Prof George Smoot, IAS Helmut & Anna Pao Sohmen Professor-at-Large, HKUST; Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of California at Berkeley; Nobel Laureate in Physics
Prof Peter Nordlander, Wiess Chair and Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and; Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University
Prof Naomi J. Halas, Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Chemistry and; Physics and Astronomy, Rice University