives.

Rollins possesses a Master of Science degree in Health Education & Behavior from the University of Florida. To complement her professional experience, Rollins is a Certified Health Education Specialist, a Master Certified Life Coach, a Certified Integrative Health Coach, and a Certified Career Coach. Rollins currently resides in Orlando, Florida, where she spends her time enjoying the sun, reading books, and developing new wellness programs.

Shannon Rollins is a Performance Coach with more than eight years of experience enabling individuals to improve their mental health and physical wellbeing through one-on-one coaching, group wellness programs, corporate workshops, and health education... Show more

Jannis Born

Jannis Born

Jannis is a first-year PhD. student jointly between the Computational Systems Biology group at IBM Research in Zurich and the Machine Learning for Computational Biology group at ETH Zurich. His main Ph.D. topic intersects systems biology and drug discovery using deep learning methods. His current research also involves explainable medical image analysis of ultrasound.

He received a BSc. in Cognitive Science and a MSc. in Neural Systems and Computation (both with highest distinction). In 2019, he was awarded the FXH Scientific Excellence Award from Roche, a scientific excellence award about the future of healthcare. He received several scholarships, is an iOS developer and co-founded a summer school in computational neuroscience.

Jannis is a first-year PhD. student jointly between the Computational Systems Biology group at IBM Research in Zurich and the Machine Learning for Computational Biology group at ETH Zurich. His main Ph.D. topic intersects systems biology and drug dis... Show more

Marina Ivasic-Kos

Marina Ivasic-Kos

Marina Ivasic-Kos is an Associate Professor at the Department of informatics, University of Rijeka. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb in 2012. She was involved in several business and research projects in information and computer science fields as well as several ICT COST and Erasmus+ projects. She is the leader of the research project Automatic recognition of actions and activities in multimedia content from the sports domain and principal researcher at project Knowledge-based approach to crowd analysis in video surveillance both funded by National Research Agency.
Her research interests are focused on artificial intelligence, computer vision, knowledge representation, and soft computing. She is a technical committee member and reviewer for numerous scientific conferences and reviewer for high-cited journals such as Elsevier Pattern Recognition Journal (PR), Expert Systems with Applications (ESWA), IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Transactions on Cybernetics, Signal Processing and Access, International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems, MDPI Sensors, and Entropy.

Marina Ivasic-Kos is an Associate Professor at the Department of informatics, University of Rijeka. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb in 2012. She was involved in several busines... Show more

Calistus Igwilo

Calistus Igwilo

Calistus Igwilo holds an MSc from the University of Nottingham. He has practical experience in managing cloud infrastructure and deploying apps in Docker containers.

Calistus Igwilo holds an MSc from the University of Nottingham. He has practical experience in managing cloud infrastructure and deploying apps in Docker containers. Show more

Per Bay

Per Bay

Per Bay är en av de mest erfarna affärssystemskonsulterna på Dynamics 365 Business Central i Sverige. Under drygt 20 år har han deltagit i ett 100-tal upphandlingar och implementationer av affärssystem.

Per Bay är en av de mest erfarna affärssystemskonsulterna på Dynamics 365 Business Central i Sverige. Under drygt 20 år har han deltagit i ett 100-tal upphandlingar och implementationer av affärssystem. Show more

Shruti Sharma

Shruti Sharma

Shruti Sharma has been part of the BI team at Ingram for 3 years, where among other things she was involved in designing and execution of a sales and operations reporting dashboard for publishers. She is extending her skill set by doing a Data Science Bootcamp at the Nashville Software School. She also holds a PhD in Cellular Biochemistry from Max Plank Institute for Biochemistry, Munich, Germany.

Shruti Sharma has been part of the BI team at Ingram for 3 years, where among other things she was involved in designing and execution of a sales and operations reporting dashboard for publishers. She is extending her skill set by doing a Data Scienc... Show more

Chantelle Fitzgerald

Chantelle Fitzgerald

Chantelle Fitzgerald is the Founder of Mindset Strategies, LLC a leadership development consulting firm that helps to train and support leaders in becoming the best version of themselves. Mindset Strategies, provides training and tangible tools that help with increase of attention, focus, productivity, resiliency and more. Chantelle is a certified mindfulness and emotional intelligence trainer through a program called Search Inside Yourself -- a program founded out of Google that blends mindfulness with emotional intelligence and neuroscience.
Chantelle is also a host of an online TV show called Mindset on RVNTV.TV where she interviews industry leaders to learn about challenges they faced and their “Mindset” to push through.
Prior to starting her own company, Chantelle has had a wealth of experience in the private/corporate, non-profit and higher education sectors, which expands over a 15 years. She has lead business development efforts, sales, marketing, that resulted in being recognized as the top sales rep for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, raised over $1M dollars for the American Heart Association, created international study abroad programs in the midwest for EF Education First and more. Throughout her career and across sectors, Chantelle has seen a need for the enhanced skill set of emotional intelligence and mindfulness in the workplace. Thus, Chantelle is thrilled to provide trainings to leaders companies and organizations.
Chantelle holds a Master’s in Nonprofit/NGO Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania and BA in French with Secondary Certification from Muhlenberg College. She has served as board chair for the Young Professionals Network of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, board member for the International House of Philadelphia, iPraxis and IMPACT Philadelphia. Chantelle also loves to travel internationally, enjoys cooking, reading, meditation and salsa dancing.

