Physical & Life Sciences

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

Dr. Paul Ling Tai

Dr. Paul Ling Tai

Prof. Dr. Tai is an expert in herbal and cosmetic compound engineering, clinical research and development with Fourteen (14) U.S. Patents credited to his name. Prof. Dr. Tai is the Chairman & President of the Brazil Academy of Anti-Aging & Regenerative Medicine (BARM), Institute of Bones, Joints & Muscle Pain, International Society of Obesity & Metabolic Dysfunction, American Academy of Anti-Aging Clinical Nutrition & International Society of Stem Cell & Genetics. He is a world class speaker, author, and professor.

Prof. Dr. Tai is an expert in herbal and cosmetic compound engineering, clinical research and development with Fourteen (14) U.S. Patents credited to his name. Prof. Dr. Tai is the Chairman & President of the Brazil Academy of Anti-Aging & Regenerati... Show more

Leena Bakshi McLean

Leena Bakshi McLean

Dr. Leena Bakshi McLean is the founder of STEM4Real, a nonprofit professional learning organization committed to combining STEM and NGSS standards-based content learning and leadership with principles of justice-centered pedagogy. She serves as the Director of Multicultural Education for the National Science Teaching Association and the former Board Secretary for CASE. Leena currently works with pre-service teachers at Claremont Graduate University teaching STEM methods and Universal Design for Learning. She is a former K-12 administrator and mathematics, science teacher. She is also the author of the children’s book, “There’s Something in the Water”, a story that highlights the real life of Dr. Tyrone B. Hayes, an endocrinologist from UC Berkeley. Her doctoral dissertation was on "The Successful Implementation of STEM Initiatives in Lower Income Schools". Her research interests include Science/STEM education and how we can create access and opportunities for every student.

Dr. Leena Bakshi McLean is the founder of STEM4Real, a nonprofit professional learning organization committed to combining STEM and NGSS standards-based content learning and leadership with principles of justice-centered pedagogy. She serves as the ... Show more

Kristyna Dolezalova

Kristyna Dolezalova

I am very enthusiastic in promoting, educating and advancing diverse Geospatial and Python communities. I am currently active as a Mentorship Programme Co-Lead for Women+ in Geospatial and PyLadies Vienna Organizer.
I also work as a Geospatial Data Scientist at EOX IT Services GmbH.

I am very enthusiastic in promoting, educating and advancing diverse Geospatial and Python communities. I am currently active as a Mentorship Programme Co-Lead for Women+ in Geospatial and PyLadies Vienna Organizer. I also work as a Geospatial Data ... Show more

Kelly Miller DC FASA NMD

Kelly Miller DC FASA NMD

"I believe that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." - Dr. Kelly Miller, NMD

My educational background in Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Naturopathy, Functional Diagnostic Medicine, Aging and Regenerative Medicine, and Functional Neurology allow for a multi-faceted analysis and insight into the brain’s anatomy, physiology, and bio-chemistry to help you regain your lost health, develop a strategy for functional longevity, and improve or synchronize impaired brain functions. Our
understanding of how to combine these disciplines produces outstanding outcomes for our members. This educational background coupled with 40+ years of clinical practice make me your ideal “Brain Health Coach*.

Kelly Miller, NMD founded Health Restoration in 2013 based on his belief that a natural, synergistic approach to health care is the optimum approach to addressing the health care issues people face on a daily basis. He is considered an expert on the multi-disciplinary treatment of chronic pain and inflammation, and many chronic illnesses and diseases that a singular approach often fails to resolve. Miller is currently offering Aging and Regenerative, Functional Diagnostic Medicine, and Functional Neurology services through a private membership association.

"I believe that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." - Dr. Kelly Miller, NMD My educational background in Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Naturopathy, Functional Diagnostic Medicine, Aging and Regenerative Medicine, and Functional Neurology... Show more

Christopher Wieduwilt

Christopher Wieduwilt

Founder of ACOY - Helping musicians & labels navigate the NFT space and develop a web3 strategy.

