Jack Horner and his dig teams have discovered the first evidence of parental care in dinosaurs, extensive nesting grounds, evidence of dinosaur herds, and the world’s first dinosaur embryos. He's now exploring how to build a dinosaur.

Dr. Karen DeSalvo is a nationally recognized health policy leader working at the intersection of medicine, public health and information technology to improve the health of people and their communities.

Aarathi Krishnan designs institutions and systems that help us imagine equitable futures for all.

Debra Jarvis isn't your typical hospital chaplain. With wry wit, she aims to comfort patients -- and also challenge them.

Joe DeRisi hunts for the genes that make us sick. At his lab, he works to understand the genome of Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest form of malaria.

Tolu Oyekan brings fresh thinking to how organizations can achieve their developmental goals in Africa and beyond.

Rafael Casal is writer, producer and star of the acclaimed feature film "Blindspotting," which addresses the vivid (and sometimes harsh) realities of life in Oakland, California.

Samantha Power studies US foreign policy, especially as it relates to war and human rights. Her books take on the world's worst problems: genocide, civil war and brutal dictatorships.

Sebastian Kraves wants to bring DNA science to more people in new places.

Mary Ziegler is an expert on the law, history and politics of reproduction, health care and conservatism in the United States from 1945 to the present.

Alanna Shaikh is a global health consultant who specializes in strengthening health systems.

Diane Kelly studies vertebrate anatomy, in particular the connection between the design and the function of reproductive organs.

Dr. Joel Selanikio combines technology and data to help solve global health challenges.

Richard Resnick is on the front lines of the business of genomes, as CEO of GenomeQuest, a maker of genomic software.

Cecile Richards is a national leader for women's rights and social and economic justice, and the author of the bestselling book "Make Trouble."

Makhtoum Abdalla is passionate about equal access to quality education for all children and young people.

Eric Topol is a leading cardiologist who has embraced the study of genomics and the latest advances in technology to treat chronic disease.

Elizabeth Blackburn won a Nobel Prize for her pioneering work on telomeres and telomerase, which may play central roles in how we age. She is president of the Salk Institute and author of the New York Times Best Seller, "The Telomere Effect."

Eldra Jackson III works daily to connect to his most authentic self -- and his calling is to support others in doing the same.

Jupta Itoewaki works in the field of environmental protection, helping bring sustainable development to the Wayana People of Suriname.

Illustrator and humorist Bruce McCall paints our imagined future -- a supercharged, streamlined fantasyland that teeters on the edge of hysteria.

An award-winning satirist, Venezuelan cartoonist Rayma Suprani's life's work is speaking truth to power -- even when being outspoken comes at a steep price.

Over the past 20 years, Megan Reitz's research and practice has focused on how we can flourish in our workplaces through the way we speak with, listen to, learn from and care for one another

Cathy Mulzer works on the next generation of materials for all those electronic devices you love: your phone, your TV, your electric car.

Jon Nguyen is an award winning aeronautics and graphics engineer at NASA.

The chair of neurosurgery at the University of Toronto, Andres Lozano has pioneered the use of deep brain stimulation for treating Parkinson’s, depression, anorexia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Steven Schwaitzberg is on a mission to teach surgeons around the world to perform minimally invasive surgery. But first, he's had to find the right technology to allow communication across the language barrier.

TED Fellow Soyapi Mumba creates technology solutions for low-resource environments.

Stefano Mancuso is a founder of the study of plant neurobiology, which explores signaling and communication at all levels of biological organization, from genetics to molecules, cells and ecological communities.

Aaron Koblin is an artist specializing in data and digital technologies. His work takes real world and community-generated data and uses it to reflect on cultural trends and the changing relationship between humans and technology.