Singularity Experts
Trusted subject matter experts (SMEs) aligned with our key taxonomy areas. These distinguished professionals are available through our open enrollment program and our Speaker Bureau, offering organizations and event planners the opportunity to engage a Singularity Expert for speaking engagements, conferences, or specialized events.
You'll notice some of our Experts include the title of Fellow. Singularity Fellows are distinguished collaborators within the Singularity Expert community, recognized for their exceptional contributions to their respective areas of expertise. They play a vital role in advancing thought leadership, fostering community engagement, and expanding the network of experts, while also participating in speaking engagements and pro bono initiatives that further Singularity's mission.
Entrepreneur at agriculture & tech's frontier. Grew Comex-McKinnon to €203M, founded Cainthus (livestock AI). Advises US DOE & EU on agri-tech. Sought-after speaker on smart farming's future.
Global investor, entrepreneur & thought leader in blockchain, AI & exponential tech. Early Bitcoin & Ethereum adopter. Advised 50+ clients to $4B+ market cap. Singularity University faculty. Author. Keynote speaker for Cisco, Google & more.
Engineering & strategy leader with dual UW degrees + Purdue MS. Expert in operations, portfolio management & business process. Bridges technical complexity with human-centered leadership. Rotary past president & global nonprofit contributor.
Global thought leader, entrepreneur & keynote speaker. Coined "exponential leadership," founded New Disruptive Theory & GEDI. Former Goldman Sachs banker, VP Singularity University, quantum computing chairman. $150M+ raised. UN contributor.
David S. Rose is an Associate Founder of Singularity University, and the founder of SU’s Finance, Entrepreneurship and Economics program. An Inc. 500 CEO and serial entrepreneur, he is an active investor who has founded or funded over 100 pioneering companies, and is the New York Times bestselling author of both “Angel Investing” and “The Startup Checklist”.
Quantum & society leader, serial entrepreneur, and former lawyer. Director at Quantum Delta NL & OQI advisor at CERN. Bridging quantum science, ethics, and governance for global impact.
Neuroscientist, anesthesiologist & futurist Dr. Divya Chander founded Lucidify to protect brain health via BCIs and AI. Stanford researcher, TED speaker, and global advocate for neurorights and human deep-space exploration.
Dr. Christyna Serrano is an accomplished educator and entrepreneur affiliated with UC Berkeley and Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. With extensive academic credentials, she integrates technology and educational practices to prepare early-career professionals for the global market. Through Critically Conscious Design, LLC, she designs innovative training programs for ongoing development.
Dr. Robert Muggah is an internationally recognized geopolitical expert with specialization in smart cities, cyber security, digital technologies, and climate resilience. He is the founder of several think tanks, companies, and start-ups and advises leading management consultancy firms, tech companies, and international organizations ranging from the UN to the IMF and World Bank. Based in Brazil, Robert has worked in over 50 countries spanning the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and the South Pacific. In addition to designing award-winning data visualizations and predictive analytical tools, he is a columnist in leading news outlets, author of 8 books and over 100 journal articles, and has PhD from University of Oxford.
AI & behavioral economics expert. Founded AI company in Silicon Valley & Singularity University faculty. TEDx speaker challenging economic thinking. Building abundance-driven models where machines expand human rationality.
Climate & sustainability expert with 15+ years advising on policy and strategy. Former UNFCCC negotiator, Paris Agreement contributor. Creator of 'Change Game.' Singularity University Expert and speaker on climate innovation.
Global wellbeing strategist & trauma expert, Elie Losleben helps leaders reimagine resilience. Johns Hopkins MPH. Gates Foundation & UNICEF-backed. Keynote speaker for Barclays, EO & YPO. Edmund Hillary Fellow.
Civil engineer & inventor from Pisa, Enrico Dini pioneered D-Shape, a revolutionary large-scale 3D printing technology transforming architecture and construction. Expert in robotics, automation & prototype development.
CEO transforming a 125-year-old tool company with 3D tech & sustainable manufacturing. Bestselling author, Singularity University faculty, SAP ThinkX Award winner & Danish Parliament substitute. 20+ years driving business transformation.
