Alessandro M. Forte was born in Rome, Italy, but pursued his university studies in Canada, where he graduated with a Ph.D. in geophysics from the Department of Physics at the University of Toronto in 1989. Although he initially completed an engineering degree in Toronto, and was subsequently engaged in graduate studies in theoretical physics, it
Stuart Firestein is the Chair of Columbia University’s Department of Biological Sciences where he and his colleagues study the vertebrate olfactory system, possibly the best chemical detector on the face of the planet. Aside from its molecular detection capabilities, the olfactory system serves as a model for investigating general principles and mechanisms of signaling and
Kathleen Donohue is Professor of Biology at Duke University, and she is a member of the Executive Committee of the University Program in Ecology and a member of the University Program in Genetics and Genomics at Duke. She completed her bachelors degrees in Biology and Medieval Studies at Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Ecology
Erik Demaine is a computer scientist and an artist. Since 2001, he has been a professor of computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Erik’s research interests range throughout algorithms, from data structures for improving web searches to the geometry of understanding how proteins fold, to the computational difficulty of playing games. He received
Tom has several honors and awards for his research and teaching, including the selection as a MacArthur Fellow in 1996, the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award, and the University of Washington Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award. He is on the editorial boards of Science Magazine, Proceedings of the Royal Society (Biology Letters) and PLOS Computational
Brian R. Crane is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. He is interested in the chemical processes that underlie the transmission of signals in biological systems. In particular, he strives to understand cellular behaviors in terms of molecular structure and reactivity. Particular interests are the ability of bacteria
Peter Clote is Professor of Biology at Boston College, with courtesy appointment in Computer Science. He is an international expert in computational biology, with focus on RNA. Earning B.Sc. and PhD degrees in mathematics from MIT and Duke University, as well as a Doctorat d’Etat from Université Paris 7, Clote has held faculty positions in
I am a Professor of Biology and the Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Section Chair at Indiana University, where I have been on the faculty since 2000. I completed a B.S. at the University of Illinois in Honors Biology in 1984, a M.S. in Ecology at the University of Michigan in 1987, and a Ph.D. in
Dr. Huimin Zhao is the Centennial Endowed Chair Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and professor of chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics, and bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He received his B.S. degree in Biology from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1992 and his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from
Alan Willner received the Ph.D. (1988) in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, as well as a B.S. (1982) and an Honorary Degree (Honoris Causa, 2012) from Yeshiva University. He was a Postdoctoral Member of the Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and a Member of Technical Staff at Bellcore. He is currently the Steven and
Wang is Professor of Neurobiology, Physics, and Psychology, Director of the Swartz Program in Theoretical Neurobiology, and member of the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience at Yale University. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Brussels in 1987, when he entered the then-nascent field of Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience. He has held faculty
Adam Siepel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology at Cornell University. Siepel works on problems at the intersection of computer science, statistics, evolutionary biology, and genomics. His research has touched on a diverse collection of topics, including the identification of recombinant strains of HIV, the discovery of new
A resident of Berkeley, California, for most of my life, I have pursued a lifelong interest in photography and nature while also working as a carpenter and contractor. With Sylvia Sharnoff, I carried out the photographic fieldwork for Lichens of North America (Brodo, Sharnoff & Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2001.) My images have appeared in
Luay Nakhleh is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Rice University, and holds joint appointments with that university’s departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and Biochemistry & Cell Biology. Further, he is an adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Systems Biology at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and a faculty member of the
Janna Levin is a theoretical physicist and a writer. She has contributed to an understanding of astrophysical black holes, the cosmology of extra dimensions, and gravitational waves in the shape of spacetime. Levin integrates scientific themes in both fiction and nonfiction. Her second book—a novel, A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines (Knopf, 2006)—won the PEN/Bingham
Laura Landweber is a Professor of Biology in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. She received her A.B. summa cum laude from Princeton in 1989 and her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1993 working with Walter Gilbert and Richard Lewontin. Before returning to Princeton as an assistant professor in 1994, she
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