Physical & Life Sciences

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

Prasoon Karunan V

Prasoon Karunan V

A Science and Tech Enthusiast.

A Science and Tech Enthusiast. Show more

Kenn Kelly

Kenn Kelly

Passion for life and living each moment to the fullest. Against the grain culture shaper. Entrepreneur with both Fortune 100 and Silicon Valley startup experience. Leverager of business to solve the world’s most complex problems. Lifelong learner, and believer that love always wins.

Also, all of these are from over 3 years ago when working on some Ted stuff for anti-trafficking and believe I've grown a ton since then but are available if needed https://neversettle.it/tedxmilehigh/

Passion for life and living each moment to the fullest. Against the grain culture shaper. Entrepreneur with both Fortune 100 and Silicon Valley startup experience. Leverager of business to solve the world’s most complex problems. Lifelong learner, an... Show more

Chris Hilton

Chris Hilton

Email me anytime! chrisbhilton@gmail.com

With over 6 years experience working in startups in Los Angeles's Silicon Beach; Chris Hilton graduated UCLA with a degree in Psychology and built a startup in the Cannabis Industry. In leading his first company Chris realized that it was necessary to learn skills that were shaping the future of management. This is when he decided to attend the most qualified Data Science bootcamp, Galvanize. It took over a year for Chris to pass Galvanize’s Technical Interviews & join the December 2019 Data Science Immersive. While studying at Galvanize he also worked as a Breast Cancer Researcher in an AI lab at UCSF. After graduating Galvanize during the lockdowns that made our world remote; he reached out to various startups to explore opportunities to work with his new skills. Shortly thereafter he began working as the Chief Data Officer at Blast.io, a social messaging app and now works as the Host of The Tech Pivot Podcast at Galvanize.

Email me anytime! chrisbhilton@gmail.com With over 6 years experience working in startups in Los Angeles's Silicon Beach; Chris Hilton graduated UCLA with a degree in Psychology and built a startup in the Cannabis Industry. In leading his first c... Show more

Muhammad Bilal

Muhammad Bilal

Working in the industry of technology for 10+ years by adapting and going through the change in it, he has worked in 50+ different programming languages by developing and deploying in most cases at least one project in each language allowing him to break the language barrier and absorb the diversity of technology. He is Founder BreatheIO, PGP AI/ML Data Science, Full Stack Developer, Hardware Engineer, Philosopher and Author of Make me a Programmer: The Independent Entrepreneur. Most recent qualification is a Post-Graduation in AI/ML from University of Texas, Austin.

Working in the industry of technology for 10+ years by adapting and going through the change in it, he has worked in 50+ different programming languages by developing and deploying in most cases at least one project in each language allowing him to b... Show more

Stuart Burchill

Stuart Burchill

Stuart Burchill is an nano science based engineer who is making energy saving based products and material.

Stuart Burchill is an nano science based engineer who is making energy saving based products and material. Show more

Vijaya Lakshmi Garimella

Vijaya Lakshmi Garimella

Manager by profession and Agile evangelist by heart.. I enjoy working with teams to groom them to be self managed teams. Agile transformations is my Forte. Passionate and Dream to be Ted speaker some day.. I write blogs and articles in simplified way to make agile simple and easy for teams to learn and implement

Manager by profession and Agile evangelist by heart.. I enjoy working with teams to groom them to be self managed teams. Agile transformations is my Forte. Passionate and Dream to be Ted speaker some day.. I write blogs and articles in sim... Show more

Andreas Heumaier

Andreas Heumaier

Andreas joined Microsoft in 2017 after spending more than 10 years developing and operating cloud based applications for industry and government clients. In his role as Senior Engineering Lead, he accelerates Microsoft’s most strategic tier-1 customers around the globe with focus on production grade co-engineering work.

Before joining Microsoft, Andreas served in several roles as CTO, Architect, Consultant and System Engineer.

Andreas joined Microsoft in 2017 after spending more than 10 years developing and operating cloud based applications for industry and government clients. In his role as Senior Engineering Lead, he accelerates Microsoft’s most strategic tier-1 custome... Show more

Medha Atre

Medha Atre

Medha Atre holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) with the focus on graph databases. She currently works with the founding team at Eydle Inc. to develop a distributed deep learning platform for optimizing computing cost and performance of problems at scale. Medha lends her expertise to help Eydle in their mission of making AI computing intelligent.

During Medha's PhD, she single-handedly developed 'BitMat' system from scratch, for handling very large RDF graphs and queries on them. BitMat has over 1000 downloads and 400 research citations to date. Medha has a unique experience of 20 years in academia and industry together, that includes being a Senior Researcher at the University of Oxford, an Assistant Professor at IIT Kanpur, and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. Before starting her PhD, she spent four and half years in industry as a software developer, and during her PhD she interned at Oracle Inc. and IBM T. J. Watson lab.

Medha Atre holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) with the focus on graph databases. She currently works with the founding team at Eydle Inc. to develop a distributed deep learning platform for optimizing c... Show more

Rebeca Daólio

Rebeca Daólio

She trains people to speak at lectures, meetings, and presentations with clarity, objectivity, and competence, enabling them to achieve a result of extreme quality.

Before starting her career in Brazil, Rebeca graduated from Missouri Valley College (University of the United States), winning the titles of Magna Cum Laude, Missouri Valley College Division of Communications Scholar, and is a member of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. She started her work in the Campinas region, assisting company directors and politicians. Today she works with professionals from the most diverse areas throughout Brazil, in addition to other countries.

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Ela prepara as pessoas para discursarem em palestras, reuniões e treinamentos com clareza, objetividade e competência, proporcionando-lhes atingir um resultado de extrema qualidade.

Antes de iniciar sua carreira no Brasil, Rebeca graduou-se no Missouri Valley College (Universidade dos Estados Unidos), conquistando os titulos Magna Cum Laude, Missouri Valley College Division of Communications Scholar e é membro da Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. Começou seu trabalho na região de Campinas, auxiliando diretores de empresas e políticos. Hoje atende profissionais das mais diversas áreas em todo Brasil, além de outros países.

She trains people to speak at lectures, meetings, and presentations with clarity, objectivity, and competence, enabling them to achieve a result of extreme quality. Before starting her career in Brazil, Rebeca graduated from Missouri Valley Colleg... Show more

Diego Pino

Diego Pino

Diego Pino Navarro is a friendly Software Engineer, Software Architect and Open Source Maintainer from Chile and located in NYC since 2016, leading for the last 2 years a Drupal8/9 based architecture named Archipelago. He has been involved in Intersecting OSS technologies and initiatives & many times release manager of Islandora 7 and a committer. His current main areas of interest are Digital Object Repositories, Semantic Web, IIIF, JSON, OS Communities, Teaching and his many Dogs.

Diego Pino Navarro is a friendly Software Engineer, Software Architect and Open Source Maintainer from Chile and located in NYC since 2016, leading for the last 2 years a Drupal8/9 based architecture named Archipelago. He has been involved in Interse... Show more

Nadim Bahadoor

Nadim Bahadoor

I'm Nadim Bahadoor, and have over a decade of hands-on experience building large scale systems in the Financial (Electronic Trading Platforms), Risk, Insurance and Life Science sectors. For instance, I was responsible for the design and implementation of Morgan Stanley's precious metals trading platform, mortgage pricing systems and other real-time tools for the sales-force. At BlackRock, I was part of the core trading team focused on scaling the equity capabilities of BlackRock’s Aladdin platform. I have further designed, implemented, and connected, large social graphs and microservices with Machine Learning pipelines at the reinsurance hedge fund - Nephila Capital - and at the leading life science powerhouse - Elsevier.

From a Financial Engineering perspective, I have in-depth practical knowledge of multi-asset classes, including, Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMO), Passed-Through Bonds, Commodities, Futures, Equities, FX, Swaps, and Bespoke Non-Correlated Exotic Risks.