"Godmother of Silicon Valley" Esther Wojcicki is an award-winning educator, journalist & bestselling author. Founder of the US's largest scholastic media program & creator of the TRICK framework for raising successful people.
Anthropologist, futurist & impact catalyst. Founder of Beypond Tomorrow, advising on strategy, foresight & AI/blockchain innovation. Former Santander & Viva Rio executive. Ph.D., Harvard & Singularity University alumnus.
XPRIZE Co-Founder & aerospace innovator. Tsiolkovsky Medal recipient, space policy expert, and educator. Led Lunar Prospector's discovery of Moon water ice. Serves on Lindbergh Foundation & Singularity University.
Silicon Valley engineering leader & Digital Experimentation expert. Former VP/SVP at CNET & NBC. Co-founder of RedCross.org. Sr. Principal Engineer at Farfetch. Bridging engineering, entrepreneurship & innovation.
Hannes Sapiens is a biohacker and tech entrepreneur based in Stockholm,Sweden. He is an internationally recognised thought leader, speaker, media commentator, and professional advisor on biohacking, wearables, human augmentation and the impact of exponential technologies on the human condition. Known for his extensive self-experimentation, he shares entertaining stories and generous insight from the biohacking subculture scene. In his role as Chief Disruption Officer at the innovation hub Epicenter Stockholm he advises companies and organizations on how to navigate accelerating technological transformation. He has co-founded and invested in a range of deep tech startups working with generative AI, health logging chip implants, human longevity, and smart wearables.
Columbia Prof & Creative Machines Lab director. Pioneer in self-aware robots & AI. 300+ publications, 27K+ citations. Co-author of "Fabricated" & "Driverless." TED Talk on self-aware machines among most viewed AI talks.
Isabel is an experienced healthcare technology innovator and purpose-driven entrepreneur, committed to ensuring innovations reach their full potential to improve human health and improve societal outcomes. In 2016, Isabel founded Immersive Rehab, a digital therapeutics startup focused on creating engaging and personalised neurorehabilitation programmes using virtual reality with the aim to improve patient outcomes and to enhance patient assessments by healthcare professionals. Isabel has also led a number of strategic research and technology transfer projects at Imperial College London and University College London, she has been in charge of global innovation and policy projects at several international nonprofits, NGOs and intergovernmental organisations like UNESCO and the Global Disability Innovation Hub, and has worked in academia as a scientist, lecturer and adjunct professor. As an Innovation Consultant and Fractional Executive, Isabel is currently advising purpose-driven organisations of all sizes - with a particular focus on healthcare technology - on their business, innovation and product strategy. With a background in Electro-Mechanical Engineering (MSc) and as a Biomedical Engineering Scientist (PhD), Isabel is passionate about healthcare technologies, digital health, immersive technologies and its applications in healthcare, using tech for good, social entrepreneurship and innovation, and promoting diversity in science & tech.
"Mr. Toilet" Jack Sim: Singaporean entrepreneur turned global sanitation champion. Founded World Toilet Organization in 2001, inspiring UN's World Toilet Day. Award-winning advocate, professor & author driving systemic change through humor & impact.
Guest Speakers
Guest contributors are industry professionals and thought leaders not formally affiliated with Singularity. While they may be invited to share valuable insights in specific programs, they are not part of Singularity's official Speaker Bureau and cannot be booked through our channels for external engagements.
Dr. Amber Straughn is an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where she serves as the Deputy Project Scientist for James Webb Space Telescope Communications.
Andrew Yang is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and politician known for his 2020 presidential campaign as a Democrat, which was centered on a proposal for Universal Basic Income (UBI) dubbed the "Freedom Dividend."
Anousheh Ansari is an Iranian-American engineer and co-founder of Prodea Systems, a technology firm. She gained fame as the first female private space explorer when she flew to the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-9 in 2006, a journey she funded herself.
Arianna Huffington is a Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman. She co-founded The Huffington Post, a popular news and blog site in 2005, which quickly became one of the most widely-read, linked, and cited media brands on the Internet.
