Participants - The Helix Center

Priyamvada Natarajan

Professor of Astronomy and of Physics, Yale University

Priyamvada Natarajan’s research is focused on exotica in the Universe-dark matter, dark energy and black holes. She is noted for her key contributions to two of the most challenging problems in cosmology: mapping the distribution of dark matter and tracing the growth history of black holes. Her work using gravitational lensing has provided a deeper... read more! »

Edward Nersessian

Director, The Helix Center
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Weill-Cornell Medical College
Training & Supervising Psychoanalyst, New York Psychoanalytic Institute

Edward Nersessian is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill-Cornell Medical College, Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, Distinguished Life Member of the American Psychiatric Association, and Corresponding Member of Société Psychanalytique de Paris. He is co-founder and first co-editor of the journal Neuropsychoanalysis, co-editor of the Textbook of Psychoanalysis and of Controversies in Contemporary Psychoanalysis.... read more! »

Susan Neuman

Professor of Teaching and Learning, New York University

Susan B. Neuman is a Professor of Teaching and Learning at New York University specializing in childhood education and early literacy development. Previously, she has served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education under George W. Bush. She has authored over 100 articles and 12 books. Her research interests include early childhood... read more! »

Craig Newschaffer

Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University School of Public Health

Craig Newschaffer is founding director of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute at Drexel University, a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Associate Dean for Research at the Drexel University School of Public Health, and Vice President of the International Society for Autism Research. Dr. Newschaffer is an epidemiologist whose main research focus... read more! »

Karl Joseph Niklas

Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Plant Biology emeritus, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University

Karl J. Niklas is The Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Plant Biology emeritus in the School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University. His research is in plant biophysics and evolution, with a particular focus on the evolution of biomechanics, complexity, and multicellularity. He has written over 400 peer-reviewed articles and five books [Plant Biomechanics 1992,... read more! »

Mark A. Norell

Chairman of the Department of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History

Mark A. Norell was born July 26, 1957, in St. Paul, Minnesota and spent most of his formative years (from 1964) in southern California. He received a Bachelor of Science in 1980 from Long Beach State University and a Masters of Science from San Diego State University in 1983. In 1988, he was awarded the John... read more! »

Nils Noren

Professional Chef
Director of Hospitality & Development, Chapman Ventures
Co-Found & Director of Trade & Union

Nils Noren started his cooking career in his native Sweden, where he worked at many of the top restaurants and was Executive Chef at KB restaurant were he received a star from Guide Michelin. Nils moved to New York City to work along side Marcus Samuelsson at Restaurant Aquavit as Chef de Cuisine before being... read more! »

Andrea Norton

Andrea Norton is classically-trained singer and choral conductor with a degree in Church Music from Westminster Choir College. Across her career, Andrea has worked with musicians of all ages in studio and church settings, and served as the artistic director and conductor of a community-based Renaissance a cappella choir. She spent 6 years at New... read more! »

Michael Novacek

Curator & Professor of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History

Michael J. Novacek is a Curator and Professor of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History and Senior Advisor to the Museum’s President. From 1994 to 2021 he served as the Museum’s Senior Vice President and Provost of Science Awarded a doctoral degree at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Novacek’s studies concern patterns... read more! »