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• Alan Alda

  Actor, Author, Director

• Al + Al

  Artists

• Boaz Almog

  Physicist

• Jay Allison

  Journalist, Documentary Maker

• Arthur Benjamin

  Mathematician, Magician, Author

• Richard Besser

  ABC News Chief Health & Medical Editor

• Bill Blakemore

  ABC News Correspondent

• Paul Bloom

  Psychologist

• Baba Brinkman

  Rap Artist, Writer

• Julie Burstein

  Author and Radio Producer

• Cynthia Bir

  Biomedical engineer

• George Bonanno

  Clinical Psychologist

• Alison Brooks

  Anthropologist

• Angela Belcher

  Materials Scientist, Biological Engineer

• Natalie Batalha

  Physicist

• Tyondai Braxton

  Musician, Composer

• LeVar Burton

  Emmy Award-Winning Actor, Director

• David Brancaccio

  Anchor, Correspondent, Author

• Tricia Rose Burt

  Writer, Performer, Artist

• Andrew Blum

  Author

• Ralph Borland

  Artist, Designer, Technologist

• Ethan Brown

  Mathemagician

• Vinton Cerf

  Computer Scientist

• Dennis Charney

  Biological Psychiatrist

• Francesca Casadio

  Museum Scientist

• Janet Conrad

  Physicist

• Jennifer Choi

  Violinist

• Sam Calagione

  Brewer

• John E. Carlstrom

  Cosmologist

• Bruce Cuthbert

  Psychologist

• Moran Cerf

  Neuroscientist

• Paul Davies

  Cosmologist, Astrobiologist, and Author

• Joris Dik

  Archaeologist

• Mariette DiChristina

  Editor in Chief, Scientific American

• John Donvan

  Correspondent, ABC

• Jeffrey Eugenides

  Author

• Todd Ellison

  Music Director

• James Fallon

  Neuroscientist

• Stuart Firestein

  Neuroscientist

• Elaine Fuchs

  Stem Cell Researcher

• Joseph Formaggio

  Particle Physicist

• Michael B. First

  Psychiatrist

• Robert J. Full

  Professor of Integrative Biology

• Heinrich Frontzek

  Head of Corporate Communications

• Paige Faure

  Actress

• Brian Greene

  Physicist

• Philip Glass

  Composer

• Jonathan Gottschall

  Writer

• Neil Gershenfeld

  Physicist, Computer Scientist

• Ed Green

  Genome Biologist

• Laurie Garrett

  Journalist

• Donald Goff

  Psychiatrist

• Sandro Galea

  Physician, Epidemiologist

• Drew Gehling

  Actor

• Eitan Grinspun

  Associate Professor of Computer Science

• Sebastien Gouin

  Chemist

• John Hockenberry

  Journalist

• Dennis Hong

  Roboticist, Engineer

• David Henry Hwang

  Playwright

• Dan Harris

  News Correspondent, Anchor

• Francis Halzen

  Experimental Physicist

• John Holdren

  Physicist, Engineer

• David Hibbard

  Actor

• Joann Hunter

  Director

• Rose Hemingway

  Actress

• Carey E. Hidaka

  Consultant, Civil Engineer

• Katherine Isbister

  Computer Scientist

• Don Ingber

  Cell Biologist

• Lisa P. Jackson

  Chemical Engineer

• Kay Redfield Jamison

  Psychologist

• Thomas Jessell

  Neuroscientist, Biochemist

• Peter Jäger

  Arachnologist

• Petr Janata

  Cognitive Neuroscientist

• Stanley Jordan

  Musician

• Lawrence M. Krauss

  Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist, and Author

• Nancy Knowlton

  Marine Biologist

• David Kuhn

  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Performer

• Mario Livio

  Astrophysicist

• Janna Levin

  Physicist

• Seth Lloyd

  Mechanical Engineer

• Peter Lovatt

  Dance psychologist

• Walter Liedtke