As a committed technology enthusiast, I have hands-on expertise in the productionisation of Electronic Trading Platforms, Data Engineering and Machine Learning pipelines, using various popular Big Data tools, such as, Cassandra, Spark, Zookeeper, Gremlin/TinkerPop, Kafka, Datomic, and others - besides having used these products since their early infancy days.

My passion for knowledge sharing and open-source steered me to launch http://allaboutscala.com as a platform to publish my hands-on experience with using the Scala ecosystem in Finance, Distributed Systems, Functional Programming, Big Data, Graph and/or Semantically Linked Data and, of course, my favourite - Machine Learning.

I hold a Master in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA, and also earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Computer Science from Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania, USA. I now live in Mauritius.

I'm Nadim Bahadoor, and have over a decade of hands-on experience building large scale systems in the Financial (Electronic Trading Platforms), Risk, Insurance and Life Science sectors. For instance, I was responsible for the design and implementatio... Show more

Oliver Degnan

Oliver Degnan

Oliver is the CEO and founder of MoreTalent Corporation. MoreTalent is an assembly of world-class executive leaders and offers business and technology strategy and talent coaching.

Previously, as one of the senior executives, Oliver led the product development at IBM Watson Health for patient and consumer engagement offerings. Oliver was directly involved in product envisioning and implementation with cognitive and A.I. computing support via Watson. As part of his responsibilities at IBM Watson Health, Oliver also provided technology leadership on massive significant merger and acquisition activities to produce a combined technology stack from acquired companies such as Truven, Explorys, Phytel, Curam, and Merge.

Over the past 20 years, Oliver served as Chief Information Officer for a fast-scale Medicare primary care provider network based in Florida, as CIO for a healthcare insurance payor, and as Chief Technology Officer at Marshfield Clinic, WI. Prior to entering the healthcare industry, Oliver worked as the Chief Architect at Intuit Quicken Health in Silicon Valley and a number of commercial SaaS companies.

Between Silicon Valley and Wisconsin, Oliver produced a large number of innovative healthcare and commercial software products. He enjoys building motivated teams and relentlessly partners with customers to find new pathways of leveraging impactful technology for the betterment of humanity.

Oliver is the CEO and founder of MoreTalent Corporation. MoreTalent is an assembly of world-class executive leaders and offers business and technology strategy and talent coaching. Previously, as one of the senior executives, Oliver led the produc... Show more

Samson Williams

Samson Williams

Professor Samson Williams
Anthropologist @ Axes and Eggs
Washington, DC, USA
Instagram | Twitter: @axesandeggs

Samson is a classically trained anthropologist, serial entrepreneur and accidental finance expert who is happy to share the business and startup lessons he’s paid the iron price for. Specialties include: fintech, digital transformation, organizational change management, crowdfunding, blockchain use cases, cryptocurrency regulations, initial coin offerings and explaining all the above, in plain English, to investors, government officials, small children and c-suite executives.

Highlights of Samson’s career:
Adjunct Professor, University of New Hampshire (UNH) School of Law, Tokenomics and Cryptocurrency Regulations

Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, Blockchain, AI, Fintech & Beyond Courses

2019 SXSW Advisory Board Member

Board Member, Washington, DC Department of Health, Institutional Review Board

Samson spent 2008 – 2016 at Fannie Mae as Emergency Manager, managing an REO portfolio of $20B in distressed assets; then as Deputy Chief of Staff Operations & Technology Executive Office; blocking, tackling, putting out fires and babysitting c-suite executives

Fluent in Irish, Legalese, Corporate Speak and discerning the slow “no” between the BS

3x Marine Corps Marathon finisher and running enthusiast, who prefers to spend his weekends fishing, playing chess, drinking bourbon and reading about the latest in emerging tech

Samson graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Cultural Anthropology and holds a Masters in Emergency & Disaster Management from American Military University. Samson’s most valuable educational asset is his common sense and experience, which he employees regularly to overcome humanity’s biggest challenge to technology adoption and organizational change – humans. For more information on Samson or to connect with him please visit his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samson-williams-axesandeggs/

