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Christopher Michel
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Artist-in-Residence at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine. https://linktr.ee/ChrisMichel
Dr Jill Tarter is an astrophysicist whose life's work has been defined by a singular, profound question: Are we alone in the universe? @nationalacademies.org @setiinstitute.bsky.social

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January 14, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Portrait of Neal Stephenson. His books have quietly rewired modern culture. Snow Crash gave us the vocabulary of the metaverse, avatars, and virtual real estate long before those ideas became commercial obsessions. More: explorers.com/neal-stephen...
January 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I’ve always been drawn to endless horizons. That thin line where the known world stops and possibility begins. Bolinas, 2025. #Photography
January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The Golden Gate pulling the city toward the ocean. Fog thinning, traffic humming, Marin waiting on the far side. San Francisco breathing in both directions.
January 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM
San Francisco is the most beautiful city I've ever seen.
January 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
PSA: icebergs move!
January 7, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Situational Awareness
January 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Uncommon views of San Francisco. Bolinas. #iPhone17
January 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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New heroes portrait of @michellemonje.bsky.social. A physician scientist at Stanford who treats children with brain cancer and studies the disease at its source. @nationalacademies.org @nam.edu @hhmi-science.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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❤️ beautiful post about my brilliant husband @deisseroth.bsky.social ❤️
March 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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women of science are cool
December 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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role model for many more women to take on STEM and kick ass.
December 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Dr. Eva Nogales is a structural biologist whose pioneering work in cryo-electron microscopy has revealed the intricate architecture of cellular machinery. @nationalacademies.org

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December 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A new year begins the way all good things do.
Quietly.
December 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Test shots with the new Leica M EV1. I'm a fan.
December 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
New Heroes portrait of @ardemp.bskyverified.social, a biologist who listens to the body at its most basic level, uncovering how we feel touch, pain, and temperature. His work revealed a hidden sensory language that shapes how we move through the world. @nationalacademies.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
New heroes portrait of @michellemonje.bsky.social. A physician scientist at Stanford who treats children with brain cancer and studies the disease at its source. @nationalacademies.org @nam.edu @hhmi-science.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
@deisseroth.bsky.social is a psychiatrist, a neuroscientist, an engineer, a clinician, and a writer...but his main focus is how the brain generates experience. Karl is building maps of the mind. Not to conquer it, but to care for it. More: explorers.com/karl-deisser... @nationalacademies.org
December 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Karl Deisseroth

Karl Deisseroth thinks with his hands as much as his mind. When I photographed him, his fingers rose instinctively to his temples, not as affectation but as posture, the way some people lean forward when listening closely. He is a psychiatrist, a neuroscientist, an engineer, a…
Karl Deisseroth
Karl Deisseroth thinks with his hands as much as his mind. When I photographed him, his fingers rose instinctively to his temples, not as affectation but as posture, the way some people lean forward when listening closely. He is a psychiatrist, a neuroscientist, an engineer, a clinician, and a writer, but those labels only begin to describe what he has been doing for the past two decades.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Portrait of @deisseroth.bsky.social & @michellemonje.bsky.social. Together they tell a story about how deep science is often built. Slowly. Carefully. In conversation. And sometimes, with the person you choose to build a life with. More: explorers.com/karl-deisser... @nationalacademies.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Fun day making @nasonline.org portraits of two scientists I admire very much, @michellemonje.bsky.social & @deisseroth.bsky.social @nam.edu
December 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Dr. Walter Alvarez is best known for his role in uncovering the asteroid impact hypothesis that explains the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. More: explorers.com/walter-alvar...
New Heroes: Walter Alvarez
Dr. Walter Alvarez is a geologist whose work has rewritten the story of Earth’s past. Best known for his role in uncovering the asteroid impact hypothesis that explains the mass extinction of the d…
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December 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Rodney Brooks has long been an advocate of building intelligence from the ground up rather than imposing it from above. His work in embodied cognition and behavior-based robotics has reshaped the field of robotics. More: explorers.com/rodney-brooks/
New Heroes: Rodney Brooks
I photographed Dr. Rodney Brooks on September 17, 2021, at his high-rise condo on Vallejo Street in San Francisco. The soft light filtered through the large windows, casting a warm glow as we sat d…
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December 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The sea flexes beneath our boots, reminding everyone that this is not solid ground, just a temporary agreement. Exploration here is not about conquering anything. It is about standing still long enough to feel how thin the margin is between presence and disappearance.
December 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM