Sessions:
- Brain-Computer-Interfaces
- Habitability
- Heat Stress and Human Health: Tackling the World’s Most Dangerous Hazard
- Invisible Frontiers of Life
- PFAS Microplastics and Forever Chemicals / Unseen Contaminants
- Psychedelics and the Brain: Mechanisms, Mind and Medicine
- Sea Level and Earth System Transitions: Past Insights, Future Directions
- Star in a Jar
Brain-Computer-Interfaces
Organizers: Doug Blackiston, Tufts University
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Amy Orsborn, University of Washington
SPEAKERS:
Jonathan Viventi, Duke University
Robert Gaunt, University of Pittsburgh
Habitability
Organizer: Greg Mosby, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Chris Stark, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
SPEAKERS:
Stephanie Olson, Purdue University
Natasha Latouf, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Heat Stress and Human Health: Tackling the World’s Most Dangerous Hazard
Organizer: Carlee Purdum, University of Houston
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Ladd Keith, University of Arizona
SPEAKERS:
To be confirmed
Invisible Frontiers of Life
Organizer: Allyson Sgro, HHMI Janelia Research
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Benjamin Wolfe, Tufts University
SPEAKERS:
Sarah Hu, Texas A&M University
Valerie De Anda, University of Florida
PFAS Microplastics and Forever Chemicals / Unseen Contaminants
Organizers: Saskia Mordijck, William & Mary and Emmy Smith Johns Hopkins University
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Jessica Reiner, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
SPEAKERS:
To be confirmed
Psychedelics and the Brain: Mechanisms, Mind and Medicine
Organizer: Amber Alhadeff, Monell Chemical Senses Center
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Mason Marks, Florida State University
SPEAKERS:
Gül Dölen, University of California, Berkeley
Albert Garcia-Romeu, Johns Hopkins University
Sea Level and Earth System Transitions: Past Insights, Future Directions
Organizer: Emmy Smith, Johns Hopkins University
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Jessica Creveling, Oregon State University
SPEAKERS:
Blake Dyer, University of Victoria
Jacky Austermann, Columbia University
Star in a Jar
Organizer: Saskia Mordijck, William & Mary
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Carolyn Kuranz, University of Michigan
SPEAKERS:
Derek Schaeffer, University of California, Los Angeles
Jim Schroeder, Wheaton College
The Frontiers of Science symposium series is sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences. Major support is provided by the Philip and Sima Needleman Family Legacy Fund. Additional funding is also provided from the National Academy of Sciences.
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