Contributors
The Breakers
Meet the scientists who translate their research into accessible Breaks. Every Breaker is an active researcher from an academic or non-profit institution, sharing discoveries in their own words.
1,402 contributors worldwide
Purnima S Kumar
Professor of periodontology
The Ohio State University
Aaron Slepkov
Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Viviane Slon
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Joseph D. Smith
Professor
Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children’s Research Institute; Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington.
Robert Socolow
Professor
Shumpei Sogawa
Researcher
Osaka Metropolitan University
Yong-Ak Song
Associate Professor
New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; New York University, New York, USA
Christine E. Sosiak
PhD Student
Department of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Daniela C. Soto
PhD student
University of California Davis
Klara Soukup
Research Associate
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Sofia Spataro
PhD Student
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Robert N. Spengler III
Laboratory Director
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Department of Archaeology, Jena, Germany
Stephan Spiekman
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Kate Stafford
Principal Oceanographer
Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Washington, USA
Kathleen Stafford
University of Washington
Steven Stahler
Associate Researcher
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Astronomy, Berkeley, United States
Monika Stankova
PhD student
Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Daphne Stapels
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Imperial College London, London, UK
Timothy L. Staples
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at the School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Jessica Stark
PhD student
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, USA
E.L. Starostin
Research Fellow
School of Engineering, London South Bank University, London, UK
Maayan Stavans
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Cognitive Development Center, Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Thomas Stefanelli
PhD student
Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Professor
Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Martin M. Stein
Ph.D. candidate
Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Emily Stephenson
PhD student
Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Tim Stern
Professor
School of Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Scott M. Sternson
Professor
Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, USA
Philip S. Stevens
Professor
Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Ellen R. Stothard
PhD student
Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder CO, USA
Rianne Stowell
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, USA
Kayla Stoy
PhD student
Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Jonathan P. Stoye
Senior Group Leader
The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
Per Straten
Copenhagen University
Per thor Straten
Professor
Centre for Cancer Immune Therapy, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Denmark
Peter L. Strick
Professor
Systems Neuroscience Center, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition and Departments of Neurobiology University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute, Pittsburgh, USA
Giovanni Strona
Researcher
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate D - Sustainable Resources, Ispra, Italy
Logan Strother
Assistant Professor
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Yan Su
Professor
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Marcos Suárez-Menéndez
PhD student
University of Groningen
Giuseppe Suaria
Research Scientist
CNR-ISMAR (Institute of Marine Sciences – National Research Council), Lerici, Italy
Corwin Sullivan
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Weijia Sun
Professor
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ya-Yen Sun
Senior Lecturer
UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Australia
Subramanian Sundaram
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT; Wyss Institute, Harvard University; Biological Design Center, Boston University
Tina Sundelin
Senior Researcher
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Jenna L. Sutherland
University of Leeds
Zoltan Szantoi
Researcher
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate D - Sustainable Resources, Ispra, Italy; Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Stellenbosch University, Matieland 7602, South Africa