Professor of Physics, Michigan State University My interest in physics started in middle school. I had questions about everything and initially thought I would be an engineer. I did my undergraduate in Engineering in Lisbon but realized theory was my real passion. I moved to England for a PhD in Theoretical Physics. In research, I started out with halo nuclei and modeling their properties. That lead to the theory for nuclear reactions of unstable nuclei and the connections to astrophysics. That lead to uncertainty quantification, Bayesian statistics, experimental design...
Associate Professor in Science Communication, Australian National University Fabien a science communication academic with a background in philosophy (PhD) and economics (PG Dip). He brings these fields into his work on how knowledge, and especially scientific knowledge, is discussed, considered, and shaped in conversations between experts and non-experts. He is especially interested in questions about social epistemology and on the ethics of science communication. Fabien has worked in Australia and New Zealand, and have collaborations all over the world. He is currently the Secretary of PCST, the global network for the Public Communication of Science and Technology, and from 2016 to 2018 was the president of the Science Communicators' Association of New Zealand.
Lecturer in Business Management (Entrepreneurship and Innovation), Lincoln University, New Zealand I am a social scientist exploring cognitive and behavioural sciences within the field of entrepreneurship and innovation. Thus my research focus sits within the interdisciplinary realms of psychological and physiological sciences. The driving force behind my exploration in this domain is a deep-rooted desire to instigate meaningful change. I am dedicated to achieving this by disrupting entrenched mindsets, cultivating innovative modes of thought, and ultimately reshaping behaviours. As I look ahead, my trajectory involves an ongoing investigation into the intricate interplay between human behaviour, innovative thinking, and the transformative power of emerging technologies which will undoubtedly influence the way we perceive, adapt, and evolve within the unfolding digital revolution.
Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Institution Fabio is an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian in Cambridge (MA), and a Clay Fellow at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. His research focuses on "all things black holes," from the local ones to the farthest ever discovered, from the small to the super-massive ones. A large part of his research deals with the formation, cosmological evolution and observational signatures of the first population of black holes formed more than 13 billion years ago. Fabio is a very active science educator and loves outreach! With TED Conferences, he is the science educator for 10+ TED-Ed videos, mostly about physics and astrophysics. He is also a writer for Scientific American.
professeur de science politique, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Professeur de science politique à l'Université Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne, chercheur au Centre européen de sociologie et de science politique (CESSP-CNRS), les recherches de Frédéric Sawicki portent sur les partis politiques, l'engagement militant et la politique locale.