Chantelle Fitzgerald is the Founder of Mindset Strategies, LLC a leadership development consulting firm that helps to train and support leaders in becoming the best version of themselves. Mindset Strategies, provides training and tangible tools that ... Show more

Emily Kearney

Emily Kearney

Emily Kearney is the Project Director of Tech & Biotech at the Unconscious Bias Project. She is also pursuing her PhD in Environmental Science at UC Berkeley and is passionate about data science, open source, and chocolate pollination.

Emily Kearney is the Project Director of Tech & Biotech at the Unconscious Bias Project. She is also pursuing her PhD in Environmental Science at UC Berkeley and is passionate about data science, open source, and chocolate pollination. Show more

Jake Litwicki

Jake Litwicki

A pretty nice guy

A pretty nice guy Show more

Andrei Luchici

Andrei Luchici

I am the co-founder of a consulting company helping mid-size companies on the road to AI and IoT. I spend most of my time building products and services using data, advanced analytics and machine learning algorithms.

When I am not creating data solutions, I write code that helps researchers in cell motility to understand how cells move and interact with each other or I blog about data science, machine learning, and other related topics.

I am the co-founder of a consulting company helping mid-size companies on the road to AI and IoT. I spend most of my time building products and services using data, advanced analytics and machine learning algorithms. When I am not creating data so... Show more

Lakshmi Ponnurasan

Lakshmi Ponnurasan

Meet our dedicated data professional and Microsoft Certified Power BI specialist! With expertise in data analysis and visualization, she is passionate about transforming raw data into actionable insights. Armed with an in-depth understanding of Power BI's advanced capabilities, she is known for her creative and innovative reports that make data come alive through visualization.

Currently serving as a Product Lead, she juggles diverse responsibilities with finesse- From conducting thorough market research to serving as a meticulous tester, collaborating with teams, generating fresh ideas, assisting in marketing efforts, and creating engaging content.

An engaging speaker and avid knowledge sharer, she actively contributes to the data community through their Medium blog, empowering fellow enthusiasts with tips and best practices. Committed to diversity and inclusion, she mentors aspiring professionals, particularly women, to unlock their full potential in the data field.

Beyond data, she is a proud Corgi paw parent who loves outdoor adventures and exploring diverse cuisines as a dedicated foodie.

Meet our dedicated data professional and Microsoft Certified Power BI specialist! With expertise in data analysis and visualization, she is passionate about transforming raw data into actionable insights. Armed with an in-depth understanding of Power... Show more

Patrick Drechsler

Patrick Drechsler

Dr. Patrick Drechsler is a software developer and architect at MATHEMA GmbH. His current focus is on Domain-Driven Design and Functional Programming. You have a good chance of meeting him at regional software crafting events such as Softwerkskammer or other local meetups.

Dr. Patrick Drechsler is a software developer and architect at MATHEMA GmbH. His current focus is on Domain-Driven Design and Functional Programming. You have a good chance of meeting him at regional software crafting events such as Softwerkskammer o... Show more

Markus Schüttler

Markus Schüttler

Markus is Senior Consultant at TNG Technology Consulting. From OR planning systems at the University Hospital Erlangen to evaluation and simulation of X-ray experiments at the Technical University of Munich, he has always been interested in complex software problems. At TNG, besides full-stack development, he also likes to deal with software architecture and requirements analysis, preferably in the environment of modern cloud technologies. Currently he supports a customer in the development and delivery of software for the visualization of vehicles.

Markus is Senior Consultant at TNG Technology Consulting. From OR planning systems at the University Hospital Erlangen to evaluation and simulation of X-ray experiments at the Technical University of Munich, he has always been interested in complex s... Show more

Oussama Ben wafi

Oussama Ben wafi

Oussama is an experienced Android engineer since the ages of Java and ADT. He likes the native approach for mobile development and Kotlin is his favorite programming language. He loves talking to people from around the world about anything mobile or culture.

