TEDxLincoln Sudbury HS

Speakers

Speakers may not be confirmed. Check the event website for the latest lineup.

• Eric Simms

  Sustainability Coordinator-- Town of Sudbury

  Eric Simms is the Sustainability Coordinator for the Town of Sudbury, where he develops and manages programs, initiatives, and policies that support the Town’s sustainability and climate resilience goals as outlined in the Climate Mobilization Action and Plan. With a background in the natural sciences and 20 years of experience building cross-disciplinary relationships in higher education, Eric enjoys working with various stakeholders in Sudbury and the greater Boston region to implement creative strategies to address climate-related energy and environmental challenges. Eric has a B.S. in Biology from Fairfield University and an M.S. in Ecology and Evolution from Rutgers University.

• Piyush Khopkar

  Software Engineer @ MathWorks, Inc. | Researcher @ NASA/MOXIE-Mars 2020

  Piyush Khopkar is a software engineer and space researcher who turned a childhood fascination with the night sky into real-world space exploration. He contributed to MOXIE, the NASA instrument aboard the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover that produced oxygen on Mars for the first time—an essential breakthrough for future human missions. His work earned him multiple NASA Group Achievement Awards. Raised in India, Piyush earned his Master’s degree from the University of Missouri and later moved to Boston, where he works at MathWorks, building MATLAB and Simulink, tools used by engineers and scientists worldwide. Driven by a lifelong passion for exploration, he continues contributing to space research, including NASA’s Dragonfly mission and EVE, a project focused on exploring Venus. A NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador since 2016, Piyush is passionate about sharing stories of space exploration. In his free time, he enjoys long drives with family and listening to music on vinyl records.

• Pranav Mohan

  NASM Certified Personal Trainer and Nutrition Coach

  Pranav Mohan is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and Nutrition Coach. He created @Praanify to make nutrition science actually understandable, and shares his personal experiments on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. You can find his work here: instagram.com/praanify