TEDxUofM

Marvin Ammori

Marvin Ammori is an internationally recognized lawyer whose expertise is in Internet and media law, freedom of speech, and cybersecurity law.

Paul Courant

Paul Courant is the University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan. He leads the digitization project of Michigan’s library.

Ann Marie Sastry

Ann Marie Sastry is a Professor of Mechanical, Biomedical, and Material Science Engineering.

Thomas Zurbuchen

Thomas Zurbuchen is a Professor in Space Science and Aerospace Engineering and is also one of the entrepreneurial leaders on campus.

Donia Jarrar

Donia Jarrar is a Masters student in musical composition who used social media to play a part in the Egyptian revolution.

Kathleen Sienko

Kathleen Sienko is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering. The focus of her work is on designing and deploying medical devices in developing nations. Sienko created a low-cost, safe, easy-to-use, and culturally appropriate male circumcision tool to aid in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Monica Ponce de Leon

Monica Ponce de Leon is Dean of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, a position she assumed in 2008. Ponce de Leon is a Venezuela-born architect and founding principal with Nader Tehrani of Office dA, Inc. in Boston. Ponce de Leon previously was a professor of architecture and [ … ]

Scott Page

Scott Page is a Professor of Complex Systems, Political Science, and Economics at the University of Michigan, where he is the associate director of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems.

Jared Genser

University of Michigan Law School 2001, Jared Genser is a human rights lawyer and World Economic Forum Young Leader. His clients have included former Czech Republic President Václav Havel, former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Aung San Suu Kyi, Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel, and Liu Xiaobo.

Jameson Toole

Jameson Toole – University of Michigan 2010, Jameson Toole is a PhD in MIT’s Engineering Systems Division with the support of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. His research focuses on using large behavioral data sets generated from the web (Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc.), cell phones, or any other means, to find emergent patterns [ … ]

Robert Bartlett

Robert Bartlett is a Professor Emeritus of Surgery. In the realm of medicine, there are few doctors who possess as much gravity and world renown as Dr. Bartlett. He has had the greatest impact as a result of his work on developing the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine, or ECMO for short.

AJ Holmes, Ali Gordon, and Carlos Valdes

This trio of musical theater majors collaborated to create the first student created and University sponsored musical, Gibson Fleck in a short four months-a task that takes most years to do. “We were young, optimistic, and down right stupid enough to try…”

Chris Van Allsburg

University of Michigan Art & Design 1971, Chris Van Allsburg is a sculptor, author, and illustrator. He twice won the Caldecott Medal, for Jumanji and The Polar Express, both of which he wrote and illustrated, and both of which were later adapted into successful motion pictures.

Mawuli Gyakobo

Mawuli Gyakobo is one of the University’s current African Presidential Scholars. Dr. Gyakobo (School of Public Health, University of Ghana) specializes in the study of chronic diseases, with a regional emphasis on rural Ghana.

Madeline Huberth

Madeline Huberth is a joint LSA/Interdisciplinary Physics and School of Music/Cello Performance major. Huberth has been selected as a member of the YouTube Orchestra, which chose amateur musicians from all over the world to perform at the Sydney Opera House in March 2011. She is currently writing her Honors Senior Thesis on the impact of [ … ]

Parag Patil

Parag Patil is a neurosurgeon in the University of Michigan Health System. He is one of the few neurosurgeons in the country with an engineering background. He was awarded a Marshall Scholarship to study Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University in the UK.

Mason Proper

Mason Proper is a band based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. One of the songs performed was written for TEDxUofM and debuted on the day of.

Subaram Raman

Subaram Raman is a first year masters student at the University of Michigan, currently studying under Michael Daugherty. He formerly studied under Paul Chihara and Roger Bourland at the University of California at Los Angeles.

John Hart

John Hart is an MIT alum who teaches courses in design and manufacturing. His research involves carbon nanotube structures that are found, among other places, on the edges of samurai swords. His Mechanical Engineering has stood him in good stead, preparing him for the interdisciplinarity of nanotech research.

Anca Trandafirescu

Anca Trandafirescu is an Assistant Professor in Architecture at the University of Michigan where she teaches in design theory and representation. In 2003, she established area.architecture with Glenn Wilcox. The practice explores the breadth of design issues through competitions, commissioned projects, furniture, and design/build work.

Steve Rush

Stephen Rush is a Professor of Dance and Performing Technology at the University of Michigan where he has been teaching classes in music composition, music theory, and jazz for over 23 years.

Jim Burnstein

Jim Burnstein is one of the few working Hollywood screenwriters living in Michigan. His works include Renaissance Man and D3: The Mighty Ducks. Burnstein heads the Screenwriting Program at the University of Michigan, his alma mater, in the Department of Screen Arts & Culture.

Thomas Pavone

Thomas Pavone is a James B. Angell Scholar at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. His current work involves the study of Western European politics and comparative political theory. Recent projects have included an analysis of how corruption is contributing to Italian immigrants.

Udae Sandhu

Udae is a freshman LS&A undecided major with a passion for entrepreneurship, yet his still set revolves around the humanities. Sandhu believes the lucky few that take their unique skill set and directly apply it to their passions in life will find happiness abound.

John Holland

John Holland is an American scientist and Professor of Psychology and Electrical Engineering at the University of Michigan where he researches and teaches on the study of cognitive processes and complex adaptive systems in general, using mathematical models and computer simulation.

Moses Lee & Nick Tobier

In his current research and teaching, Tobier focuses on the integration of art and society, and actively challenges artists to expand their self-definitions and scope. Currently, Tobier is running hte Social Venture Creation course in collaboration with Moses Lee.

Kiko Dontchev

Kiko Dontchev is a 2nd year masters student in Space Systems Engineering at the University of Michigan. Following graduation, he will be joining the team at SpaceX as an Avionics engineer.

Sam Valenti IV

Sam Valenti IV is the founder of Ghostly International, home to two of America’s finest independent record labels, Ghostly International and Spectral Sound. The Michigan based company has carefully built a reputation for artistic quality and innovation since its inception in 1999.

Matt Shlian

Matt Shlian teaches Two Dimensional Foundations and Paper Engineering at the University of Michigan and works as a visiting research scholar at the University’s Material Science Department. He is currently working with researches to utilize paper engineering as a way to understand the flexible nature of nano-structures.

Daniel Ferris

Daniel Ferris is an Associate Dean for Research, Associate Professor in Movement Science and Biomedical Engineering and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Michigan.