University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Beth Pieroth

Neuropsychologist

NorthShore U HealthSystem

Kenneth Chang

Science reporter

The New York Times

Robert Gaynes

Distinguished physician

Emory School of Medicine

Paul Zinnes

Digital asset supervisor

Lucasfilm Animation

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