Physical & Life Sciences

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

Rahma Hasna Bedla

Rahma Hasna Bedla

I am an accomplished IT Business Analyst with over 6 years of experience in analyzing, optimizing, and designing information systems, currently working as a Freelancer. My strong technical foundation, combined with an analytical and solution-oriented mindset, enables me to bridge business needs with IT capabilities across diverse industries, including technology, science, governance, and telecommunications, as well as across multiple countries, such as Luxembourg, France, Belgium, and Algeria.

I am an accomplished IT Business Analyst with over 6 years of experience in analyzing, optimizing, and designing information systems, currently working as a Freelancer. My strong technical foundation, combined with an analytical and solution-oriented... Show more

Shekh Emran

Shekh Emran

I work as a Validation Specialist and Business Development Manager at Feicon Oy in Finland. My primary responsibility is equipment validation, supporting pharmaceutical and life science companies in ensuring that critical equipment is installed, tested, and documented in compliance with GMP requirements. This includes planning and executing qualification activities, reviewing documentation, and working with project teams to ensure systems are ready for routine operation.

In addition to technical validation work, I am involved in business development activities, particularly identifying new project opportunities, supporting client relationships, and contributing to our company’s expansion into new markets and services.

I hold a PhD in Applied Physics from the University of Eastern Finland. My professional focus is on practical, compliant validation of pharmaceutical equipment and supporting organizations in maintaining reliable and inspection-ready operations.

I work as a Validation Specialist and Business Development Manager at Feicon Oy in Finland. My primary responsibility is equipment validation, supporting pharmaceutical and life science companies in ensuring that critical equipment is installed, test... Show more

Kiran Kaur Raina

Kiran Kaur Raina

Founder & CEO of NucleQi, Quantum Security Research Engineer & Evangelist at Vyapti Resonance, Quantum Machine Learning and Cryptography Researcher, Classiq Brand Ambassador, Consultant & EdTech Content Creator. I help companies, brands and universities through technical keynotes, high impact workshops, executive trainings, and by strengthening their brand visibility, positioning, and quantum marketing strategy.

Founder & CEO of NucleQi, Quantum Security Research Engineer & Evangelist at Vyapti Resonance, Quantum Machine Learning and Cryptography Researcher, Classiq Brand Ambassador, Consultant & EdTech Content Creator. I help companies, brands and universit... Show more

Michele Brambilla

Michele Brambilla

Michele Brambilla is a Senior Software Engineer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), specializing in Platform Engineering for High-Performance Computing. Armed with a PhD in computational physics and battle scars from instrumenting neutron sources at the Paul Scherrer Institut, he now tackles the challenge of automating bare-metal infrastructure at supercomputer scale. On the Platform Automation team, Michele develops software-defined solutions for the "Alps" infrastructure, while also serving on the observability team to ensure these massive systems remain manageable, debuggable, and - ideally- boring.

Michele Brambilla is a Senior Software Engineer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), specializing in Platform Engineering for High-Performance Computing. Armed with a PhD in computational physics and battle scars from instrumenting neu... Show more

Dominik Fischer

Dominik Fischer

Dr. Dominik Fischer:
More than ten years of experience in science management and strategic university development

Professional Experience:
Founder of Fischer Strategy | Science and Strategy consultancy, since 2024

Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, 2020–2024 – Science Manager for an international research environment at the interface of molecular biology, infection medicine, and science policy.

Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, 2013–2020 – Office of the President, responsible for strategic initiatives, institutional development, recruitments, and cross-faculty projects.

Academic Qualifications:
Doctorate in Natural Sciences
Diploma in Geography

Dr. Dominik Fischer: More than ten years of experience in science management and strategic university development Professional Experience: Founder of Fischer Strategy | Science and Strategy consultancy, since 2024 Laboratory for Molecular Inf... Show more

Katrin Hochberg

Katrin Hochberg

Katrin Hochberg hat am KIT Karlsruhe Deutsch und Physik für das Lehramt an Gymnasien studiert und an der TU Kaiserslautern in Physikdidaktik promoviert. Seit 2024 arbeitet sie im Referat für Lehrentwicklung und Qualitätssicherung an der RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau und im Bereich Strategie und Innovation.

