Illuminating Discovery Hub
WID researchers improve the dialogue between scientists and the public about science and engineering and facilitate discourse about the role of science in society, and the image of scientists.
Samantha Mulrooney
Outreach Program Manager, Wisconsin Science Festival Director
Provide leadership for WID's campus and community engagement programs, and Director of WI Sci Fest.
Michelle Wildgen
Writer-in-Residence
Editor, teacher and writer of literary fiction and essays.
Esau Allen
Research auto-catalyst cycles in mineral solutions that mimic the anaerobic conditions of early earth
Andrew Hanus
Illuminating Discovery Hub Director
Grand Innovation Prize Models Systems Impact & Technology Policy Forecasting
Laura Knoll
Professor
Molecular analysis of the developmental regulation and virulence of protozoan parasites
Sarah Miller
Executive Director, Tiny Earth
Leading the Tiny Earth network in the quest to studentsource antibiotic discovery from soil
Jon Eckhardt
Associate Professor
Entrepreneurship, including firm formation, venture finance, and university driven entrepreneurship
Bryce Sprecher
Acquire, process, interpret, and display spatial data for education, insight, and experience.
Ahna Skop
Professor
Mechanisms that underlie cell division and using scientific art to engage the public
Michael Murrell
Assistant Professor
Physics and Synthesis of Soft, Active and Biological Matter
Josh Pultorak
Instructor, Tiny Earth
Interdisciplinary undergraduate science education with an emphasis on experimental biology.
Kevin Ponto
Associate Professor, Emerging Technologies Hub Leader
Use virtual reality to simulate the experience of real-life spaces for real-world outcomes.
Krishanu Saha
Associate Professor
Human cell engineering including CRISPR gene editing and epigenetic reprogramming; science & society