Genius Gallery
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2023 GENIUS GALA 11
2023 GENIUS GALA 11
Katalin Karikó
University of Pennsylvania biochemist
John Mather
Senior Project Scientist and Nobel Laureate
Uma Valeti
Cardiologist and Co-founder of Upside Foods
2022 GENIUS GALA 10
2022 GENIUS GALA 10
Hugh Herr
Bionics Trailblazer
Robert Montgomery
Organ Transplant Pioneer
Priyamvada Natarajan
Cosmic Cartographer
2020 GENIUS GALA 9
2020 GENIUS GALA 9
William Conan Davis
Food Chemist
Jennifer Lewis
3D Bioprinting Pioneer
Moshe Safdie
Master Architect
2019 GENIUS GALA 8
2019 GENIUS GALA 8
Chris Messina
Multimedia Innovator and Inventor of the Hashtag
Martine Rothblatt
Biotech and Satellite Communications Pioneer
Sally Shaywitz and Bennett Shaywitz
World-renowned Dyslexia Experts
2018 GENIUS GALA 7
2018 GENIUS GALA 7
Vitalik Buterin
Cryptocreator
George Church
Genomics Pioneer
Laurie Santos
Cross-Species Cognitive Psychologist
Sara Seager
Astrophysicist and Planet Hunter
2017 GENIUS GALA 6
2017 GENIUS GALA 6
Katherine Johnson
Mathematician
Ray Kurzweil
Futurist & Inventor
Marc Raibert
Inventor & Roboticist
SpotMini
Robot Dog
2016 GENIUS GALA 5
2016 GENIUS GALA 5
Frank Gehry
Architect
Jack Horner
Paleontologist
Ellen Langer
Psychologist
Kip Thorne
Astrophysicist
2015 GENIUS GALA 4
2015 GENIUS GALA 4
Jeff Bezos
Founder of Amazon.com
Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf
Internet Pioneer
Jill Cornell Tarter
Astronomer
2014 GENIUS GALA 3
2014 GENIUS GALA 3
Sylvia Earle
Oceanographer
Dean Kamen
Technology Entrepreneur
J. Craig Venter
Genomic Pioneer
2013 GENIUS GALA 2
2013 GENIUS GALA 2
Cori Bargmann
Neurobiologist
Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin Group
Garry Kasparov
Chess Grandmaster
2012 GENIUS GALA 1
2012 GENIUS GALA 1
Jane Goodall
Primatologist
Temple Grandin
Animal Behavior Scientist
Ernő Rubik
Architect & Inventor
Oliver Sacks
Neurologist & Author
STRIDES IN STEM HONOREES
STRIDES IN STEM HONOREES
Marques Brownlee
2022 Honoree
Consumer Technology Influencer
Karlie Kloss
2019 Honoree
Supermodel, Founder of Kode with Klossy
