bill gates, philanthropist

arieh warshel, professor of chemistry/nobel laureate

joseph kirschvink, geobiologist

andre rogatko, biostatistician

julia ljubimova, director of the nanomedicine research center at cedars-sinai medical center

anthony zador, neurobiologist

dr. harvey karp, pediatrician, with my niece, willamina

ken bowersox, astronaut

diane evans, director of the earth science and technology directorate at the jet propulsion laboratory

james watson, biologist/nobel laureate

jared diamond, author/professor of geography/macarthur “genius” grant winner

jeff greason, founder and CEO of XCOR aerospace, private spaceflight company

john doebley, plant geneticist

keith inman, forensic investigator

kenneth advincula, coroner’s assistant

keith black, neurosurgeon

mr. wizard, kid’s science show host

paul frommer, linguist/creator of the na’avi language for avatar

pramod butte, research scientist

stefan knauss, prosthetist

steve kay, chronobiologist

andrew shtulman, psychologist/author

dwain morris-irvin, co-founder and chief scientific officer of stemvax

jay t. last, physicist

john preskill, theoretical physicist

dr. laura mosqueda, gerontologist specializing in elder abuse cases

david campbell, coroner's investigator specializing in suicide cases