University in Washington D.C., and former president of the International Association for Media and Communication Research N Firouz Naderi, associate director, Project Formulation and Strategy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Hossein Nasr, philosopher, George Washington University Farzad Nazem, former chief technical officer and executive vice president, Yahoo! Camran Nezhat, director of Stanford Endoscopy Center for Training & Technology, Stanford University Mehrdad Nikoonahad, vice president of business development, PDF Solutions, Inc. O Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay P Kaveh Pahlavan, professor and director of CWINS, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Hashem Pesaran, fellow of Trinity College, Fellow of The British Academy, former director of the Applied Econometrics Program at UCLA, founding editor of the Journal of Applied Econometrics, Cambridge University R Ali R. Rabi, founding chair of the Middle East Citizens Assembly, University of Maryland Yahya Rahmat-Samii, professor of electromagnetics at UCLA Sohrab Rohani, chair, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Western Ontario Mostafa Ronaghi, chief technology officer and senior vice president of Illumina S Pardis Sabeti, geneticist, assistant professor, Center for Systems Biology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University Hossein Sadri, dean, associate professor of architectural theory, Girne American University Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, cryptographer, professor in School of Computer Science, University of Wollongong Muhammad Sahimi, chair of Chemical Engineering Department, University of Southern California Farrokh Saidi, medical professor and administrator, permanent member of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences Jawad Salehi, inventor of optical code division multiple access, professor of electrical engineering at Sharif University of Technology Majid Samii, neurosurgeon and scientist, president of the International Society for Neurosurgery Mohammad-Nabi Sarbolouki, professor of macromolecular physical chemistry, Tehran University Hossein Seifzadeh, professor of Department of Political Sciences, University of Tehran Cyrus Shahabi, chair of the Computer Science Department, University of Southern California Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, lecturer in Achaemenid archeology and Iranology at Harvard University; full professor of history in Eastern Oregon University, Eastern Oregon University Mohammad Shahidehpour, former dean of the Graduate College and Associate VP for Research, Illinois Institute of Technology Freidoon Shahidi, university research professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland Manuchehr Shahrokhi, Craig Fellow/professor, editor of the Global Finance Journal, California State University, Fresno Vahid Shams Kolahi, solid-state physicist with contribution to CIGS and CdTe solar cells Amir Ali Sheibany, professor of geology, University of Tehran; founder and chairman of the National Iranian Steel Corporation (ZobAhan AryaMehr) Saeed Shirkavand, former vice minister in Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance (Iran),