Genius Gallery
View the full list of previous Genius Gala honorees.
2024 GENIUS GALA 12
2024 GENIUS GALA 12
Joseph Graves, Jr.
Groundbreaking Evolutionary Biologist
Andrea Kritcher
Nuclear Fusion Pioneer
Nicholas Schiff
Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Innovator
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
ICON AWARD WINNER
ICON AWARD WINNER
William Shatner
2024 Honoree
Actor and Space Adventurer