Katrin Hochberg hat am KIT Karlsruhe Deutsch und Physik für das Lehramt an Gymnasien studiert und an der TU Kaiserslautern in Physikdidaktik promoviert. Seit 2024 arbeitet sie im Referat für Lehrentwicklung und Qualitätssicherung an der RPTU Kaisersl... Show more

Maren Kuhne

Maren Kuhne

Dr. Maren Kuhne ist wiss. Mitarbeiterin im Studiengang Humanmedizin an der MSB. Ihre Passion liegt in der Konzeption innovativer Lehrkonzepte. Sie schafft es, durch ihre eigene Begeisterung für biochemische Themen und den Einsatz modernster didaktischer Methoden die Studierenden mitzureißen. Aktuell vertieft sie ihr Wissen im Bereich Bildungswissenschaften durch das Studium „Medical & Health Education“ an der MSH.
Neben der Lehre in der Humanmedizin und Biotechnologie liegt ihr wissenschaftlicher Schwerpunkt in der immunologisch-zellbiologischen Grundlagenforschung. Sie kann jahrelange Forschungstätigkeit im Bereich der Herstellung monoklonaler Antikörper sowie eine Promotion an der FU Berlin/Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin auf dem Gebiet der T-Zell-Immunologie nachweisen.

Dr. Maren Kuhne ist wiss. Mitarbeiterin im Studiengang Humanmedizin an der MSB. Ihre Passion liegt in der Konzeption innovativer Lehrkonzepte. Sie schafft es, durch ihre eigene Begeisterung für biochemische Themen und den Einsatz modernster didaktisc... Show more

Fisikopoulos Vissarion

Fisikopoulos Vissarion

Vissarion leads development at GeomScale, a NumFOCUS-affiliated
organization focused on scalable geometric computing. His work sits at
the intersection of computational geometry, spatial databases, statistics,
and algorithm engineering. He has contributed to numerous open-source
projects including the Boost C++ Libraries and MySQL.

He currently works as a software engineer on LibreOffice at The Document
Foundation and as a researcher at the National Technical University of
Athens (NTUA), contributing to satellite observation projects.

Vissarion serves as an editor for the Journal of Open Source Software and has mentored over 20 students through Google Summer of Code, MSc, and PhD programs. A regular speaker at technology conferences, he also teaches MSc courses in computational geometry and algorithm engineering at University of Athens.

Vissarion leads development at GeomScale, a NumFOCUS-affiliated organization focused on scalable geometric computing. His work sits at the intersection of computational geometry, spatial databases, statistics, and algorithm engineering. He has con... Show more

Valeshka Huamaní

Valeshka Huamaní

Valeshka Huamaní es estudiante de Ingeniería Biomédica apasionada por la tecnología aplicada a la salud y el impacto social. Obtuvo el 1.er puesto en Innovación y 3.er puesto general en una iniciativa del 8M junto a IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) y fue semifinalista de PASKA 2026 con el proyecto Yuyay, enfocado en el desarrollo de una solución tecnológica para el apoyo y detección de crisis epilépticas. En 2025 formó parte del Parlamento Escolar, fortaleciendo su liderazgo juvenil. Actualmente impulsa proyectos de inteligencia artificial y tecnología biomédica con el objetivo de generar soluciones accesibles e inspirar a más mujeres a ingresar a STEM.