10 years of product management & agile coaching experience working with some of the biggest brands (L’Oreal, Porsche, Goodyear, Lufthansa, KUKA, ) in the industry. Now exploring opportunities with brands in the Metaverse & NFT space at Valtech. A global digital transformation agency.

Multi-year experience working in the music industry for record labels (Z Records by Dave Lee), music producers (Matt Hyde, Benny Di Massa, Shuta Shinoda & as an artist manager (Flight Brigade).

Founder of ACOY - Helping musicians & labels navigate the NFT space and develop a web3 strategy. 10 years of product management & agile coaching experience working with some of the biggest brands (L’Oreal, Porsche, Goodyear, Lufthansa, KUKA, ) in... Show more

Anish Joshi

Anish Joshi

Celebrating holistic design; from design thinking and service design, through to digital creation (UX & UI) and brand, Anish leads, manages and creates, strategic digital work and capabilities.

Combining this with lean and human-centred innovation, digital, strategy and a solid business understanding (catalysed by an MBA), Anish shapes global propositions and advises boards; currently leading Design & Innovation for Shell globally.

Passionate about the Future of Design, as a profession, industry and discipline, Anish believes that web3, needs a corresponding 'design3' dimension to help shape it, and for Design to utilise web3 to solve critical challenges - for people, planet and profit.
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Celebrating holistic design; from design thinking and service design, through to digital creation (UX & UI) and brand, Anish leads, manages and creates, strategic digital work and capabilities. Combining this with lean and human-centred innovation... Show more

Cee McDermott PhD

Cee McDermott PhD

Cee McDermott is the founder of a genomics company focused on optimal health and wellness outcomes. She is a Cognitive Health Specialist, a Behavior Change Expert, and the author of the international bestselling book, Your DNA, Your Life. Cee works with high performers 1:1 for clarity, building momentum, optimization, wellness and disease prevention.

Cee McDermott is the founder of a genomics company focused on optimal health and wellness outcomes. She is a Cognitive Health Specialist, a Behavior Change Expert, and the author of the international bestselling book, Your DNA, Your Life. Cee works w... Show more

Don (Denny) DenUyl II

Don (Denny) DenUyl II

Electrical Engineer, Registered Professional Engineer

Electrical Engineer, Registered Professional Engineer Show more

Luis Cásedas

Luis Cásedas

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (University of Granada), where I recently completed my PhD studies under the supervision of Prof. Juan Lupiáñez. Currently, my research aims to advance our understanding of the neurocognitive and affective mechanisms underpinning mindfulness-related meditation practices, and of their effectiveness in enhancing cognition and emotion. For more information, please visit my personal webpage: www.lcasedas.com

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (University of Granada), where I recently completed my PhD studies under the supervision of Prof. Juan Lupiáñez. Currently, my research aims to advance our understanding o... Show more

Sotiris Ouzounis

Sotiris Ouzounis

Sotiris Ouzounis holds an integrated master’s in biomedical engineering from the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of West Attica, Greece. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the same department (Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. I. Kalatzis) while being a member of the Biomarker Discovery & Translational Research laboratory at the Institute of Chemical Biology, National Hellenic Research Foundation (Supervisor: Research Assist. Prof. T. Katsila). His dissertation is focused on the computational analysis of 1D and 3D data for drug repurposing in diabetes mellitus. He has also worked on the processing and analysis of biomedical data in collaboration with the Medical Image & Signal Processing laboratory, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of West Attica, Greece.

Sotiris Ouzounis holds an integrated master’s in biomedical engineering from the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of West Attica, Greece. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the same department (Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. I. Kalatzis) while... Show more

Gunther Lenz

Gunther Lenz

As a creative and risk-taking software R&D executive, I am committed to leading the value-driven digital transformation of the organization, applying novel technology solutions to achieve a competitive advantage.

Currently, I am leading the BD Biosciences Software R&D organization's digital transformation. I manage the $30MM+ budget and ~200 associates focusing on accelerating time to market, achieving higher quality software, and fostering innovation via lean value stream mapping, state-of-the-art software architecture concepts, and agile processes.

