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Asha de Vos | TED Speaker

Dedicated to increasing awareness about Northern Indian Ocean blue whales, Asha de Vos is also committed to inspiring the next generation of marine biologists.
Protector of whales
https://www.ted.com/speakers/asha_de_vos

Richard Weller | TED Speaker

Dermatologist Richard Weller wants to know: Why are Scots so sick?
Dermatologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/richard_weller

Michael Dickinson | TED Speaker

Most people are irritated by the buzzing of a fly's wings. But biologist Michael Dickinson views the sound with a deep sense of wonder.
Biologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/michael_dickinson

Jim Al-Khalili | TED Speaker

Physicist Jim Al-Khalili and co-author Johnjoe McFadden, a biologist, explore the far edges of quantum biology in their book "Life on the Edge."
Quantum physicist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jim_al_khalili

Carin Bondar | TED Speaker

Carin Bondar is an expert on the sexual life of animals -- and loves to tell their wild sex stories.
Wild sex biologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/carin_bondar

Tristram Wyatt | TED Speaker

Do humans have pheromones? Tristram Wyatt is on the case. A researcher at Oxford, Wyatt is interested in the evolution of pheromones throughout the animal kingdom.
Zoologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tristram_wyatt

Auke Ijspeert | TED Speaker

Auke Ijspeert works at the intersection of robotics, biology and computational neuroscience.
Roboticist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/auke_ijspeert

Simon Berrow | TED Speaker

Simon Berrow is a marine biologist dedicated to studying and preserving the basking shark.
Marine biologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/simon_berrow

Drew Berry | TED Speaker

Drew Berry creates stunning and scientifically accurate animations to illustrate how the molecules in our cell move and interact.
Biomedical animator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/drew_berry

John Bohannon | TED Speaker

John Bohannon is a scientist and writer who runs the annual Dance Your Ph.D. contest.
Science writer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/john_bohannon

Rob Knight | TED Speaker

Rob Knight explores the unseen microbial world that exists literally right under our noses -- and everywhere else on (and in) our bodies.
Microbial ecologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rob_knight

Jonathan Eisen | TED Speaker

Jonathan Eisen studies the ecology and evolution of microbial communities -- and their co-evolution with their hosts.
Biologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jonathan_eisen

Mohamed Hijri | TED Speaker

Mohamed Hijri studies arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), seeking to understand the structure, evolution and reproduction of these organisms, which form a symbiotic relationship with plant roots.
Biologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/mohamed_hijri

Heather Barnett | TED Speaker

Heather Barnett creates art with slime mold -- a material used in diverse areas of scientific research, including biological computing, robotics and structural design.
Artist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/heather_barnett_1

Jaap de Roode | TED Speaker

Jaap de Roode studies the ecology and evolution of parasites, focusing on those that attack the monarch butterfly.
Biologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jaap_de_roode

Heribert Watzke | TED Speaker

Heribert Watzke studies the brain in our gut -- and works to develop new kinds of food that will satisfy our bodies and minds.
Food scientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/heribert_watzke

Molly Stevens | TED Speaker

Molly Stevens studies and creates new biomaterials that could be used to detect disease and repair bones and human tissue.
Biomaterials researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/molly_stevens

Geraldine Hamilton | TED Speaker

Geraldine Hamilton builds organs and body parts on a chip -- to test new, custom cures.
Bio researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/geraldine_hamilton

Sebastian Kraves | TED Speaker

Sebastian Kraves wants to bring DNA science to more people in new places.
Biotech entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sebastian_kraves

Juliana Machado Ferreira | TED Speaker

Brazilian-born biologist Juliana Machado Ferreira wants, simply, to save the world one bird at a time. She is a TED Senior Fellow.
Biologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/juliana_machado_ferreira

Katie Hinde | TED Speaker

Katie Hinde is studying breast milk’s status as the first superfood, providing babies with invaluable microbes custom-tailored to their individual needs, via an incredible and unlikely dialogue between the mother’s enzymes and the baby’s saliva.
Lactation researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/katie_hinde

Mark Pagel | TED Speaker

Using biological evolution as a template, Mark Pagel wonders how languages evolve.
Evolutionary biologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/mark_pagel

Cary Fowler | TED Speaker

Biodiversity warrior Cary Fowler wants to save the world from agricultural collapse, one seed at a time.
Biodiversity archivist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/cary_fowler

Amy O'Toole | TED Speaker

Amy O'Toole is a 12-year-old student who helped run a science experiment inspired by Beau Lotto's participative science approach. At age 10 she became one of the youngest people ever to publish a peer-reviewed science paper.
Student
https://www.ted.com/speakers/amy_o_toole

B. N. Horowitz | TED Speaker

B. N. Horowitz, MD is a cardiologist and visiting professor at Harvard University's department of human evolutionary biology who turns to the natural world for insights into human well being.
Cardiologist, evolutionary biologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/b_n_horowitz

Diane Kelly | TED Speaker

Diane Kelly studies vertebrate anatomy, in particular the connection between the design and the function of reproductive organs.
Biologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/diane_kelly

Sara Lewis | TED Speaker

Evolutionary ecologist Sara Lewis digs deep into firefly mating rituals to uncover a world of secret languages and strange gifts in these silent sparks.
Firefly specialist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sara_lewis

Ed Yong | TED Speaker

Ed Yong blogs with a mission: to ignite excitement for science in everyone, regardless of their education or background.
Science writer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ed_yong

Rachel Armstrong | TED Speaker

TED Fellow Rachel Armstrong is a sustainability innovator who creates new materials that possess some of the properties of living systems, and can be manipulated to "grow" architecture.
Applied scientist, innovator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rachel_armstrong

Christoph Adami | TED Speaker

Christoph Adami works on the nature of life and evolution, trying to define life in a way that is as free as possible from our preconceptions.
Artificial life researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/christoph_adami
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