Raj Apte, a pioneering innovator, boasts 85+ patents and has driven advancements in various fields, from digital X-rays to renewable energy. At Alphabet’s X, he continues his groundbreaking work, contributing to technologies like thermal energy storage, ultrasonic biometrics, printed electronics, digital X-ray sensors, and micromachined diffractive displays.

A straight-As maths student who identified with the kids who ‘didn’t get it’, Dr Tai-Danae Bradley is passionate about education. She shares her journey from a life-changing calculus class to becoming a mathematician and science communicator.