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Prof. Gordon Fishell, Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School
The complex development of the human brain, Interneuron Types as Attractors and Controllers, Developmental diversification of cortical inhibitory interneurons, and A viral strategy for targeting and manipulating interneurons across vertebrate species Prof
Prof. Marc Pinsonneault, Theorist on the structure and evolution of stars at Ohio State University
Red giant masses and ages derived from carbon and nitrogen abundances, Spectroscopic determination of masses for red giants, Young alpha-enriched giant stars in the solar neighborhood, and Dynamical heating across the Milky Way disc. Prof. Marc Pinsonneau
Prof. Gregory Laughlin, Professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Yale University
The world is running out of energy in 100 years, Large-Scale Computation using Astronomical Resources, and the future of Artificial Intelligence. Prof. Gregory Laughlin is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Yale University. He is interested in h
Prof. Fran Bagenal, Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder
The New Horizons Mission to Pluto, the Juno Mission to Jupiter: What have we learned and what's in store? Prof. Fran Bagenal is a Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder and a researcher in the fields of spa
Prof. Edwin Turner, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University
Bayesian analysis of the astrobiological implications of life’s early emergence on Earth, A Possible Spectroscopic Biosignature of Extraterrestrial Plants, and Characterization of extrasolar terrestrial planets from diurnal photometric variability P
Dr. Chris Bleakley, Associate Professor and Head of the School of Computer Science at University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland
Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence, definitions, origin, progress, problems, and the future. Dr. Chris Bleakley is an Associate Professor and Head of the School of Computer Science at University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland. Chris leads a resea
Prof. Laith Abu-Raddad, Professor of Population Health Sciences at Cornell University in Qatar
Qatar, a great field experiment in understanding factors affecting COVID incidence rates, mortality, herd immunity, testing, reinfection, and vaccination and forming policies for the future. Laith Abu-Raddad is a Professor of Population Health Sciences at
Prof. Paul Turner, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University.
Phage Therapy: A Renewed Approach to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Prisoner's dilemma in an RNA virus, Virus population extinction via ecological traps, and Dynamics of molecular evolution in RNA virus populations depend on sudden versus gradual e
Prof. Matthias Doepke, Research Professor in the Department of Economics at Northwestern University
Love, Money, and Parenting: How economics can help explain how we raise our kids today, Women's Employment in a Pandemic Recession, and Why has the college wage premium risen rapidly in the US, but not in European economies such as Germany? Prof. Matthias
Prof. Michel Janssen, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota
The history, puzzles, and miracles of Quantum Mechanics Prof. Michel Janssen is a Professor, Program in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine & School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota --- Send in a voice message: https:/