Valeshka Huamaní es estudiante de Ingeniería Biomédica apasionada por la tecnología aplicada a la salud y el impacto social. Obtuvo el 1.er puesto en Innovación y 3.er puesto general en una iniciativa del 8M junto a IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) y ... Show more

Shardul Vaidya

Shardul Vaidya

Shardul Vaidya is a Partner Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services, where he focuses on generative AI and developer experience. As the former worldwide architect for Next-Generation Developer Experience, he's spent years at the frontier of how AI is reshaping software engineering — evaluating and building developer tools that actually ship. Today he leads initiatives around agentic governance and AI agent infrastructure at AWS, tackling the exact verification and trust problems at the heart of this talk: how do you prove an autonomous system is doing the right thing? His background spans cloud-native architecture, open-source contributions, and research in optical communications at Georgia State University. He's based in Atlanta and self-hosts everything he can get away with.

Shardul Vaidya is a Partner Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services, where he focuses on generative AI and developer experience. As the former worldwide architect for Next-Generation Developer Experience, he's spent years at the frontier of how AI... Show more

Almudena Barreiro Carrillo

Almudena Barreiro Carrillo

Almudena Barreiro es cofundadora de Data for Good Madrid, una iniciativa sin ánimo de lucro que ayuda a organizaciones del tercer sector a aprovechar el poder de los datos para generar impacto social. Su trabajo se centra en el uso ético e inclusivo de la inteligencia artificial, con un fuerte compromiso hacia valores como la equidad, la transparencia y la protección de la dignidad humana.

Actualmente es consultora y científica de datos en Next Digital, donde lidera proyectos relacionados con la calidad del dato, analítica predictiva e inteligencia artificial responsable. Combina una sólida formación en matemáticas y estadística con experiencia técnica aplicada y una mirada crítica sobre el impacto de los sistemas algorítmicos en la sociedad.

Además, colabora en Sesgo404, una sección del canal de YouTube Sirviendo Código, donde analiza las implicaciones éticas y sociales de la IA para acercar estos temas complejos a una audiencia más amplia.

Almudena Barreiro es cofundadora de Data for Good Madrid, una iniciativa sin ánimo de lucro que ayuda a organizaciones del tercer sector a aprovechar el poder de los datos para generar impacto social. Su trabajo se centra en el uso ético e inclusivo ... Show more

Phil Choo

Phil Choo

Phil Choo is a Professor of Graphic Design at Penn State University and a recognized leader in the integration of service design with ecological literacy. With over 10 years of advanced experience in higher education, Professor Choo specializes in developing interdisciplinary curricula that frame design as a vital tool for civic engagement and environmental stewardship. He successfully spearheaded the collaboration between the Penn State Graphic Design program and the Frost Museum of Entomology, leading students through a rigorous, four-phased workflow (Discovery, Definition, Development, and Delivery) to visualize complex biological data. His pedagogical models focus on creating high-impact public exhibitions that combine visual communication with curated biological specimens, establishing a replicable standard for multi-sensory sustainability education in higher education.

Phil Choo is a Professor of Graphic Design at Penn State University and a recognized leader in the integration of service design with ecological literacy. With over 10 years of advanced experience in higher education, Professor Choo specializes in de... Show more

Artur Bulatov

Artur Bulatov

20 years of experience at the intersection of technology and business. Artur's career spans OEM product development with Asian manufacturers, SaaS solutions for enterprise clients, and hands-on experience at a Silicon Valley startup. Artur has deep expertise in implementing both hardware and software IT solutions in retail and trade environments, with a sharp focus on the musical instruments and professional live sound equipment markets. He holds an MBA in Marketing and is known for his rigorous approach to market research and go-to-market strategy development.

20 years of experience at the intersection of technology and business. Artur's career spans OEM product development with Asian manufacturers, SaaS solutions for enterprise clients, and hands-on experience at a Silicon Valley startup. Artur has deep e... Show more

Ajmal Dookhan

Ajmal Dookhan

Ajmal Dookhan is the founder of NextCog.ai, a technology firm that advises companies across industrial, scientific and medical sectors.

As CEO of nextcog, Ajmal's goal is to drive innovation and help companies implement innovative solutions. His responsibilities in this role include full stack software development, architecture and design, devsecops, implementing machine learning models to help companies harness the potential conveyed by Artificial Intelligence.

