The TED Fellows program hand-picks young innovators from around the world to raise international awareness of their work and maximize their impact.

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TED Fellows at @TED

TED Fellows at @TED

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Co-Founder of @OpenROV (Underwater Robots) and @OpenExplorer (Connected Exploration Platform). TED Senior Fellow. Author of Zero to Maker.

Environmental engineer, sanitation researcher and advocate

Negin is a comedian, writer, director, TED Fellow, honey mustard connoisseur. @NeginFarsad

Designer, artist, TED Fellow and brown guy.

South African cosmologist (and lover of loud karaoke) currently living in Canada, as a Senior TED Fellow and Professor of Astrophysics. Feminist scientist.

CEO/co-founder of www.skillshare.com

Sandman is the co-director of the design studio and community lab, Public Displays of Affection (PDA). PDA builds social capital with communication design.

Empreendedora apaixonada. Fundadora da Escola FazINOVA e da Enkla Editora. Autora de 4 bestsellers e considerada uma das 100 pessoas mais influentes do Brasil.

Intl.Policy/Security Consultant, Lecturer. @TEDfellow, #INSS fellow, @JHUPress author, @FletcherSchool PhD. Internal Wars, MENA, Human Rights. RT≠endorsement

Singer, Musician, Hummingbird, TED Senior Fellow

Conceptual artist, perpetual tourist and TED Fellow

Biologist | Bioinformatician | TED Fellow | Writer

Where Africa and technology collide... Founder of @BRCK, @Ushahidi and @iHub in Nairobi. Senior TED & PopTech Fellow.

Founder at Tapster, TED fellow and World Economic Forum Council Member on Artificial Intelligence & Robotics . MPhil from University of Cambridge.

Investor & Data Scientist. Founder and Chief Data Scientist at Pred(ictive)Pop. General Partner at Cross Valley Capital.

Unlocking access for billions of creditworthy individuals around the world. Connecting people to the opportunities they deserve using mobile technology.

Passionate about complete financial access, aligning incentives, job creation, SMS and all things micro. I also love exclamations! CEO of @InVenture

Shared benefit and the right information preserve landscapes…

astrophysicist. artist. transient bioelectrical phenomenon hurtling through space.

Polar Photographer. Storm Chaser, Explorer, mother, citizen of planet Earth

IYEOKA is a poet, songwriter, mindful pharmacist, drummer, TED Global Fellow, and a member of ΔΣΘ.

Founder of CrowdVoice.org, mideastunes.com, and Ahwaa.org. Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow.

Artist, Composer, TED Senior Fellow,

CEO and Co-founder, Coeio. TED Fellow. Stanford d.School Fellow. Artist/Designer. Infinity Burial Suit aka the “Mushroom Death Suit”