Speaker Bio

Attending Programme Directors:

• Angie Burnett, a plant biologist, focused on investigating the responses of crop plants to environmental stresses, such as drought and extreme temperature. Angie worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory and a Consultant at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, before becoming a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge. Currently seeking feedback on Synthetic plants for a sustainable future programme.  
• Jacques Carolan, an applied physicist and neuroscientist and is a BBSRC Discovery Fellow at the UCL. Jacques’ work involves applying the principles of physics and engineering to create next-generation, scalable tools that aim to radically change our understanding of the brain and ultimately be used to repair it. ARIA Programme: Precision Neurotechnologies - Backed by £69m, this programme will unlock new methods to understand, identify, and treat neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders
• Suraj Bramhavar was co-founder and CTO of Sync Computing, a VC-backed startup optimising the use of modern cloud computing resources. The company was spun-out from his research at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Prior to that, Suraj worked at Intel Corp, helping transition silicon photonics technology from an R&D effort into a now >$1BN business. ARIA Programme: Scaling Compute - Backed by £42m, this programme will look to redefine our current compute paradigm

Host

Harvard Grid

Contact

Sally Klimp

Email

sklimp@g.harvard.edu