Civic Scientist Program

Pulickel Ajayan, Professor in Engineering, Materials Science, and Nanoengineering and Chemistry, Rice University

David Alexander, Associate Professor of Astrophysics and Director of the Rice Space Institute, Rice University

Ronda Alexander, Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Oluwatoyin Asojo, Associate Professor of Pediatrics in Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

Matthew Baring, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Co-Chair, Graduate Admissions and Recruiting, Rice University

Scott Basinger, Assistant Dean and Associate Professor of Opthalmology and Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine

Arthur Bienenstock, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Photon Science and Special Assistant to the President for Federal Research Policy, Stanford University

Janet Braam, Department Chair, Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University

Audrea Burns, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine

Dan Carson, Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University

Daniel Cohan, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, Rice University

Rita Colwell, Professor of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland; Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Former Director of the National Science Foundation

Micheal Cone, Instructor of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University

Pamela Constantinou, Faculty Fellow, Biosciences; and Assistant Research Professor, Rice University

Zack Cordero, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University

Steven Cox, Professor of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Master, Brown College, Rice University

Margaret French, Community Development Specialist and Science Communication Liaison for Bioscience Research Collaborative, Rice University

Sylvester James Gates Jr., University System Regents Professor and the John S. Toll Professor of Physics, director of the String and Particle Theory Center, University of College Park, Maryland

Gretchen Goldman, Ph.D., Assistant Director for Environmental Science, Engineering, Policy, and Justice, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Michael Gustin, Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University

Amanda Hackler, Head of Career Development and Outreach, National Space Biomedical Research Institute, and Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine Center for Space Medicine

Matthias Heinkenschloss, Noah G. Harding Chair and Professor in the Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University

Alison Henning, Adjunct Associate Professor of Earth Science, Rice University

Steve Hocick, Assistant Professor of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Bioloyg, The Ohio State University

Alice Huang, former President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Senior Faculty Associate in Biology, California Institute of Technology

Jeff Jacot, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University

Anita Jones, Former Director of Defense and Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense

Mackale Joyner, Lecturer in Computer Science, Rice University

Stacey Kalovidouris, Executive Director of the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Rice University

Nathasha Kirienko, Assistant Professor of BioSciences, Rice University

Neal F. Lane, Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University; Senior Fellow, Baker Institute, Rice University; Former Director of the National Science Foundation

David Laude, Senior Vice Provost and Professor of Chemistry, the University of Texas, Austin

Stephan Link, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University

Kirstin R.W. Matthews, Fellow for Science and Technology Policy, Baker Institute, Rice University

Richard Meisel, Assistant Professor of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston

Antonios Mikos, Director of the Center for Excellence in Tissue Engineering, Director of the JW Cox Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University

Dan Mittleman, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University

Antonio Neri, CEO, Hewlett-Packard Enterprises

Carolyn Nichol, Faculty Fellow in Chemistry, Rice University

K.C. Nicolaou, Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Chemistry, Rice University

Olufunmilayo Falusi Olopade, M.D., Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor and Director, Center for Global Health, The University of Chicago

Jamie Padgett, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Rice University

Mesias Pedroza, Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry, Rice University

William Press, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Chain, Computer Science and Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin

Amina Qutub, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University

Beatrice Riviere, Noah G. Harding Chair, Professor, Department Chair in Computational and Applied Mathematics Department, Rice University

Malcolm Ross, Geologist in Research and Development, Shell Oil Company; and Adjunct Professor of Earth Science, Rice University

Maude Rowland, Nonresident Scholar for Science and Technology Policy, Baker Institute, Rice University

Ron Sass, Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University

Laura Schaefer, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University

Yousif Shamoo, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and Faculty Director of the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Rice University

Shanna Simmons, Technical Advisor, Shell Oil Company

Scott Solomon, Professor in Practice of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University

Lauren Stadler, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University

Junghae Suh, Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University

Blake Sutherland, Graduate Student in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University

Yizhi Tao, Associate Professor, Biosciences, Rice University

Ned Thomas, Dean of Brown School of Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science; Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; and Chemistry, Rice University

James Tour, Professor of Chemistry; Computer Science; Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science; Rice University

Robert Vajtai, Senior Faculty Fellow, Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Rice University

Daniel Wagner, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University

Kelly Weinersmith, Huxley Fellow in the Department of BioSciences, Rice University

Jennifer West, Chair and Professor of Bioengineering, Wiess College Faculty Associate, Rice University

Jeannette M. Wing, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research, Consulting Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University