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  • Dorian Abbot

    I am a professor at the University of Chicago.

  • Anna Krylov

    Anna Krylov is a professor of chemistry at the University of Southern California. She received her professional training from Moscow State University, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and the University of California, Berkeley.

  • J Scott Turner

    I am a retired professor of biology, who has been led into heterodox thoughts about the nature of life, adaptation and evolution. I am presently Director of Science Programs at the National Association of Scholars.

  • Kent Osband

    Economic historian, finance theorist, and fan of reasoned debate

  • Daniel Nuccio

    Daniel Nuccio holds advanced degrees in bio and psych. When not studying host-microbe relationships in lonely voles, he spends his time moonlighting as a journalist. He is a regular contributor to both The College Fix and The Brownstone Institute.

  • Luana Maroja

    Luana is a professor of Biology at Williams college. She got her PhD in evolutionary Biology from Cornell University, and her undergraduate and master degrees from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

  • Evan D. Morris

    Evan D. Morris is Prof. of Bioimaging at Yale. He develops models to analyze PET images. He led 25 Yale profs to Israel and produced, "Indivisible. The Israeli Academy after Oct 7th": https://www.indivisibleyale.com . He doesn’t use AI for drawing.

  • Mark D'Souza

    Mark D’Souza is a practising Canadian physician and author of Lost and Found: How Meaningless Living is Destroying Us and Three Keys to Fix It

  • Igor Efimov

    Bioengineering Professor in Chicago. Was born in Siberia.

  • Judy Parrish

    Professor Emerita of Earth & Spatial Sciences at University of Idaho. I've published widely on paleoclimate of deep time, and am still active in research. I'm also a pilot.

  • Rick Born

    I’m a recently retired professor of neurobiology who has also taught coding, statistics, and a course on “social issues in biology.” I believe we need to do a better job of teaching our students how to have civil discussions on difficult topics.

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