Jesse Goldberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior. His research lab studies how birds learn to sing, how parrots socialize, and how mice can achieve high levels of motor coordination. He is fascinated by intersections between neuroscience and artificial intelligence and is a Co-Director of Cornell's exciting AI initiative.

Seema Golestaneh is an Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies. Her work explores contemporary Islamic thought in the world today, with a special focus on Persian speaking communities.  Trained as an anthropologist, Prof. Golestaneh's research draws on interviews with everyday people to better understand the role that religion plays in their lives.

Swanne Gordon is a behavioral and evolutionary ecologist currently at Cornell University as an Assistant Professor in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department. Her group studies the evolution and maintenance of trait diversity in our ever-changing world, mainly in fish and Lepidoptera (but they also branch into other taxa).

Prof. Hayes and his group specialize in the geological and physical processes that shape planetary surface and atmospheres, including the identification and characterization of potentially habitable environments across the solar system. Alex’s flight project experience includes Cassini, MER, MSL, Mars2020, and Europa Clipper.

Jamie Hom (she/hers) works in Alumni Affairs & Development as an Associate Director of Student Programs on the Student and Young Alumni team. Her interest focuses on leadership development, well-being, and positive psychology for young adults in the higher education setting.

Nori Jacoby is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University. His research focuses on the internal representations that support and shape our sensory and cognitive abilities, and on how those representations are themselves determined by both nature and nurture.

Hai Ri Jeon is a Ph.D. candidate in Science and Technology Sciences. Although she has called many places “a” home—Princeton, New York City, Oxford, and now Ithaca—her heart will always belong to Seoul, South Korea.

Noted by The New York Times for giving “the proceedings an invaluable central thread of integrity and stylishness,” GRAMMY®-nominated violinist Ariana Kim made her New York recital debut at Carnegie’s Weill Hall during her doctoral studies at Juilliard and is now a tenured violin professor at Cornell University.  At 16, Ariana made her debut with the St.

Professor Lewis received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Political Science from Eckerd College in 1992, his Master’s degree in Theoretical Statistics from Florida State University in 1995, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1998.

I am an evolutionary ecologist raised in Spain, with a PhD in Finland who has worked as a scientist in California, France, St. Louis, and now Cornell. In  am interested in a variety of ecological and evolutionary questions, especially involving the relationship between both disciplines and the theory of eco-evolutionary feedbacks.