  Museum Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Yann LeCun

  Computer Scientist

• Kent Larson

  Architect, Designer

• George Lombardi

  Physician

• John C. Mather

  Astrophysicist

• Siddhartha Mukherjee

  Physician, Author

• MOMIX

  Modern Dance Company

• Susan McKeown

  Singer, Songwriter

• Amber Miller

  Physicist

• Claire Max

  Astrophysicist

• Matt Mountain

  Astronomer

• Jarod Miller

  Zoologist

• Cynthia McFadden

  Anchor, Correspondent

• Maja Matarić

  Computer Scientist, Roboticist

• Tim McHenry

  Producer

• Patrick E. McGovern

  Biomolecular Archeologist

• Debra Monk

  Actress

• Eryn Murman

  Actress

• Sean McDaniel

  Musician

• Vinod Menon

  Associate Professor of Physics, CUNY

• Jin Montclare

  Director of the Protein Engineering and Molecular Design Lab, Professor (NYU Poly)

• Mark Mescher

  Entomologist

• Fran Norris

  Social Psychologist

• David Ng

  Science Educator

• Gary Nabel

  Virologist, Immunologist

• James Naughton

  Actor

• Femi Oke

  Radio Anchor

• Michael Osterholm

  Public health scientist

• Keith Oatley

  Psychologist, Novelist

• Daniela O’Neill

  Developmental Psychologist

• Orchestra of St. Luke’s

  Orchestra

• Joyce Carol Oates

  Author

• Abbey O’Brien

  Actress

• William Phillips

  Physicist and Nobel Laureate in in Physics

• Lyman Page

  Physicist

• Maurizio Porfiri

  Mechanical Engineer

• Alex Pasternack

  Journalist

• Tristan Perich

  Experimental Composer

• Bill Ritter

  Anchor, Correspondent

• Matthieu Ricard

  Buddhist Monk

• Richard Rhodes

  Author

• John Rennie

  Science Writer

• John Robinson

  Rapper, Performer

• Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud

  Astrophysicist

• T. Oliver Reid

  Musician, Actor

• Thorsten Ritz

  Biophysicist

• Michael Roush

  Actor

• Oliver Sacks

  Neurologist, Author

• John Schaefer

  Radio Host

• Chris Stringer

  Paleoanthropologist

• Elyn Saks

  Mental Health Law Professor

• David Spergel

  Theoretical Astrophysicist

• Anya Salih

  Marine Biologist

• Tomás Saraceno

  Installation Artist

• Sara Seager

  Planetary Scientist, Astrophysicist

• Suzanne Staggs

  Physicist

• Kathleen Supové

  Pianist

• Glenn Saxe

  Physician, Psychiatrist

• Helen Blair Simpson

  Psychiatrist

• Jason Silva

  Television Personality, Filmmaker, Philosopher

• Elizabeth Stark

  Internet Law Expert

• Wendy Suzuki

  Neuroscientist, Psychologist

• Lesley Stahl

  Anchor, Correspondent

• Elizabeth Stahlmann

  Actress

• Concetta Tomaino

  Music Therapist, Psychologist

• Garrick Utley

  Senior Fellow, SUNY Levin Institute

• The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

  Performance Artists

• Elizabeth Vargas

  ABC News Anchor

• Stephanie Butler Velegol

  Chemical Engineer

• Bill Weir

  ABC News Correspondent and Anchor

• Edward O. Wilson

  Evolutionary Biologist and Author

• Lynette Wallworth

  Multimedia Artist

• Mark Wigley

  Architect

• Alex Wright

  Director of User Experience at The New York Times

• Adam Wilson

  Biomedical Engineer

• Tim Wu

  Author, Technology Law

• Ted Widmer

  Historian, Writer

• Philip White

  Experimental Musician

• Robert Woodrow Wilson

  Astronomer

• Rachel Yehuda

  Psychiatrist, Neuroscientist

• Carl Zimmer

  Science Writer