Sessions:
- Batteries to Power the World
- Obesity
- Quantum
- Reproductive Justice
- Seeing the World Through Different Lenses
- From Organisms to Superorganisms: Major Transitions in Biological Complexity
- Who is Space for?
- Wildfire Management
A full playlist of symposium session presentations may be found here.
Batteries to Power the World
Organizer: Saskia Mordijck, William & Mary
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Batteries, Then Science, Dan Steingart, Columbia University
SPEAKERS: Systems Analysis for Insights into Research and Development Priorities, Jennifer Dunn, Northwestern University
Small Scale, Big Impact: Nanoscale Insights into Energy Storage Materials, Nina Balke, North Carolina State University
Obesity
Organizer: Mel Wohlgemuth, University of Arizona and Ed O’Brien, Pennsylvania State University
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Ricardo Samms, Eli Lilly and Co.
SPEAKERS: Illuminating the Central Mechanisms of Anti-obesity Medications, Lisa Beutler, Northwestern University
Human Brain Encoding and Control of Metabolic State, Zaman Mirzadeh, Barrow Neurological Institute
The Quantum Information Age
Organizer: Greg Mosby, NASA
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Introduction to Quantum Technologies, James D. Whitfield, Dartmouth University / Amazon Web Services
SPEAKERS: The Birth of Quantum Engineering, Jacob Taylor, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
The Quantum Information Age, Dvir Kafri, Google
Reproductive Justice
Organizer: Benika Dixon, Texas A&M University and Elena Glassman, Harvard University
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Understanding Reproductive Justice, Monica McLemore, New York University
SPEAKERS: Black Queer Being/Knowing/Feeling: Storytelling of Barriers to Reproductive Healthcare, Robyn Adams, Texas Tech University
Surviving a Pandemic: HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Justice in An Ethnographic Lens, Jallicia Jolly, Amherst College
Seeing the World Through Different Lenses
Organizer: Saskia Mordijck, William & Mary
SPEAKERS: Using AI and Brain Activity to Make Pictures of Mental Images, Thomas Naselaris, University of Minnesota
Probing Neural Plasticity to Novel Color Experience In the Human Brain, Ren Ng, University of California, Berkeley
From Organisms to Superorganisms: Major Transitions in Biological Complexity
Organizer: Doug Blackiston, Tufts University
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: The Surprisingly Simple Origins of Complex Life, Will Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology
SPEAKERS: Comparative Methods Offer Powerful Insights into the Evolution of Social Behavior, Sarah Kocher, Princeton University
Superorganismal Evolution, Tim Linksvayer, Arizona State University
Who is Space for?
Organizer: Greg Mosby, NASA
SPEAKERS: UAE’s Journey to Space, Hoor Al Mazmi, UAE Space Agency
Sharing Space with Satellites, Meredith Rawls, University of Washington
Wildfire Management
Organizer: Katlin Bowman Adamczyk, U.S. Geological Survey
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Forests, Fire, and Society: Considering Resilience Under Rapidly Changing Conditions, Brian Harvey, University of Washington
SPEAKERS: Biodiversity in the Pyrocene, Gavin M. Jones, USDA Forest Service
“Does Concrete Burn?” – Examining the Impacts of Wildfire Disasters to Incarcerated Communities, J. Carlee Purdum, University of Houston
The Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium is sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation. The US symposium is also supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation under Grant No. G-2024-23965. Additional funding is also provided from the National Academy of Sciences.
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