Marek Janko is a materials scientist at the Center of Smart Interfaces of Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany. He researches the function, structure, and resilience of biological materials and has co-authored six scientific articles using measurement techniques such as atomic force microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. His prior study of The Iceman mummy includes published work analyzing…read more »

Asgar Ali is an Associate Professor in Postharvest Physiology and Technology at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Dr. Asgar is also the Director of Postgraduate Research at UNMC since 2010. Moreover, Dr. Asgar, is the founding director of the ‘Centre of Excellence for Postharvest Biotechnology’ at the University of Nottingham. With a range of…read more »

Peter B. deMenocal is a professor at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Dr. deMenocal is recognized as one of the leaders of the scientific effort to understand Earth parameters during the time that hominids evolved. He reconstructs past changes in ocean circulation and terrestrial climate using proxies in marine sediments, primarily stable isotope and…read more »

Neil Anthony Sims is a marine biologist who has dedicated his professional and educational life to the sea. Sims is the co-founder and VP of Research for Kona Blue. Since moving to Kona in 1990, Sims has led research into hatchery production and mariculture for a broad range of overfished species. In addition, Sims is…read more »

Dr. David Schindel is the Executive Secretary of the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL), an international initiative hosted by the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History and supported by a grant from the Sloan Foundation. The Consortium includes natural history museums and other biodiversity research organizations and is devoted to developing a global…read more »

Stéphane Udry is an astronomer at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, and is involved in the search for exoplanets.. He and his team, in 2007, discovered a possibly terrestrial planet in the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Gliese 581, approximately 20 light years away in the constellation Libra. He also led the…read more »

Chris Field is the founding director of the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology, Professor of Biology and Environmental Earth System Science at Stanford University, and Faculty Director of Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. Field’s research emphasizes impacts of climate change, from the molecular to the global scale. He has, for two decades, led major…read more »

Joan Kleypas is a marine ecologist/geologist who focuses on how coral reefs and other marine ecosystems are affected by changes in the Earth’s atmosphere and climate. Kleypas now works mainly to combat – and prevent – the effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs. She was announced the winner of the prestigious Heinz Award in…read more »

In 2004 David Stuart was appointed as the Linda and David Schele Professor of Mesoamerican Art and Writing. His interests in the traditional cultures of Mesoamerica are wide-ranging, but his primary research focuses is the archaeology and epigraphy of ancient Maya civilization. His early work on the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphs led to a MacArthur…read more »