Chris is currently the Founding Director and Chief Scientist at The Institute of Biomedical Engineering Imperial College, London. He is Founder and CEO of Toumaz Technology and Chairman and CEO of DNA Electronics, as well as Director of the Winston Wong Centre for BioInspired Technology.
Daniel Kraft is a Stanford, and Harvard, trained physician-scientist with over 20 years of innovative biomedical research and clinical experience. He is a NIH funded faculty member with the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine and is on clinical faculty with the UCSF pediatric bone marrow transplantation service.
Loudon Wainright III wrote his first song in 1968, “Edgar”, about a Watch Hill RI lobsterman, and was soon signed to Atlantic Records by Nesuhi Ertegun. Several years later, Clive Davis lured him to Columbia Records, where 1972’s “Album III” yielded the top 20 hit “Dead Skunk”.
Eric Schadt joined Mount Sinai Medical School as the Chair, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and as Director, Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology. Previously, Dr. Schadt joined Pacific Biosciences as Chief Scientific Officer in June 2009 to oversee the scientific strategy for the company, including creating the vision for next-generation sequencing applications of the company’s technology
Joseph DeSimone is the Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University. DeSimone is also an Adjunct Member at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
Bill Doyle has dedicated his career to bringing breakthrough medical technologies to doctors and patients. Bill is the Executive Chairman and largest shareholder of NovoCure Ltd.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta is chief medical correspondent for the health and medical unit at CNN. Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon and an assistant professor of neurosurgery, plays an integral role in the network’s medical coverage, which includes lead reporting on breaking medical news, regular health and medical updates for American Morning, anchoring the half-hour weekend medical affairs program House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta and reporting for CNN documentaries.
Alexander Tsiaras is an internationally renowned technologist, artist, journalist, entrepreneur and author.
Charles Limb is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, where he specializes in neurotology and skull base surgery. He is also a Faculty Member at the Peabody Conservatory of Music.
Ray Cronise is a passionate innovator and scientist. Always seeking new ways of looking at old problems, Ray has applied his talents in a number of capacities ranging from academic research and development to creative sales and marketing.