Speakers 2022
Curious 2022 brings together some of the brightest scientists, most accomplished entrepreneurs, and technology pioneers in a variety of different innovative formats.
Find below further information about our outstanding speakers, including 14 Nobel Prize winners.
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Healthy Lives
Weizmann Institute of Science, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009
Nobel laureate Prof. Yonath is the Martin S. and Helen Kimmel Professor of Structural Biology. Her...
Healthy Lives
Stanford University School of Medicine, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012
Brian Kobilka received his Bachelor of Science Degrees in Biology and Chemistry from the University of...
Life Reimagined
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sara Seager is a professor of physics and planetary science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....
Healthy Lives
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Dr. Anthony Atala, George Link Professor and Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine,...
Vibrant Digital
UC Berkeley
Ziad Obermeyer is an Acting Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the UC Berkeley...
Healthy Lives
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014
Stefan W. Hell is a director at both the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in...
Bright Future
Harvard Business School
Linda Hill is regarded as one of the top experts on leadership. She is the author...
Healthy Lives
Stanford, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013
Thomas Christian Südhof, ForMemRS, is a German-American biochemist known for his study of synaptic transmission. Currently,...
Vibrant Digital
MIT Media Lab
Dr. Catherine Havasi is a technology strategist, AI researcher, and entrepreneur. Her work at MIT has...
Bright Future
Co-President of the Club of Rome
Sandrine Dixson-Declève has close to three decades of experience in European and international politics and business,...
Vibrant Digital
University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia
Dr. Jarryd Pla is a Quantum Engineer and Senior Lecturer at the University of New South...
Life Reimagined
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988
Robert Huber was born in 1937 in Munich. He studied chemistry at the Technische Universität München...
Life Reimagined
Stanford University, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014
W. E. (William Esco) Moerner is widely recognized for the first optical detection of a single...
Moderator
News Editor, AAAS/Science
Tim Appenzeller leads Science’s award-winning news section and supervises its global team of staff and freelance...
Life Reimagined
Stanford University
Christina D. Smolke is a pioneer in the fields of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. As...
Material & Solutions
University of Strasbourg, Nobel Prize in Chemistry1987
Jean-Marie Lehn became Professor of Chemistry in 1970 at Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg and then...
Healthy Lives
University of Melbourne, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996
A graduate of the University of Queensland School of Veterinary Science, Peter Doherty shared the 1996...
Material & Solutions
Kyushu University
Chihaya Adachi is a distinguished Professor at Kyushu University and director of Kyushu University’s Center for...
Energy
Harvard University
Daniel G. Nocera is the Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy at Harvard University. He is widely...
Bright Future
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Dietmar Harhoff is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition and Professor for...
Bright Future
E. Merck KG
Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp was born in 1948 in Dorsten, Germany. Following his German university entrance...