Ajmal brings to his position a well-established background in Information Technology and software development. Prior to being CEO of NextCog, Ajmal worked for more than 5 years in the IT industry in Mauritius between 2012 and 2017 . He moved to France in 2017 to work as consultant in the financial sector.

Ajmal holds a degree in Statistics and Information Technology from Paris Descartes University in France (2009). He has had the opportunity to work as post graduate intern in the Bioinformatics department at Paris Diderot University (2010). Ajmal is deeply interested in algorithmic design, computer vision, signal processing, data science and software development.

Ajmal Dookhan is the founder of NextCog.ai, a technology firm that advises companies across industrial, scientific and medical sectors. As CEO of nextcog, Ajmal's goal is to drive innovation and help companies implement innovative solutions. His r... Show more

Erika Katacic Kozic

Erika Katacic Kozic

Erika Katačić Kožić je spisateljica, pripovjedačica i kemičarka. Rođena i odrasla u Kaliforniji, živi i radi u Hrvatskoj. Ima skoro 25 godina iskustva u farmaceutskoj industriji gdje joj je fokus na znanost u industrijskim procesima. Objavila je nekolicinu priča u britanskim zbirkama i časopisima, a u Hrvatskoj samostalnu slikovnicu za djecu, te tri knjige bajki u suautorstvu: Bajkarice, Bajkari, i Bajkarenje (Planet Zoe, 2020., 2021., 2022.). Ovaj ciklus posvećen usmenoj predaji iz svijeta, najviše iz cijele Hrvatske, dobitnik je nagrade Sfera za posebno ostvarenje. Umjetnost pripovijedanja otkrila je u srednjoj školi kad se pridružila debatnom klubu, a sad uživa nastupati na lokalnim događanjima za djecu i odrasle. Strast joj je sakupljati bajke i ispričati ih na neki novi način.

Erika Katačić Kožić je spisateljica, pripovjedačica i kemičarka. Rođena i odrasla u Kaliforniji, živi i radi u Hrvatskoj. Ima skoro 25 godina iskustva u farmaceutskoj industriji gdje joj je fokus na znanost u industrijskim procesima. Objavila je neko... Show more

Marcus Wislicenus

Marcus Wislicenus

2013-2019 Fraunhofer IPMS - Research Scientist BEOL Metallization
2019-2024 Fraunhofer IPMS - Group Leader High Performance Technologiessince
2024-now Fraunhofer IPMS - Group Leader Quantum Technologies

2013-2019 Fraunhofer IPMS - Research Scientist BEOL Metallization 2019-2024 Fraunhofer IPMS - Group Leader High Performance Technologiessince 2024-now Fraunhofer IPMS - Group Leader Quantum Technologies Show more

Sridhar Irujolla

Sridhar Irujolla

Technical Architect with over 17 years of experience driving digital transformation through cloud architecture, intelligent automation, and AI/ML-powered enterprise modernization. Currently at Mary Kay, USA, he plays a pivotal role in designing multi-cloud strategies across AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), while also leading enterprise technology analysis for Supply Chain innovations—helping the organization achieve resilience, scalability, and cost optimization.

Technical Architect with over 17 years of experience driving digital transformation through cloud architecture, intelligent automation, and AI/ML-powered enterprise modernization. Currently at Mary Kay, USA, he plays a pivotal role in designing multi... Show more

Saad.Sheikh kdcAI

Saad.Sheikh kdcAI

Saad Sheikh is a Principal Cloud, AI & Enterprise Architect with over 21 years of experience leading cross functional teams in many global organizations Optus , Essential Energy , KDCAI , Dell , STC , SwedTel , Zain group where he delivered large-scale digital transformation programs across telecommunications, energy, and public sector organizations globally. He specializes in enterprise architecture for AI-driven systems, cloud-native platforms, and multi-cloud data environments, with deep expertise in governance, automation, and AI operating models.

