Dr. Sanjoy Banerjee
Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering, The City College, Director of the CUNY Energy Institute, charged with developing innovative approaches to sustainable energy.

Dr. Leon Johnson
Professor, Physics, Medgar Evers College, was Principal Investigator of the NASA/GISS Institute for Climate and Planets, directs the New York City Space Science Research Alliance.

Dr. David Nasaw
Distinguished Professor, History, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Chair in American History, CUNY Graduate Center, Bancroft Prize: The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst; newest biography: Andrew Carnegie.

Kimiko Hahn
Distinguished Professor, English, Queens College, author of seven collections of poetry. American Book Award:  The Unbearable Heart.

Dr. Jill Bargonetti
Professor, Biological Sciences, Hunter College, cancer researcher investigating ways to activate p53 protein, which kills tumor cells.

Dr. John T. Matteson
Professor, English, John Jay College, 2008 Pulitzer Prize: Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father.

Dr. Jürgen Polle
Associate Professor, Biology, Brooklyn College, leading expert in microalgae biotechnology, working to isolate new microalgae strains for making jet fuel.

Dr. Robert Engel
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College, has co-developed new, non-toxic antimicrobial compositions with potential use in food packaging, clothing and paints.