Professor Samson Williams Anthropologist @ Axes and Eggs Washington, DC, USA Instagram | Twitter: @axesandeggs Samson is a classically trained anthropologist, serial entrepreneur and accidental finance expert who is happy to share the busine... Show more

Sam Abbott

Sam Abbott

Dynamic modeller and data scientist focussing on infectious disease dynamics, epidemiology, and control. I have a strong interest in reproducibility and tool development, having developed multiple widely used packages and dashboards. My work lies at the interface between dynamic modelling, statistical modelling and data science - incorporating elements from software development to enhance robustness and longevity.

Dynamic modeller and data scientist focussing on infectious disease dynamics, epidemiology, and control. I have a strong interest in reproducibility and tool development, having developed multiple widely used packages and dashboards. My work lies at ... Show more

Marek Bucki

Marek Bucki

After a few years working in aerial and train simulation, and finance, I discovered computerized medicine 15 years ago.

I've been working ever since in the field of medical devices and computer assisted medical intervention. The necessity to formally ensure the robustness and correctness of software destined to be used on patients in the operating room dawned on me since the very beginning... A method emerged from my multiple trials and errors.

Today I wish to share the results of this "quest for correctness", discuss the method with you, and see it come to life in other disciplines... Hoping that it will bring serenity and unleash creativity in other designers!

After a few years working in aerial and train simulation, and finance, I discovered computerized medicine 15 years ago. I've been working ever since in the field of medical devices and computer assisted medical intervention. The necessity to forma... Show more

J.C. Hiatt

J.C. Hiatt

J.C. Hiatt is Software Engineer & Growth Manager at Echobind, where he helps build awesome applications with JavaScript, React, React Native, and GraphQL and grow the community through education and training.

He is also the founder of DevLifts, a developer-centric fitness company focused on helping developers live healthier lives. He’s an Egghead instructor, an organizer of multiple meetups, and the organizer of the annual MagnoliaJS conference held in Jackson, Mississippi.

In his spare time, you’ll find him with his wife and dog. He is also a Reformed member of the Christian faith and is active in his local church.

J.C. Hiatt is Software Engineer & Growth Manager at Echobind, where he helps build awesome applications with JavaScript, React, React Native, and GraphQL and grow the community through education and training. He is also the founder of DevLifts, a... Show more

Amy Peck

Amy Peck

Amy Peck is the founder & CEO of EndeavorVR, a leading global VR/AR (XR) strategy & consulting firm. Amy is a recognized thought-leader in the space and speaks globally on the future of XR. She has deep connections within the industry and works with Fortune 500 companies, digital media/production companies and tech startups on XR strategy, content, development, product and GTM.

Amy holds several Advisory Board roles:
Geo.Network, a volumetric geospatial control platform
VantagePoint, VR Sexual Harassment Training
Venture Partner, Capital Region AR/VR Accelerator
XR Marin Leadership Council
Virtual World Society Ambassador

Amy is a mentor at Draper U, Women in XR Fund, Korean Innovation Center and River Studios and is an active member of several Women in Tech & STEM Education organizations. Amy is a member of the VR/AR Association’s (VRARA) Digital Healthcare Committee and Co-chairs the VRARA Enterprise Committee.

Amy's true passion for this technology emerged at Leap Motion where she launched the Enterprise division working with clients across every major vertical including healthcare, entertainment, retail, hospitality, education and government.

It became clear that there was a need to help foster XR development in the commercial arena and more importantly, shepherd these critical early wins. EndeavorVR was conceived for this very purpose.

Amy continues her work with Fortune 500 clients, helping them adopt XR for both internal process and consumer-facing initiatives, including marketing, customer experience, productivity and training. She engages the top content creators, designers, developers and platform partners to bring these solutions to fruition.

Amy’s forte is distilling complex technologies into meaningful solutions across many verticals and business lines, delivering strategy and resources at scale.

Her own personal mission is to see XR accessible to all - fundamentally improving every aspect of our lives and changing the way we work, learn, communicate and play.