At Google, I shaped the future of businesses by creating innovative, strategic software ecosystems and value-driven solutions for our largest Healthcare and Lifesciences customers, their employees, partners, and patients.

I am a certified "Google Cloud - Professional Cloud Architect."

My work at IBM focused on managing the distributed Watson Oncology software organization with a ~$35M budget and 150+ software developers, architects, project managers, UX, SQE engineers, managers, and directors.

I am a highly data-driven engineer committed to designing unified enterprise platforms with solid technical domain expertise and business acumen.

My track record of significantly decreasing time-to-market is a result of introducing genuinely Lean and Agile execution processes in regulated environments.

As a direct result of my work, I published three books. I was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Software Architecture 4 consecutive times (1 of only 100 globally), and I published three books.

As a creative and risk-taking software R&D executive, I am committed to leading the value-driven digital transformation of the organization, applying novel technology solutions to achieve a competitive advantage. Currently, I am leading the BD Bi... Show more

Jason Cheng

Jason Cheng

The former business development of WAX.io in the Greater China region, with more than 10 years of cross-border e-commerce experience in China, Europe, and the United States.

RE:DREAMER Lab has been building an exchange protocol that explores the new business model of E-Commerce 3.0 through NFT technology.

The former business development of WAX.io in the Greater China region, with more than 10 years of cross-border e-commerce experience in China, Europe, and the United States. RE:DREAMER Lab has been building an exchange protocol that explores the n... Show more

Ira Cherkes Levinshteyn

Ira Cherkes Levinshteyn

Ira is a senior software engineer working on Seeker, the Interactive Application Security Testing solution from Synopsys.

Ira's experience is diverse - she has a BA in Computer Science, a BSc in Biochemistry, and a MSc in Quantum Mechanics and she is now back to the Cybersecurity field at Synopsys.

In her day job she uses instrumentation in Java to help developers secure their applications.

She is also a mentor for women in tech, and when she isn’t coding or mentoring, she enjoys taking her family on challenging hikes and climbs.

Ira is a senior software engineer working on Seeker, the Interactive Application Security Testing solution from Synopsys. Ira's experience is diverse - she has a BA in Computer Science, a BSc in Biochemistry, and a MSc in Quantum Mechanics and she... Show more

Sophia Smith

Sophia Smith

Sophia Smith is an Author, Certified Life Coach, Empowerment Speaker, Entrepreneur, and Career Business woman who has been in the corporate world for over 20 years. She has a strong background in Leadership, Management, Training, and Detailed Projects. Her current role as a Senior Project Manager for an International Information Technology company has expanded her horizons to not just fulfill her detailed role individually but as a team member of a Top 10 Global Services Company.

Sophia Smith is an Author, Certified Life Coach, Empowerment Speaker, Entrepreneur, and Career Business woman who has been in the corporate world for over 20 years. She has a strong background in Leadership, Management, Training, and Detailed Project... Show more

Bill Holman

Bill Holman

Bill is a Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) with over 25 years of experience in software design, engineering and project management.

Before becoming a software engineer, Bill was an electrical engineer, and then senior R&D engineer, so he also has considerable knowledge of computer hardware components and how good programming practices can contribute to performance.

As a Senior Master Instructor and Soke-Dai (8th Degree Black Belt) in Bushido Kempo as well as former owner of Wagoner Martial Arts, Bill has taught martial arts for over 35 years to students ranging from six-years-old to a 76-year old grandmother. He has the passion, experience and knowledge to give an impressive talk on multiple subjects from low-level programming to "soft-skills" required for a well-rounded software developer.

Bill is a Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) with over 25 years of experience in software design, engineering and project management. Before becoming a software engineer, Bill was an electrical engineer, and the... Show more

Allison Hartnett

Allison Hartnett

Before joining TEALS, Allison taught physics, mathematics and engineering classes at the collegiate level, as well as organizing STEM experiences for local high school students. Allison has a BA in Physics and Mathematics from William Jewell College, a MA in Mathematics, and a PhD in Physics and Mathematics from University of Missouri–Kansas City.