Oussama is an experienced Android engineer since the ages of Java and ADT. He likes the native approach for mobile development and Kotlin is his favorite programming language. He loves talking to people from around the world about anything mobile or ... Show more

Chidi Nwankpa

Chidi Nwankpa

Dr. Chidi Nwankpa is the Co-Founder and CEO of GlobalHealth AI, where she pioneers the integration of artificial intelligence into healthcare solutions with a focus on underserved populations. With a multidisciplinary background in healthcare, business, and AI, Dr. Nwankpa is deeply committed to leveraging innovative technologies to address critical global health challenges. She received her MD degree from the University of Benin and her MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Dr. Chidi Nwankpa is the Co-Founder and CEO of GlobalHealth AI, where she pioneers the integration of artificial intelligence into healthcare solutions with a focus on underserved populations. With a multidisciplinary background in healthcare, busine... Show more

Ali Akram

Ali Akram

I'm an Agile advocate on a mission to show a bit of my passion for servant leadership and personal growth into the world of software development.
I talk about creating a PLACE where people feel engaged, trusted, and encouraged to grow.
Open communication is my way of being because it's the secret sauce to building genuine trust within teams.
Right now, I am currently supporting software delivery in the public sector achieve their goals and coaching teams to develop their Agile maturity

I'm an Agile advocate on a mission to show a bit of my passion for servant leadership and personal growth into the world of software development. I talk about creating a PLACE where people feel engaged, trusted, and encouraged to grow. Open commun... Show more

Chanel Power

Chanel Power

Chanel, a seasoned Chemist and Mathematician turned Machine Learning Engineer, is passionate about enhancing user experiences with trained model technologies. In May 2020, Chanel founded the Mentor Me Collective to empower first-generation technologists with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to pursue their passions, achieve their dreams, and make a positive impact on society through mentorship, education, and community. Since then, Mentor Me Collective has grown to a global audience of over 30K members across four continents.

Through her leadership, she has facilitated over 400 first-generation individuals in securing six-figure tech careers, totaling over $30M in compensation. Known for her dynamic conference sessions, she has spoken at prestigious events and dedicated her expertise to uplifting various tech communities, aiming to amplify first-generation representation. Her mission is to cultivate community, develop first-generation talent, and increase awareness around careers in the tech industry.

Chanel, a seasoned Chemist and Mathematician turned Machine Learning Engineer, is passionate about enhancing user experiences with trained model technologies. In May 2020, Chanel founded the Mentor Me Collective to empower first-generation technologi... Show more

Sofía Platas

Sofía Platas

Hey! I'm a technical consultant from Madrid. I've been working for years with D365CE and PowerPlatform, trying to increase their capabilities with Azure. I am a proud part of the Dynamics community and love participating in conferences and events to share my knowledge and learn about other people's experiences and new functionalities.

Hey! I'm a technical consultant from Madrid. I've been working for years with D365CE and PowerPlatform, trying to increase their capabilities with Azure. I am a proud part of the Dynamics community and love participating in conferences and events to ... Show more

Jason Nelson

Jason Nelson

Jason Nelson provides consultative packaged offerings from his company Necessary Security, LLC. The focus of the company is around threat modeling and cloud security architecture advisory services to build programs and initiate and mature capability. Jason has worked directly for many of the largest banks in the world and has over 20 years of security industry experiences. He has worked in multiple countries and across several industries managing teams and influencing leaders. He has built threat modeling programs that have taken the journey from start-up to highly mature and globally scaled and regulatory approved. In his last experience Jason built the threat modeling and cloud security architecture programs from the ground up and they are now the bar for the financially regulated industry in the United States.

Jason Nelson provides consultative packaged offerings from his company Necessary Security, LLC. The focus of the company is around threat modeling and cloud security architecture advisory services to build programs and initiate and mature capability... Show more

Felicita Sandoval

Felicita Sandoval

Felicita Sandoval is a cybersecurity and AI expert, currently serving as a Cybersecurity Professional and AI researcher and pursuing her doctorate at Colorado Technical University. Her work centers on protecting digital assets, ensuring compliance, and advancing AI research. A skilled and engaging speaker, she frequently shares insights on AI and cybersecurity practices. Felicita is also the founder of Intelli G, a new business dedicated to preparing the future workforce for AI automation.

Felicita Sandoval is a cybersecurity and AI expert, currently serving as a Cybersecurity Professional and AI researcher and pursuing her doctorate at Colorado Technical University. Her work centers on protecting digital assets, ensuring compliance, a... Show more

Tiffany Songvilay

Tiffany Songvilay

Tiffany is a SharePoint solutions product owner with 20 years’ experience in Modern Workplace who began her career at Microsoft supporting Office 2003. At Avanade, she is the global tech lead for the Copilot Adoption Program and currently delivers prompt-a-thons and demonstrations for her clients. She has a deep understanding of the Workplace Experience market, the problems and opportunities it presents, and the solutions and services that Microsoft offers. Her industry experience spans across public and financial services, products, and resources, and she is a favorite amongst her peers for her ability to present content in a fun and engaging way.

