2025 SLOAN PRIZE JURY
2025 Sloan Science Prizes Jury
Destin Sandlin
Creator and host of the YouTube channel SmarterEveryDay, which explores the world through science. Sandlin is a United States civilian army missile engineer dedicated to making science accessible to a broad audience.
Nicole Perlman
Screenwriter and producer best known for her work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Perlman co-wrote Guardians of the Galaxy and contributed to the story for Captain Marvel. Her work reflects a long-standing interest in space and science fiction.
Sabrina Cruz
Co-creator and host of the YouTube channel Answer in Progress, which strips away the stigma of not knowing things and brings back the joy in learning. Cruz has a degree in math from the University of Toronto.
Stephon Alexander
Theoretical physicist, musician, and author who explores connections between cosmology, particle physics, and quantum gravity. Alexander is a professor of physics at Brown University and author of The Jazz of Physics, which links music with our understanding of the structure of the universe.
Elaine Sevier
Co-founder and Director of Strategic Development at IMI, she holds a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard Medical School and completed her undergraduate studies at Stanford.
Jury for the 2025 Sloan Science Prizes
DOCUMENTARY WINNER
Jeremy Fielding
The Engineering of a Photograph
NARRATIVE FICTION WINNER
Toby Hendy
A Guide to Making Friends in the Fourth Dimension
DOCUMENTARY WINNER
Xyla Foxlin
Blueprint to Flight: Building an Airplane from Scratch
NARRATIVE FICTION WINNER
Joe Posner
The 2084 Club: The Channel