Before joining TEALS, Allison taught physics, mathematics and engineering classes at the collegiate level, as well as organizing STEM experiences for local high school students. Allison has a BA in Physics and Mathematics from William Jewell College,... Show more

CryptonKidd O.

CryptonKidd O.

Hopefully I can do justice to this, I will try my best on it. Awesome!

I am a technology enthusiast, with a long background through the various paths of IT. After being a student myself, acquiring knowledge in Software engineering, I became an IT faculty, impacting hundreds of youngsters and adults at all the major tech institutes in Nigeria; KarRox, NIIT and Aptech Worldwide.

From here I moved on to the practical Industry to build real world business applications with IT and telecommunications solutions companies; Alex & Forbes, Eltaj Solutions(Cobranet Ltd. sister company). I am at the moment a consultant with MTNN, IT Dev-Operations.

I am a certified AWS Cloud Architect, Microsoft IT specialist, member of the Microsoft certified professionals and developers worldwide.

I got into Blockchain since 2017, when the crypto world was just getting accepted into our world. I have had various levels of interactions with cryptocurrency and its native technology(blockchain). I have a Blockchain Engineer certificate with Binance.

I am a publicly publishing crypto ideas analyst via Tradingview digital platform weekly. Active article publisher on LinkedIn, and a growing voice in the vast world of blockchain crypto technology.

To conclude this I would like to add I am currently a Student of Social Sciences learning Psychology at one of the foremost Nigerian universities

Hopefully I can do justice to this, I will try my best on it. Awesome! I am a technology enthusiast, with a long background through the various paths of IT. After being a student myself, acquiring knowledge in Software engineering, I became an I... Show more

Dustin Hill

Dustin Hill

Dustin services as a Department Manager within the Burns & McDonnell Engineering Water Practice. He brings more than 16 years experience within utility planning and management with a focused effort in water, wastewater and stormwater systems. Dustin provides technical leadership to the practice for services including hydraulic modeling, master planning and development of data driven decision making tools for Utility operations, asset management and program management functions. He received his Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville and a Master of Science in Water Resource & Environmental Engineering from Villanova University.

Dustin services as a Department Manager within the Burns & McDonnell Engineering Water Practice. He brings more than 16 years experience within utility planning and management with a focused effort in water, wastewater and stormwater systems. Dustin ... Show more

Utkarsh Srivastava

Utkarsh Srivastava

Utkarsh is presently working as a Consultant Engineer at Cisco and currently based out of India. He is responsible for driving multiple automation initiatives within the organization. He plays a pivotal role in conducting periodic business reviews with customers by defining and tracking the outcome-oriented KPIs and in the planning of the contract renewals and business up-sells. He defines his life motive as, “Karmev Jayate”, which translates into the colloquial version as, ‘Work will always be Victorious’. Utkarsh’s corpus of work extends from the incorporation of Machine learning capabilities in different sectors to Blockchain Evangelism. He also works as a mentor for different developers as well as business communities, and along with all of this, he makes it a point to not miss his social contributions through various outreach initiatives. But what really interests Utkarsh, is the chance to interact with passionate minds from all walks of life, and the opportunity to influence them. As a result, he has delivered various tech-talks on BigData, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain across the globe.

Utkarsh is presently working as a Consultant Engineer at Cisco and currently based out of India. He is responsible for driving multiple automation initiatives within the organization. He plays a pivotal role in conducting periodic business reviews wi... Show more

Bruno Bušić

Bruno Bušić

Bruno is a co-founder, CTO, and frontend developer in Web dev & Digital marketing agency Bamboo Lab. He adores music, dogs, linux, guitar, chess, traveling, festivals, books, ajvar, Rick and Morty. And space.