Saad Sheikh is a Principal Cloud, AI & Enterprise Architect with over 21 years of experience leading cross functional teams in many global organizations Optus , Essential Energy , KDCAI , Dell , STC , SwedTel , Zain group where he delivered large-sca... Show more

Cheolkyu Kim

Cheolkyu Kim

Cheolkyu Kim is the Sr. Director of Product Marketing at Onto Innovation. Throughout his professional career, he has specialized primarily in application development for metrology and inspection. Kim earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Rhode Island.

Cheolkyu Kim is the Sr. Director of Product Marketing at Onto Innovation. Throughout his professional career, he has specialized primarily in application development for metrology and inspection. Kim earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of... Show more

Melanie Sabado-Liwag

Melanie Sabado-Liwag

Melanie Sabado-Liwag, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health at California State University-Los Angeles. She received her PhD at the School of Community & Global Health at Claremont Graduate University and a postdoctoral fellowship at the NIMHD at NIH. With over 20 years of experience working with Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, her health equity-focused research aims to understand multi-level determinants related to adverse health and social outcomes across the life course through community-partnered approaches.

Melanie Sabado-Liwag, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health at California State University-Los Angeles. She received her PhD at the School of Community & Global Health at Claremont Graduate University and a postdoctora... Show more

Robert Kellner

Robert Kellner

Ich studierte Diplom Physik an der Universität Bayreuth, promovierte im Bereich der STED-Mikroskopie am MPI für biophysikalische Chemie in Göttingen und an der Universität Heidelberg. Nach acht-jähriger Industrietätigkeit bin ich seit 2016 Professor für Physik an der Technischen Hochschule Rosenheim. Ich verwende aktivierende Lehrmethoden, synchrone und asynchrone digitale Lehre und bin darin interessiert den Lernerfolg der Studierenden immer weiter zu verbessern.

Ich studierte Diplom Physik an der Universität Bayreuth, promovierte im Bereich der STED-Mikroskopie am MPI für biophysikalische Chemie in Göttingen und an der Universität Heidelberg. Nach acht-jähriger Industrietätigkeit bin ich seit 2016 Professor ... Show more

Andreas Wagner

Andreas Wagner

Dr. Andreas Wagner ist ein erfahrener Data & Analytics Leader und als Customer Success Executive sowie Senior Consultant bei der s-peers AG tätig. Mit über zehn Jahren Erfahrung an der Schnittstelle von Technologie und Business unterstützt er Unternehmen dabei, ihre Datenkultur nachhaltig zu transformieren und komplexe Analyse-Lösungen in messbaren geschäftlichen Erfolg zu übersetzen.

Vor seinem Wechsel zu s-peers verantwortete er als Global Head of Data Science und Data Architecture bei der Hilti Group die weltweite Datenstrategie und leitete über 50 internationale Transformationsprojekte. Weitere Stationen seiner Karriere umfassen Führungspositionen bei FELFEL, wo er als Head of Data & Analytics agile Datenstrukturen aufbaute.

Andreas Wagner ist promovierter theoretische Physiker (Universität Basel) .

Dr. Andreas Wagner ist ein erfahrener Data & Analytics Leader und als Customer Success Executive sowie Senior Consultant bei der s-peers AG tätig. Mit über zehn Jahren Erfahrung an der Schnittstelle von Technologie und Business unterstützt er Unterne... Show more

Elijah MacCarthy

Elijah MacCarthy

Elijah is an HPC Engineer with the National Center for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His current focus is on program optimization and parallelization, software containers and HPC system testing.

Elijah is an HPC Engineer with the National Center for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His current focus is on program optimization and parallelization, software containers and HPC system testing. Show more

Viacheslav Dubeyko

Viacheslav Dubeyko

Acquired a Ph.D degree in 2002 (X-ray spectroscopy) and served as a researcher in Samsung Electronics, Huawei, HGST, and Western Digital. As a Linux kernel developer contributed in HFS+ and NILFS2 file system drivers and designed a SSDFS open-source file system. Research interests include file systems and data storage design, neuromorphic computing, data-centric and memory-centric computing, cognitive computing, and quantum computing. Have several papers and around 50 patents.