Caroline Yap is the co-founder of Dryad Networks, an environmental IoT startup aimed at mitigating wildfire risks through ultra-early detection systems installed in forests. She has a background in business administration and has dedicated her career to sustainable environmental solutions through technology.
Cathie Wood is the Founder, CEO, and CIO of ARK Invest, an investment management firm that focuses on disruptive innovation and offers investment solutions to investors seeking long-term growth in the public markets
Dr. Daniel Wangpraseurt is an interdisciplinary marine biologist whose research bridges coral reef science, engineering, and biophysics. He leads the Coral Reef Ecophysiology and Engineering Lab at Scripps and also serves as the co-founder of Hybrid Reef Solutions, a startup that aims to address the need for effective and sustainable solutions to protect coral reefs.
David Sinclair is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, known for his research on aging and lifespan extension. His work focuses on understanding why we age and how to mitigate age-related diseases.
Deblina Sarkar is a nano technologist and an Assistant Professor at MIT Media Lab where she leads the Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek research group. Her work innovates at the nexus of technology and biology, creating new ways to interface with the human brain
Dimitri Deheyn is in the Marine Biology Research Division at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Deheyn is a marine biologist who has been studying ecotoxicology for more than six years. Originally from Belgium, he received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees at the Free University of Brussels where he first became involved in research on marine organisms producing bioluminescence.
Dr. Haven Baker is a co-founder of Pairwise, a technology company pioneering the application of gene editing (CRISPR) in plant breeding. Accomplishments include a significant number of technology and research deals with academic and commercial entities including Harvard, Broad Institute, Mass General Hospital, Bayer, and a range of other ag companies.
Keolu Fox Ph.D., Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) is an assistant professor at University of California, San Diego. Dr. Fox’s multi-disciplinary research interests include genome sequencing, genome engineering, computational biology, evolutionary genetics, paleogenetics, and Indigenizing biomedical research.
Dr. Tamsin is an evolutionary biologist known for her original research on baboon social evolution, and a leading author in the field of Biomimicry, innovation inspired by nature. She has provided leading-edge Biomimicry innovation to a global and Fortune 100 clientele for the past 15 years, and is the Founder of TEEM Innovation Group LLC, a company providing developmental tools and experiential education to life-minded leaders.
Eric Schmidt is best known for being Google's CEO from 2001 to 2011, helping grow the company from a Silicon Valley startup to a global leader in technology. Under his leadership, Google dramatically scaled its infrastructure and diversified its product offerings while maintaining a strong culture of innovation.
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Eriona Hysolli completed her PhD work at Yale University working on derivation and characterization of human induced pluripotent stem cells and the role of micro RNAs during reprogramming. She then went on to do postdoctoral training in George Church’s lab where she published studies on Genomically recoded bacteria - mammalian co- culture systems, multiplex genome engineering approaches for human genome recoding. Furthermore, in his laboratory she derived the first reprogrammed African elephant iPSCs and led the woolly mammoth de-extinction efforts, work that she carried forward at Colossal Biosciences as head of biological sciences. There she led the efforts to de-extinct the woolly mammoth, working on Proboscidean comparative genomics and reference genome assemblies, multiplex editing in embryo for de-extinction, Asian elephant iPSC derivation and stem cell technologies, as well as biobanking efforts for elephant conservation. In 2023, she was selected as one of Time100 Next luminaries for her work on mammoth de-extinction.
Jared Kaplan is the co-founder of Anthropic, an AI safety and research company. Kaplan, who holds a PhD in physics from Stanford University, has focused his career on developing scalable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
John-Clark Levin is research lead for Google AI visionary Ray Kurzweil. At Kurzweil Technologies, he conducts foresight about the roadmap to artificial superintelligence, including focus on applications to the life sciences.
Kai-Fu Lee is a Taiwanese-born American computer scientist, businessman, and writer, renowned for his work in artificial intelligence (AI). He has been a key figure in shaping the AI landscape in China and globally.
CEO & co-founder of Savor, pioneering carbon-neutral fat production to decarbonize food systems. PhD from MIT. Former Orca Sciences project director. Driving scalable climate solutions through science and entrepreneurship.