Bruno is a co-founder, CTO, and frontend developer in Web dev & Digital marketing agency Bamboo Lab. He adores music, dogs, linux, guitar, chess, traveling, festivals, books, ajvar, Rick and Morty. And space. Show more

Joshua Brenneman

Joshua Brenneman

I currently work as a Bioinformatics Software Developer for Nationwide Children's Hospital and have been since 2017. I have experience in both clinical and research teams. Since I have been here, I have worked on projects including Fullstack web development, database, machine learning, and most recently containerized/serverless compute. CDK is the latest toolkit that we have incorporated for automating our devops.

I currently work as a Bioinformatics Software Developer for Nationwide Children's Hospital and have been since 2017. I have experience in both clinical and research teams. Since I have been here, I have worked on projects including Fullstack web deve... Show more

Phillip Alexander

Phillip Alexander

Phillip Scott Alexander is the director of PR & Marketing at IPMD, Inc. He became a bioinformatician after his father passed away due to renal cell carcinoma. He has done work in the area of drug-drug, drug-protein, and drug-gene expression interaction for curing cancer for the last three years. Phillip has experience with developing effective models for predicting drug efficacy on the lymphoma cancer cell line OIC-Ly3. He has also contributed to the research for models to predict drug induced neuropathy. His latest work is on assistance through developing models to predict drug effectiveness for preventing preterm labor and preeclampsia.

Phillip Scott Alexander is the director of PR & Marketing at IPMD, Inc. He became a bioinformatician after his father passed away due to renal cell carcinoma. He has done work in the area of drug-drug, drug-protein, and drug-gene expression interacti... Show more

Ignacio Marrero

Ignacio Marrero

Mis orígenes son la Física Experimental, concretamente la Astrofísica. Esta fue mi pasión durante muchos años por lo que cursé estudios de doctorado con la intención de dedicarme a la investigación.

Finalizado este período continué con otra de mis grandes pasiones, la ingeniería de software y datos. En ella he estado desde hace más de 25 años, desempeñando labores principalmente de arquitecto de sistemas y aplicaciones.

En los últimos 11 años tengo el placer de trabajar en un ámbito apasionante y prometedor: las transformaciónes data-driven. En este periodo he estado vinculado a los ecosistemas de innovación y emprendimiento en los que afronté durante 3 años el reto de crear y liderar una startup.

Desde 2015 he desempeñado el role de Head of Data, Analytics & AI en diferentes consultoras globales. En este tiempo he estado trabajando con clientes de múltiples sectores en sus transformaciones data-driven. Además de liderar la práctica he tenido otras responsabilidades como la definición de arquitecturas, offerings, desarrollo de prototipos innovadores y creación de nuevas líneas de trabajo en ámbitos como Hiperautomatización, IoT, Edge Computing y Quantum Machine Learning.

Mis orígenes son la Física Experimental, concretamente la Astrofísica. Esta fue mi pasión durante muchos años por lo que cursé estudios de doctorado con la intención de dedicarme a la investigación. Finalizado este período continué con otra de mi... Show more

Dr. Sarah Kaiser

Dr. Sarah Kaiser

Dr. Sarah Kaiser has spent much of her career developing new quantum hardware in the lab, from building satellites to hacking quantum cryptography hardware. Communicating what is so exciting about quantum is her passion, and she loves building new demos and tools to help enable the quantum open source community to grow. When not at the keyboard she loves kayaking, laser cutting everything (safe), and writing books about engineering for all ages.

Dr. Sarah Kaiser has spent much of her career developing new quantum hardware in the lab, from building satellites to hacking quantum cryptography hardware. Communicating what is so exciting about quantum is her passion, and she loves building new de... Show more

Ben Elsworth

Ben Elsworth

I have a background in evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, data science, cancer informatics, NLP and software engineering. I'm now focusing on predicting causal mechanisms using multivariate data and graphs.

I have a background in evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, data science, cancer informatics, NLP and software engineering. I'm now focusing on predicting causal mechanisms using multivariate data and graphs. Show more

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

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