People 203 Sciences
Ashley Llorens
Chief, Intelligent Systems Center
Johns Hopkins University
Sheela Raja
Clinical psychologist
HuffPost Live blogger
John Andrews
Population biologist
Lincoln Park Zoo
Mark Hersam
Won 2014 ‘Genius’ grant
Northwestern professor
Guy Padbury
Senior VP, Merck
Preclinical Development
Thyaga Nandagopal
Program director
National Science Foundation
Kevin Warwick
Artificial intelligence pioneer
Former Beckman fellow
Gary Urton
Harvard professor
Won 2000 'Genius' grant
Chinonye Nnakwe
Molecular biologist
National Science Foundation
Brock Siegel
Managing director
BioInfleXion Point Partners
Don Lowe
Earth sciences professor
Stanford University
Stuart Umpleby
Past president
American Cybernetics Society
Ed Cupp
World-renowned entomologist
Auburn professor emeritus
E.J. Corey
Won Nobel in chemistry
UI professor, 1951-59
Jennifer Ollie
STEM program manager
Chicago Public Schools
Donald Johanson
Paleoanthropologist
Discovered Lucy skeleton
Bruce Blair
Nuclear security expert
Won 1999 'Genius' grant
Mike Kerns
Discovery lead, wheat
Bayer CropScience
Anthony Leggett
Nobel-winning physicist
On UI faculty since ’83
Phillip Sharp
Renowned geneticist, biologist
Shared 1993 Nobel Prize
Bill Baker
Structural engineer
Alumni Achievement Award
Ashley Predith
Senior technical advisor
U.S. Department of Energy
Linda Birnbaum
NIEHS director
Distinguished Alumni Award
