Experts

People: Experts – Scientists, Consultants, Academics

Guus Berkhout

Guus Berkhout

Energetic optimist, Professor Guus Berkhout, has had an impressive scientific career in geophysics. According to Berkhout, climate research is more than making computer...
Richard Lindzen

Richard Lindzen

Professor Richard Lindzen is a dynamical meteorologist with interests in the broad topics of climate, planetary waves, monsoon meteorology, planetary atmospheres, and hydrodynamic instability....

Patrick Michaels

Patrick Michaels was born February 15, 1950. He is an American climatologist who was a senior fellow in environmental studies at the Cato Institute until Spring 2019. Until...
Peter Ridd

Peter Ridd

Peter Ridd is a former professor at James Cook University in Australia. According to his profile at JCU, Ridd was a geophysicist with interests...
Smithsonian Channel

Video Playlist: Women Who Shaped Science

Celebrate Women's History Month with this Smithsonian Channel video playlist which recognizes the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). From...
Psychologist Jordan Peterson

Jordan Peterson

Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. His main areas of study are...

Morgan Wright Cyber Security Expert

Morgan Wright is an internationally recognized expert on cybersecurity strategy, cyberterrorism, identity theft and privacy. His landmark testimony before Congress on Healthcare.gov changed how the government...

Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician

Explore the life of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who, as part of the team of "human computers" enabled astronauts Alan Shepard, John Glenn, and the Apollo 11 and 13 missions to make space history.
Sebastian Gorka

Sebastian Gorka

Dr. Sebastian Gorka’s ascent could not have been more unusual, or more of a true “American Story.” To find out how it began, you...

S. Fred Singer: Atmospheric and Space Physicist

Dr. S. Fred Singer, an atmospheric and space physicist, is one of the world's most respected and widely published experts on climate. He is...

The Greatest Man You’ve Never Heard of: Norman Borlaug, An American Hero

Called "arguably the greatest American in the 20th century," during his 95 years, Norman Borlaug probably saved more lives than any other person. He is...

George Washington Carver; The Man of Many Firsts

George Washington Carver was born into slavery in Diamond, Missouri, around 1864. The exact year and date of his birth are unknown. Carver went...