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Four Questions for Mostafa Elgayar

We had the pleasure of interviewing Mostafa Elgayar, a computer scientist living in Berlin, who took part in the inaugural cohort of the CITRIS and the Banatao Institute‘s Health Innovation Intensive. He spent a week in the Bay Area and visited UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, UC Merced, and UC Davis to learn all about cutting-edge health, tech and innovation.

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Four Questions for Martin Rauchbauer

We had the pleasure of interviewing Martin Rauchbauer, who will be moderating our upcoming event on Resilient Societies: The Bay Area’s Reinvention Through Culture and Innovation. Martin, a senior Austrian diplomat currently on sabbatical, shaped the emerging field of tech diplomacy, engaged in transatlantic tech diplomacy and digital human rights. He also developed digital humanism as a strategic focus of Austrian foreign policy.

Three Questions for Prof. Thomas Schildhauer

We were delighted to interview Prof. Thomas Schildhauer, who will be joining us at our upcoming event, The Future of Aging: Transatlantic Perspectives on Digital Health Tech, on May 31st, 2023 at UC Berkeley. Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Schildhauer is research and founding Director of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG). He is also scientific director of the research group Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Society. Prof. Schildhauer studied computer science at the Technische Universität Berlin (TU) and holds PhDs in the field of software marketing, information management and public health. As computer scientist, marketing expert, internet researcher he works as university professor for electronic business at the University of the Arts (UdK), Berlin.

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Four Questions for Prof. Norbert Holtkamp

We had the pleasure of interviewing Norbert Holtkamp, one of our Falling Walls Lab 2023 jurors. Dr. Holtkamp is Professor of Particle and Particle Astrophysics and Photon Science at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University which he joined in 2010. Since 2019, he is also the project director for the $1.1B LCLS-II Free Electron Laser construction project, built by 5 US national laboratories, which transitioned to operation last year. In June 2008, Dr. Holtkamp received the Gersh Budker Prize of the European Physical Society for recent, significant contribution to the accelerator field referring to the success of the SNS project.

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Six Questions for Dr. Vishnu Sunil

We had the pleasure of interviewing Vishnu Sunil, Ph.D., one of our Falling Walls Lab 2022 winners. Dr. Sunil is a scientist and bioentrepreneur developing life-saving technologies and ways to deliver these innovations with an aim to democratize healthcare. Dr. Sunil has a PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the National University of Singapore. He has been awarded several fellowships and grants for his work in the field of biomaterials. Outside of the lab, Dr. Sunil works with regulatory agencies, health ministries, and MedTech companies across the world in shaping and influencing policymaking around equitable access to new technologies and medicines.

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Four Questions for Anne Cocquyt

We had the pleasure of interviewing Anne Cocquyt, founder of THE GUILD and author of Dare to Launch. Anne spoke in January at our Women & Entrepreneurship event and discussed the barriers women face in pursuing their ventures – from seeking mentors to raising capital — and how higher-education-based accelerators can better support female entrepreneurship.