Principal Collaborators
Originator of the free energy principle. Collaboration began with "Of woodlice and men" (2018) and continues through co-authored papers on variational synthesis, evolutionary dynamics, and federated inference.
PhD advisor. Foundational work on the behavioral, physiological, and transcriptomic bases of collective behavior in harvester ants.
Co-mentored NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Davis (2020–2023), focusing on distributed physiology and evolutionary genomics in eusocial insects.
Collaborated on multi-agent Active Inference models, particularly on shared protentions (anticipatory representations) in multi-agent systems.
Collaborated on formal Active Inference architectures and multi-agent systems, including work on shared protentions and federated inference.
Founder of COGSEC.org. Developed cognitive security frameworks including ATLAS and the Knowledge Management Archipelago.
Institutional Collaborations
| Institution | Context |
|---|---|
| Stanford University | PhD (2014–2019), Gordon Lab |
| UC Davis | NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship (2020–2023) |
| University College London (UCL) | Collaboration with Karl Friston and Thomas Parr |
| Active Inference Institute | Co-founder, President, Treasurer; 501(c)(3) non-profit (2021–present) |
| COGSEC.org | Honorary Co-founder (2019) |
| VERSES AI Research Lab | Collaborations with Conor Heins and Tim Verbelen |
| College of the Redwoods | Associate Faculty, Biology (fall 2025–present) |
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