Amy Peck is the founder & CEO of EndeavorVR, a leading global VR/AR (XR) strategy & consulting firm. Amy is a recognized thought-leader in the space and speaks globally on the future of XR. She has deep connections within the industry and works with ... Show more

Tom Rothe

Tom Rothe

Tom Rothe studied physics at TU Chemnitz and TU Luleå with a focus on atomistic simulations and machine learning. He is pursuing a Ph.D. under Prof. Harald Kuhn and works as an ML researcher at Fraunhofer ENAS, developing physics-informed ML models for semiconductor manufacturing.

Tom Rothe studied physics at TU Chemnitz and TU Luleå with a focus on atomistic simulations and machine learning. He is pursuing a Ph.D. under Prof. Harald Kuhn and works as an ML researcher at Fraunhofer ENAS, developing physics-informed ML models f... Show more

Erez Posner

Erez Posner

As a child, I spent many evenings in front of my PC coding and building cool projects for my eyes only. After the realization set in that I will not be making it as a competitive swimmer (wasn’t even close), I found it rewarding to create and design ideas that can benefit others.

Now, I put that passion for technology to work as a Computer Vision & Deep Learning researcher for Intuitive.

Before life at Intuitive, I was a Computer Vision and Deep Learning Lead at CommonGround-AI and Mantis Vision, where I specialized in developing cutting edge 3D imaging technology.

An additional venture I am very proud of was taking part as a system engineer at Signa sealing system which I founded. At Signa I was the sole engineer responsible for development of hardware, firmware and software. Today Signa sealing systems are installed in more than 250 Semi trailers preventing fuel theft and adulteration.

As a child, I spent many evenings in front of my PC coding and building cool projects for my eyes only. After the realization set in that I will not be making it as a competitive swimmer (wasn’t even close), I found it rewarding to create and design ... Show more

Jamiudeen Raji

Jamiudeen Raji

HARUNA, Kehinde Abdulrasaq is a lecturer of Geology and Ag. Head of Department of Chemical and Geological Science at Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Nigeria. He has a BSc in Geology (Second Class Upper Division) in 2008, an MSc in Geology in 2013 from the University of Ilorin, and a PhD in Geology in 2021 from Kwara State University. He has authored and co-authored several publications, chapters, and monographs in the field of geosciences with over 10 years of teaching career. He is a member of some professional associations including; Nigerian Mining and Geoscience Society, the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists, and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. He is a reviewer of many Academic and Professional Journals. His interests include Sedimentology, Paleontology, Chemostratigraphy, Petroleum Geology and Basinal evaluation.

HARUNA, Kehinde Abdulrasaq is a lecturer of Geology and Ag. Head of Department of Chemical and Geological Science at Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Nigeria. He has a BSc in Geology (Second Class Upper Division) in 2008, an MSc in Geology in 2013 from ... Show more

Flemming Arper

Flemming Arper

Cloud & Security Architect

Cloud & Security Architect Show more

Enrico Camianda

Enrico Camianda

Mainly focussed on EUC virtualisation technology

Mainly focussed on EUC virtualisation technology Show more

Chigozie Abraham Okafor

Chigozie Abraham Okafor

Geoscientist

Geoscientist Show more

Michael Yao

Michael Yao

Michael is a CNCF ambassador - H2 2024, an active maintainer of k/website, istio, Spiderpool, HwameiStor, Merbridge, Clusterpedia, and Kubean, and a global reviewer of Karmada.

He plays a role in ensuring the quality and accuracy of website within the CNCF ecosystem. His proficiency in knowledge sharing allows him to guide new contributors on style guides, GitOps workflows, community code of conduct, and other essential information necessary for successful collaboration.

