Sidney Hecht is a professor of chemistry and director of the Center for BioEnergetics at the Biodesign Institute at ASU. His research interests include carbohydrates that selectively target cancer cells, among others.

Baker is a bioarchaeologist with extensive field experience in Egypt, Sudan, Cyprus and the U.S. Her research integrates archaeology and biological anthropology to investigate the lifeways and health status of past people.

Dr. Jurutka is an endocrinologist applying molecular medicine approaches to elucidate fundamental questions in human health/disease including work on: nutraceuticals, cancer, IBS, RXR drug discovery, and neurobiology of vitamin D.

Borges has joint appointments in the School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute. His research interests include bottom-up glycomics and developing molecular markers of biospecimen integrity.

Chang is an immunologist who studies the development and function of the immune system and uses DNA nanostructure to design and construct more useful vaccines and immunotherapeutic agents.

Chen is a molecular biologist who specializes in developing novel human therapeutics and vaccines in plants to combat infectious diseases, cancer, and biological warfare agents.

Blattman is an immunologist who studies how the immune system responds to vaccination and viral infection.

Haydel is an infectious disease microbiologist investigating new antibiotics to fight resistant infections, new technologies to diagnose infections in less than 2 hours, and how bacteria cause disease in humans.

Wei Kong and team utilizes self-destructing Salmonella and gut-beneficial bacteria to deliver protective antigens, DNA vaccines, therapeutics against cancers and neurological disorders.

Dr. Nesse is a physician who has dedicated his career to establishing evolutionary biology as a basic science for medicine.