Acquired a Ph.D degree in 2002 (X-ray spectroscopy) and served as a researcher in Samsung Electronics, Huawei, HGST, and Western Digital. As a Linux kernel developer contributed in HFS+ and NILFS2 file system drivers and designed a SSDFS open-source ... Show more

Sairohith Thummarakoti

Sairohith Thummarakoti

Sairohith Thummarakoti is a technology leader, researcher, and author specializing in AI, cloud computing, and healthcare IT. He is a Certified Pega Lead System Architect (CLSA) and serves as Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Columbia Section and as an Industry Advisory Board member for multiple universities. He has authored and edited several books on AI, agentic systems, and software engineering, and is an active speaker and organizer at international conferences. His work focuses on building scalable, ethical, and high-impact digital systems at the intersection of research, industry, and real-world impact.

Sairohith Thummarakoti is a technology leader, researcher, and author specializing in AI, cloud computing, and healthcare IT. He is a Certified Pega Lead System Architect (CLSA) and serves as Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Columbia Section and as... Show more

Matteo Cristiano

Matteo Cristiano

Passionate about science, technology, science fiction, and sports. I work with Cloud, Kubernetes, and DevOps

Passionate about science, technology, science fiction, and sports. I work with Cloud, Kubernetes, and DevOps Show more

Jeff Hammond

Jeff Hammond

Jeff Hammond is a Distinguished Engineer in the NCCL team at NVIDIA focused on user education and research outreach. His background is in parallel application and algorithm development, open-source software, and supercomputing architecture. Jeff has made significant contributions to open standards, especially MPI.

Jeff Hammond is a Distinguished Engineer in the NCCL team at NVIDIA focused on user education and research outreach. His background is in parallel application and algorithm development, open-source software, and supercomputing architecture. Jeff ha... Show more

Eliott Bouhana

Eliott Bouhana

Eliott Bouhana is a Software Engineer at Datadog, a leading observability and security SaaS platform. He is working to broaden Datadog' application security integrations producing billions of security traces with better instrumentation for Go. Prior to working at Datadog, he was teaching and working on CUDA processing pipelines for 3D retinal scan medical imaging at the French National Research Center. You may spot him in the wild climbing random walls if there is no climbing gym around.

Eliott Bouhana is a Software Engineer at Datadog, a leading observability and security SaaS platform. He is working to broaden Datadog' application security integrations producing billions of security traces with better instrumentation for Go. Prior ... Show more

Simon Tichutab Onilimor

Simon Tichutab Onilimor

Simon is a development and applied statistics professional with strong experience in official statistics, food security analysis, labour statistics, and poverty measurement. He works as a data scientist with the Ghana Statistical Service, and his work spans Small Area Estimation (SAE), time-use statistics, and SDG-aligned frameworks, with a particular focus on data for policy and development planning in Africa. He has hands-on experience working with household survey data, labour and spatial statistics, and is increasingly engaged in research on labour markets and human development.

Simon is a development and applied statistics professional with strong experience in official statistics, food security analysis, labour statistics, and poverty measurement. He works as a data scientist with the Ghana Statistical Service, and his wor... Show more

Youssef Chraibi

Youssef Chraibi

Directeur adjoint de GreenAlp, j'ai en charge des missions de Gouvernance & Organisations. J'ai porté des projets de transformation, d'innovation ou de refonte d'activité.

Coach professionnel, je m'attache à faciliter la mise en mouvement, en particulier de collectifs.

Directeur adjoint de GreenAlp, j'ai en charge des missions de Gouvernance & Organisations. J'ai porté des projets de transformation, d'innovation ou de refonte d'activité. Coach professionnel, je m'attache à faciliter la mise en mouvement, en part... Show more

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