Michael is a CNCF ambassador - H2 2024, an active maintainer of k/website, istio, Spiderpool, HwameiStor, Merbridge, Clusterpedia, and Kubean, and a global reviewer of Karmada. He plays a role in ensuring the quality and accuracy of website within... Show more

Demetrius Tien

Demetrius Tien

Demetrius(They/he) is a third year PhD student in Global and International Studies at UC, Irvine. Their interests are in Asian American Studies, Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Cambodian Studies. They are a recent graduate from California State University, Long Beach, where they received their B.A in History with a minor in Asian American Studies. As an undergrad, Demetrius was a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow and recipient of the Distinguished Undergraduate in History award.

Demetrius(They/he) is a third year PhD student in Global and International Studies at UC, Irvine. Their interests are in Asian American Studies, Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Cambodian Studies. They are a recent graduate from California State Universi... Show more

Abimbola Chris Ogunyele

Abimbola Chris Ogunyele

Abimbola Chris Ogunyele is a researcher with expertise in natural hydrogen exploration, geochemistry, and petrology.

Abimbola Chris Ogunyele is a researcher with expertise in natural hydrogen exploration, geochemistry, and petrology. Show more

Nnenna   Justina Ekiliwo

Nnenna Justina Ekiliwo

Ekiliwo Nnenna is an emerging geoscientist currently pursuing her Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Sedimentary/ Petroleum Geology at Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria. Her academic journey is rooted in a strong passion for environmental sustainability and subsurface resource evaluation, with a focus on integrating geological knowledge with environmental best practices.

She is currently undertaking a postgraduate research internship with Renaissance African Energy Company, where she works with the environment team. In this role, she supports environmental monitoring, regulatory compliance, and sustainability initiatives across upstream oil and gas operations. Her involvement includes analysing environmental impact data, participating in field assessments, and contributing to environmental reporting and mitigation planning experiences that are enhancing her understanding of responsible resource development.

Nnenna is particularly passionate about the intersection of geoscience and environmental stewardship, advocating for sustainable practices in resource extraction. She brings a balanced approach that bridges technical reservoir understanding with environmental risk awareness.

Ekiliwo Nnenna is an emerging geoscientist currently pursuing her Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Sedimentary/ Petroleum Geology at Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria. Her academic journey is rooted in a strong passion for environmental sustaina... Show more

Hugo Bottois

Hugo Bottois

Hugo Bottois is a Life Science PhD with experience in research and programming. He works at Sanofi, where he supports clinical programmers and statisticians in their daily tasks. He is enthusiastic about open-source models and packages in the pharmaceutical industry and clinical trials. Hugo work mainly on package validation efforts to ensure secure open-source adoption and to drive collaborative innovation across the pharmaceutical sector.

Hugo Bottois is a Life Science PhD with experience in research and programming. He works at Sanofi, where he supports clinical programmers and statisticians in their daily tasks. He is enthusiastic about open-source models and packages in the pharmac... Show more

Chanda Chewe

Chanda Chewe

Certified Hacker - CISCO

Former Software Engineer at KUALA TECH, Former Software Engineer at Bridging Gap Solutions (BGS), Assistant Software Developer at BGS Zamtel Call Center, Former Software Developer & team Lead at MyEliana Group, Former Software Developer at Esvic Solutions Limited.
Award winning software Developer:
1. First position winner for ZICTA ICT Cohort of 2021
2. Second position winner at Stanbic Bank Hacklab Hackathon of 2021.
Studied Physics at the Copperbelt University (2016 - 2020)

Certified Hacker - CISCO Former Software Engineer at KUALA TECH, Former Software Engineer at Bridging Gap Solutions (BGS), Assistant Software Developer at BGS Zamtel Call Center, Former Software Developer & team Lead at MyEliana Group, Former Soft... Show more

Marina Manganaro

Marina Manganaro

I am an Astroparticle Physicist, and I work as Assistant Professor at the University of Rijeka. My work is focused on the observation and study of extra-galactic accelerators. I am an enthusiastic Linux user, Dungeon Master and coffee addicted.

I am an Astroparticle Physicist, and I work as Assistant Professor at the University of Rijeka. My work is focused on the observation and study of extra-galactic accelerators. I am an enthusiastic Linux user, Dungeon Master and coffee addicted. Show more

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