National Advisors

Roger Beachy, Ph.D., President, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Jeffrey Bonner, Ph.D., President and CEO, Saint Louis Zoo

Mary Burke, Executive Director, Academy of Science – St. Louis

Tinsley Davis, Executive Director, National Association of Science Writers

Peter Diamandis, M.D., Founder, Chairman and CEO of the X-Prize Foundation

Jack Galmiche, President and CEO, KETC Channel 9

Thomas George, Ph. D., Chancellor and Professor of Chemistry and Physics, University of Missouri – St. Louis

Hugh Grant, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Monsanto

Judy Kass, Consultant to SciFest and Special Projects, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Bruce Lewenstein, Ph.D., Professor of Science Communication & Director of Graduate Studies, Cornell University

Phil Needleman, Ph.D., former Executive Vice President and Chief Science Officer of Pharmacia

William Peck, M.D., Director, Center for Health Policy, Washington University in St. Louis

Peter Raven, Ph.D., President, Missouri Botanical Garden

David Wilson, Ph.D., Dean of Arts & Sciences, Webster University

Joyce Winterton, Ph.D., Education, NASA

Mark Wrighton, Ph.D., Chancellor, Chief Executive Officer and Professor of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis

International Advisors

Jim Al-Khalili, Ph.D., Professor of Physics & Public Engagement in Science, University of Surrey

Quentin Cooper, Broadcaster, BBC Radio 4

Walter Ginckels, Edutainment Supervisor, Technopolis, the Flemish Science Center

Erik Jacquemyn, CEO, Technopolis, the Flemish Science Center

Mark Lythgoe, Ph.D., Director, UCL Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging

Mark Miodownik, Ph.D., Head of Materials Research Group, King's College London

Mikko Myllykoski, Experience Director, Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre

Donna Renney, Chief Executive, Cheltenham Festivals

Gill Samuels, Ph.D., Senior Director, Science Policy & Scientific Affairs, Europe, Pfizer Global Research & Development