Physical & Life Sciences
Scholars dedicating their careers to the study of living organisms and non-living systems
Angela is driven by a deep passion for artificial intelligence, inclusion, and accessibility. At Microsoft, she supports enterprise companies in adopting cloud and AI solutions, blending technological innovation with human connection. With extensive ... Show more
I'm a member of the Rust infrastructure and compiler teams and the Leadership Council. I teach Rust at a university and sometimes do Rust trainings. Apart from that I also work as a researcher at an HPC center. Show more
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Apoorva Kashyap is a systems engineer and researcher who loves building things close to the metal. At IIT Delhi, he is currently working on scalable storage systems for temporal geospatial data. He enjoys blending cloud-native tools and ML infrastruc... Show more
Fariba Yazdanpanah
The University of Texas at Tyler - General Preventive Medicine and Public Health Resident
Dr. Fariba Yazdanpanah is a General Preventive Medicine and Public Health resident at the University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center with more than 15 years of experience in clinical medicine and research. She is also board-certified in Cardi... Show more
Víctor has spent more than a decade building and advancing the field of robot cybersecurity, leading pioneering projects in which Artificial Intelligence is applied to cybersecurity automation across large-scale attack surfaces such as robots. His wo... Show more
Rachel C. Lee is Professor of Gender Studies, English, and the Institute for Society and Genetics at UCLA. She is the author of the award-winning The Exquisite Corpse of Asian America: Biopolitics, Biosociality, and Posthuman Ecologies (2014) and a f... Show more
Helen Ogbugo
Empowering women and girls through practical science, renewable energy, and digital skills.
Helen Ogbugo is a practical technology enthusiast from Port Harcourt, Nigeria, with hands-on experience in solar system installation and cyber café operations. She has developed technical and digital skills by working directly with power systems, com... Show more
I am Sai Saketh Cherukuri, a final-year M.Sc. student in Mathematics with a specialization in Computer Science at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning. My work sits at the intersection of mathematical rigor and high-performance computing, ... Show more
Morgan Littlefield is a dynamic leader dedicated to driving organizational growth, fostering strong team culture, and expanding community impact. As the Clinical Operations Leader of The ENT Center of Northwest Alabama, she plays a pivotal role in ex... Show more
Letsatsi Lekhooa
Systems Librarian, National University of Lesotho Library | Chairperson, Lesotho Research and Education Network (LesREN) | Research Fellow, AI in Academic Writing and Publishing
Letsatsi Lekhooa is a Systems Librarian at the National University of Lesotho Library and the Chairperson of the Lesotho Research and Education Network (LesREN). His work focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital governance, ope... Show more
Chemikerin, Promotion in medizinischer Biochemie Geschäftsführerin der Fa. Micromun Institut für mikrobiologische Forschung GmbH Geschäftsführende Gesellschafterin der BioResQ gGmbH seit 18 Jahren Lehrtätigkeit an der Hochschule Neubrandenburg Show more
Dr. Angela Okune is a researcher and ecosystem builder working at the intersection of environmental data, open science, and equitable knowledge governance. She serves as Head of Strategy for the Climate Sensitive Infectious Disease Network (CSIDNet),... Show more
Susann Schweitzer
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der MSB Medical School Berlin Department Humanmedizin
Dr. Susann Schweitzer studierte Biologie an der Universität Bonn und promovierte im Fach Immunologie. Nach der Promotion sammelte sie mehrere Jahre Erfahrung in der klinischen Forschung bei klinischen Studien. Derzeit ist sie als wissenschaftliche M... Show more
Dr. Rebekka Siedler Promotion Molekularbiologie & Genetik JKIP (KIT); Postdoc im Projekt „ComeMINT” (2023–2025) - digitale Lehrkräftebildung, sowie im Projekt „PReBi” (seit 10/2025) - reflexive Unterrichtspraxis in Lehr-Lern-Laboren (PH Ludwigsbu... Show more
Dr. Palmer has presented and published on psychiatric topics across the lifespan including screening for adolescent vaping use, adolescent substance use, opioid use disorder treatments, neurobiological perspectives of mental illness, and methods to r... Show more
Srikanth Kavuri is an independent researcher and seasoned software quality engineering professional with expertise in AI-driven testing, cloud-native systems, and trustworthy software architectures. He has published peer-reviewed papers in various in... Show more
Rebecca Garden
Associate Professor of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Rebecca Garden, PhD, is Associate Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University and Executive Director for the Consortium for Culture and Medicine, an education and research collaborative. Her research brings h... Show more
I studied technical chemistry. After that I worked for 3 years at a shipyard, 2 years in dairy research and 3 years in the plastics industry. The following 32 years I was a scientific employee at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany):... Show more
Venus Garg is a seasoned product and data science leader with over 20 years of experience in building data analytics products and leading high-performing global teams. She currently serves as a Senior Solution Engineer and AI Executive Advisor in Dat... Show more
Prasanth Chatarasi is a Staff Research Scientist at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center where he leads research and development of code generation for IBM’s Spyre accelerator. He focuses on compiler optimizations, dataflow architectures, and hardware–sof... Show more
Aminu Bonifacio
Principal Investigator Climate Reality Leader with Green Ring Green Climate Initiative Bangladesh Earth Charter International San Jose Costa Rica Swiss National Science Foundation. Kaizer* Karmah**
Currently associated World Food Forum Chapter Leadership Representative ACUNS Cartography Cryptography Program Futurize Founder Academy returned from Dakar Senegal European Union Landscape Resilience Program Fellowship Africa Rice 2025. Kaizer* Karma... Show more
Shivlal Sharma
Senior DevOps Engineer, CNCF Ambassador, Docker Captain, CNCF Ahmedabad Chapter Co-organizer, CKA, KCSA, KCNA, CAPA
DevOps Engineer at OpenXcell and a CNCF Ambassador for the Gujarat region. With over 3 years of hands-on experience, I specialize in building scalable, secure, and cloud-native infrastructure using Kubernetes, Docker, and observability tools like Pro... Show more
I am an applied mathematician and computational scientist working on the efficient implementation of massively parallel, adaptive finite element method. I am a Professor in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at Clemson University and... Show more
Sumaiya Noor
Global Product, AI & Technology Leader | Startup Advisor | Fulbright Scholar | Board Member | Speaker | 3x CPO
Sumaiya has 15+ years of experience in diverse leadership roles including AI & Product Strategy, Product Development & Management, Digital Transformation and Talent Management. She has won many accolades throughout her career and has been honored as ... Show more
Er. Kritika is a dynamic and experienced interdisciplinary researcher specializing in the bridging of human, technical, and organizational perspectives of digital risk. Her work spans over the disciplines of cybersecurity, generative AI, neurosecurit... Show more
Sameer Shende serves as a Research Professor and the Director of the Performance Research Lab at the University of Oregon and the President and Director of ParaTools, Inc. (USA) and ParaTools, SAS (France). He serves as the Technical Lead of the Extr... Show more
I am a Postdoctoral researcher at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). I received my Ph.D. From department of Computer Science at Purdue University. My research interests lie broadly in Graph-based Machine Learning, Natural Language Processi... Show more
Shelly Hattan brings over 30 years of experience in the water industry, including 18.5 years with the Tarrant Regional Water District. She holds both a BS and MS from the University of Texas at Arlington, is a licensed Professional Engineer, and a Ce... Show more
Tom began working with Microsoft data platforms over 25 years ago and has developed data pipelines on almost every version of SQL Server since 2000. He earned his MCSE for SQL Server 2014/2016. Outside of data, Tom enjoys indie rock, tabletop games... Show more
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