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Sergio Pistoi started his career as a molecular biologist. Soon after he finished his Ph.D. in 1994, a radiation incident in his lab turned him into an evil science-writing superhero. He was an intern at Scientific American in New York and a stringer for Reuters Health. His credits include Scientific American, New Scientist, Nature and many Italian print and radio outlets. He is also a consultant for research planning and portfolio management. He is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, NASW and the European Union of Science Writer’s Associations. He hides in Tuscany, Italy, with a fake identity. He can be found at www.greedybrain.com.
Nicola Pittam has been living and working in Los Angeles for the past 14 years as a celebrity news journalist. She supplies news and features to a variety of publications in the U.S. and the U.K. including The New York Post, USA Today, People Magazine, Us Weekly, TMZ, RadarOnline, London Times, The Telegraph, The Sun, The Mirror, Daily Mail, Hello!, OK, Glamour, and Cosmopolitan.
She has also written a biography with Angie Best Ð ex-wife of England’s most famous soccer player George Best and fitness trainer to world-renowned entertainer Cher. George And Me: An Autobiography was published in the U.K. by Virgin Publishing in September 2001.
Nicola still writes for all the British daily newspapers, based in Los Angeles but reporting from across America. In addition, she is working on several scripts including a TV pilot and a YA novel.
“Nor’Easter” Nick Pittman is New Jersey’s weatherman. His passion for meteorology started at just six years old and stemmed from an intense fear of thunderstorms. Nick dedicated his life to studying the atmosphere and educating the public to quell weather anxiety. He got his professional start at NBC40 in Atlantic City at just seventeen years old. Nick worked at several TV stations in the area before starting the first-of-its-kind social media weather broadcasting and marketing company. Nick is a fan of “paying it forward” and started the NorEasterNick Rainy Day Project to give back to the community.
David Pizarro is an assistant professor of psychology at Cornell University. His research interests include moral judgment and the influence of emotion on judgment.
Sharon L. Plotkin, M.S., is a native Floridian with a twin sister who works as a federal agent. She has been employed full time in law enforcement as a crime scene investigator for almost 12 years, for one of the larger police departments in Dade County, and is an adjunct professor who teaches in her field at several local colleges. She is soon to be married to a lieutenant at the same police department, with whom she shares two daughters and three stepdaughters (five teenage daughters in all). Her interests are reading, music, teaching and travel.
Jonni Pollard is best known for bringing meditation to the mainstream through his organization, 1 Giant Mind and its Learn to Meditate smartphone app. As one of the top rated meditation apps, 1 Giant Mind has taught hundreds of thousands of people worldwide how to meditate for free. He is also recognized for leading mass meditations at some of the worlds biggest lifestyle events and festivals (Wanderlust, Lightning in a Bottle, The Big Quiet). Jonni also teaches private meditation and personal development for entrepreneurs, CEOs, celebrities, political leaders and wellness experts across yoga and meditation. Born and raised in Australia, Jonni also has lived in Los Angeles and India, and now currently resides in New York City.
Ricki Pollycove, MD, MS, is a nationally recognized expert in OB-GYN, caring for women through all stages of their lives. She is passionate about helping to optimize health and inspire self-care despite multiple demands in a complex world. She is a mother and grandmother, having delivered babies while also raising her own daughter from age 3 as a single mom.
In active clinical practice for over 40 years, she authored The Pocket Guide to Bioidentical Hormones and has appeared on national TV, radio, podcasts, and YouTube videos on fertility, motherhood, nutrition, hormones and mood, breast cancer, perimenopause, and healthy aging. She has authored scientific papers on testosterone, female sexual dysfunction, osteoporosis, and every aspect of menopause. Dr. Pollycove continues to provide medical education to doctors and clinicians worldwide.
Carol Poole, M.A., is a psychotherapist practicing in Seattle. A graduate of Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, Calif., she is fascinated by the way pop culture retells ancient myths and occasionally even comes up with new ones such as “Buffy.”
Pamela A. Popper, PhD, ND, is a naturopath, an internationally recognized expert on nutrition, medicine, and health, and the executive director of The Wellness Forum. Dr. Popper serves on the Physician’s Steering Committee and the President’s Board for the Physicians’ Committee for Responsible Medicine in Washington, D.C. Dr. Popper is one of the health care professionals involved in the famed Sacramento Food Bank Project, in which economically disadvantaged people were shown how to reverse their diseases and eliminate medications with diet.
Dr. Popper is part of Dr. T. Colin Campbell’s teaching team at eCornell, teaching part of a certification course on plant-based nutrition. She has been featured in many widely distributed documentaries, including Processed People,Making a Killing, and Forks Over Knives. She is one of the coauthors of the Forks Over Knives companion book which was on the New York Times bestseller list for several months.</>