Tiffany is a SharePoint solutions product owner with 20 years’ experience in Modern Workplace who began her career at Microsoft supporting Office 2003. At Avanade, she is the global tech lead for the Copilot Adoption Program and currently delivers pr... Show more

Jannik Reinhard

Jannik Reinhard

My name is Jannik Reinhard and I'm 25 years old and I am work in the internal IT department of the largest chemical company in the world. I am a senior solution architect in the area of modern device management and technical lead of AIOPS (AI of IT Operation).

My name is Jannik Reinhard and I'm 25 years old and I am work in the internal IT department of the largest chemical company in the world. I am a senior solution architect in the area of modern device management and technical lead of AIOPS (AI of IT O... Show more

Jeongkyu Shin

Jeongkyu Shin

Jeongkyu Shin, Lablup Inc. founder, has contributed to open-source projects like Textcube and represented South Korea on the Northeast Asia OSS Promotion Forum. A Google Developers Expert and Cloud Innovator, he influences AI work and mentors at Google for Startups. Holding a Ph.D. in Statistical Physics from POSTECH, he leads AI and open-source initiatives including Backend.AI.

Jeongkyu Shin, Lablup Inc. founder, has contributed to open-source projects like Textcube and represented South Korea on the Northeast Asia OSS Promotion Forum. A Google Developers Expert and Cloud Innovator, he influences AI work and mentors at Goog... Show more

Bethan Hughes

Bethan Hughes

Bethan Hughes is an Associate Partner Innovation Engineer at Confluent in the Partner Applied Solutions Integrations team. She has experience building and validating real-time data streaming pipelines which connect to Confluent Cloud and Confluent Platform.

Bethan Hughes is an Associate Partner Innovation Engineer at Confluent in the Partner Applied Solutions Integrations team. She has experience building and validating real-time data streaming pipelines which connect to Confluent Cloud and Confluent Pl... Show more

Aarushi Kansal

Aarushi Kansal

Aarushi is a passionate and seasoned AI engineer, currently working at AutoGPT - one of the most popular projects on GitHubm aiming to democratize AI. Previously she has initiated and lead Generative AI at Bumble as a principal engineer. She has also been a software engineer at iconic companies such as ThoughtWorks, Deliveroo and Tier Mobility.

Aarushi is a passionate and seasoned AI engineer, currently working at AutoGPT - one of the most popular projects on GitHubm aiming to democratize AI. Previously she has initiated and lead Generative AI at Bumble as a principal engineer. She has also... Show more

Kirk Barnes

Kirk Barnes

Bio

Kirk Barnes is an author, entrepreneur, speaker, investor and super connector. Kirk’s mission is to help over 1 million people learn the art and science of intentional relationship building and storytelling, by teaching his L.E.N.S. Principles, which consists of Leadership, Entrepreneurship/innovation, Networking and Sales Excellence.

Kirk is the author of Networking…The Path to Profit, Promotions and Power, as well as numerous articles in Forbes. Additionally, Kirk’s engagements include Program Director for the Southeast MBDA Minority Business Growth Hub, Co-Chair of TogetherHealth, Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the University of Miami Innovation Coulter Center, Board Member of the Ora Lee Cancer Research Foundation, Advisory Council of The Tulsa Innovation Labs, Partner for the Georgia Institute of Technology, Enterprise Innovation Institute, former EIR for the Engage Venture Fund and commercialization partner with foreign governments such as Canada, Argentina and Colombia.

He is the Co-Founder and CEO of TransPharMed, an international business development firm that uses their 25/15/60 CAP Selling Model ®and networking to accelerate the sales cycle of healthcare technology & innovation. Kirk has worked with corporations, venture capital firms, startups, accelerators and governments to help their businesses successfully scale.

Previously, Kirk raised the funds to launch the inaugural healthcare technology program overseeing 40 startups at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), which serves the entire state of Georgia and is housed at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Kirk is married with two wonderful children. In his spare time, he enjoys music, hiking, golfing, exploring new technology, traveling the world and spending time with friends and family.

Kirk holds a B.A. in Economics from Florida A&M University. (Go Rattlers!)

Bio Kirk Barnes is an author, entrepreneur, speaker, investor and super connector. Kirk’s mission is to help over 1 million people learn the art and science of intentional relationship building and storytelling, by teaching his L.E.N.S. Principles... Show more

Marc Wolfe

Marc Wolfe

Turning Conversations Into Business Outcomes

Turning Conversations Into Business Outcomes Show more

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