CV
(April 2021)
education
2016
PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Princeton University
2009
MS, Advanced Architectural Design
Columbia University
2004
BArch, Architecture
Southern California Institute of
Architecture
research & teaching
2019-2021 (on and off)
Postdoctoral Researcher
Max Planck Institute of
Animal Behavior
Couzin Lab, Department of Collective Behavior
2016-2017
Postdoctoral Researcher
Max Planck Institute of
Animal Behavior
Jordan Lab, Department of Collective Behavior
2009-2013
Adjunct Professor
Drexel University
Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
conferences & talks
2019
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour 2019 Conference, University of Konstanz, DE (poster presentation)
Invited seminar, Glowacki Lab, University of Bristol, UK
2018
Conference on Collective Behavior, Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Treiste, IT
Distributed and Collective Computation in Biological and Artificial Systems Symposium, Janelia Research Campus, Virginia, USA
10th Beyond Humanism Conference: Cultures of the Posthuman, University of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw, PL
2017
Architecture as a Presumed Future Symposium (talk and discussion with Tomás Saraceno), ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, DE
Invited seminar, BBN/Raytheon Technologies, Cambridge, USA
2015
Symposium on Collective Behavior, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Konstanz, DE
2014
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, “Bambi” public seminar, Barro Colorado Island, Panama
Animal Behavior Society, 51st Annual Conference, Princeton University, Princeton, USA
2013
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) 101st Meeting, San Francisco, USA
Social Insects in the Northeast Region (SINNERS), 2nd Symposium, Rockefeller University, New York, USA
2010
INPUT-OUTPUT: Adaptive Materials and Mediated Environments, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
non-academic work
2017-2021
Scientific Consultant
Freelance, self-employed
Berlin, DE
2016-2017
Scientist-in-Residence
Studio Tomás Saraceno (STS)
Berlin, DE
2004-2008
Project Architect / Director of Design
AkarStudios
Santa Monica, USA
academic service
Peer reviewer
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B / Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology / Frontiers in Robotics and AI / Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics / Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution / Scientific Reports / Physica A
Guest design critic
Columbia University / Drexel University / Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute / Southern California Institute of Architecture / Temple University / UCLA / University of Pennsylvania