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I study ants, Active Inference, and cognitive security — and build open-source tools at the intersection of Bayesian modeling, computational biology, and information ecosystem design. Full biography →

• 🐜 Entomologist — PhD (Stanford, 2014–2019, advisor: Deborah Gordon) on behavioral, physiological, and transcriptomic bases of collective behavior in harvester ants; NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PRFB award DBI-2010290) at UC Davis, 2020–2023 (NSF budget period 2020–2022, extended to 2023)
• 🧠 Active Inference Researcher — President and co-founder of the Active Inference Institute (501(c)(3) non-profit; governance pages at activeinference.institute); co-author with Karl Friston; builder of CEREBRUM, GNN, InferAnts, and goference frameworks
• 🛡️ Cognitive Security Researcher — bibliography-indexed work on narrative ecosystems, digital rhetoric, and multiagent security at COGSEC.org
• 🎨 Early NFT Artist — Abstract pen drawings; Curio Cards 24/25/26 (recognized in NFT archaeology as early Ethereum art NFTs, minted May 9, 2017; Christie's auction Oct 2021); William Blake & Buckminster Fuller scholarship; Art portfolio · Local Gallery
• 📺 Educator — 500+ Active Inference livestreams, 200+ personal streams, AII Textbook Group (10 cohorts through 2026; Parr, Pezzulo & Friston, 2022 · Namjoshi, 2026), College of the Redwoods (BIOL-1 at Pelican Bay, BIOL-8 Human Biology; Spring 2026), Udemy courses, conference workshops
• 🌐 Community Builder — Co-founder of Complexity Weekend (2019-2024); co-organized Stanford Complexity Group

Current generated totals: see reports/current_counts.md for bibliography, paper-folder, software, GitHub inventory, public-source snapshot, and paired-publication counts with generation metadata and rebuild commands. Scholar metrics are sourced from data/scholar-snapshot.json and propagated into the resume and claim exports.

Current catalog totals are generated in reports/current_counts.md. Canonical source tables are pages/BIBLIOGRAPHY.md, pages/SOFTWARE.md, papers/README.md, and data/github-repositories.json.

Entomology domain works include peer-reviewed and Zenodo records on ant genetics, behavior, collective intelligence, and scientific language. Current domain totals live in reports/current_counts.md; Full list in Bibliography →

Theoretical, computational, and applied Active Inference works. Current domain totals live in reports/current_counts.md; Full list in Bibliography →

Narrative security, memes, trust, and policy works. Current domain and type totals live in reports/current_counts.md; Full list in Bibliography →

Works on William Blake, Buckminster Fuller, visual art, and interdisciplinary philosophy. Current domain totals live in reports/current_counts.md; Full list in Bibliography →

Computational works and software catalogs. Current bibliography, curated-software, and GitHub-inventory totals live in reports/current_counts.md; Works in Bibliography → · Curated repos → · Primary inventory →

Institute snapshots, ecosystem maps, and organizational design works. Current domain totals live in reports/current_counts.md; Full list in Bibliography →

Livestreams, conference talks, courses, and collaborative media — Full list in Bibliography →

Genetics, radiation biology, and biomedical research works. Current domain totals live in reports/current_counts.md; Full list in Bibliography →

flowchart TD
AI[Active Inference] --- ENT[Entomology] --- CS[Cognitive Security]
AI --> BM[Bayesian Modeling]
ENT --> ANT[Ant Colonies / Social Insects]
CS --> IE[Information Ecosystems]
BM --> COMP[Computational]
ANT --> BIO[Biology]
IE --> DR[Digital Rhetoric]
COMP --- BIO --- DR
COMP --> CEREB[CEREBRUM, GNN]
BIO --> GEN[Genetics]
DR --> CP[COGSEC, P3IF]
CEREB --> SYN[Synergetics<br/>Fuller, Blake]
GEN --> ECO[Ecology<br/>Consciousness]
CP --> DESC[Decentralized Science<br/>DeSci]
SYN --- ECO --- DESC

Keywords: Active Inference, free energy principle, Bayesian brain, computational neuroscience, ant colony optimization, collective intelligence, myrmecology, cognitive security, information warfare, narrative ecosystems, Buckminster Fuller, synergetics, William Blake, research collaboration, Python, Rust, multi-agent systems, variational inference