The Incubator Unbound

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The Incubator Unbound

A Transdisciplinary Conversation Series

 

Focusing on broad themes and contemporary challenges, The Incubator Unbound brings together experts from diverse fields for an unscripted, public conversation that explores wildly divergent approaches and perspectives, sparks new intellectual connections, and inspires bold collaborations among all in attendance.

Resilience and Hope-Fall 2025

Featuring:

Mary McKay: Executive Vice Provost & Professor at the Brown School, WashU

Patrick Daly: Staff Scientist-Societal Resilience and Sustainability, WashU

Steve Mennerick: Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology, WashU

Mitra Naseh: Assistant Professor at the Brown School & Founding Director of the Forced Migration Initiative, WashU

Storytelling-Spring 2026

Featuring:

Salma Abdalla, Assistant Professor of Public Health & Co-Director of the Global Health Futures Innovation Research Network, WashU

Cat Allman, Vice President, Open Source at Digital Science & Co-Organizer of Sci Foo Camp

Christopher Schaberg, Director of Public Scholarship & Professor of Practice in English, WashU

Betsy Sinclair, Assistant Vice Provost of Digital Transformation & Professor of Political Science, WashU

Scales of Life-Fall 2025

Featuring:

Tansu Daylan, Assistant Professor of Physics, WashU

Bronwen Konecky, Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, WashU

Lúcia Lohmann, President and Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Rodrigo Reis, Professor of Public Health, WashU

Future Events

Learn more about our 2026-2027 Unbound events, which are held in the lobby of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum on the Danforth campus.

Events

As a faculty member on the medical campus, the Incubator Unbound series provides an engaging forum for connecting with Danforth campus faculty. I particularly enjoyed the “Resilience and Hope" session, in which faculty from anthropology, social work, and neuropsychology spoke on a broad range of topics, including children’s mental health, forced migration, and the challenges of training in science today. Unbound not only offers shared insights and expertise; it also showcases the transformative nature of genuine storytelling about our faculty's research, both in the U.S. and globally. These conversations offer renewed energy and ideas for life, as well as opportunities to connect and collaborate with fellow attendees through shared values and vision.

― Elizabeth McFarland Professor of Radiology