RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Philosophy: epistemology, knowledge generation, computational philosophy, posthuman existentialism, the self, personal utility functions

Science: genomics, aging, synthetic biology, regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, DNA nanotechnology, biomolecular interface, health 2.0, quantified self-tracking

Meta: universal laws, entropy, complex adaptive systems, symmetry

Futurist: human augmentation, intelligence, integration of machines and biology, future economics, prediction markets, post-scarcity economy

RECENT PROJECTS:

GENOMICS
Research studies: DIYgenomics crowdsourced health research studies, timeframe ongoing

NANOTECHNOLOGY
Book chapter: "Top ten recent nanomedical advances" in the forthcoming "Clinical Nanomedicine: from Bench to Bedside," May 2011

COMPUTING
Paper: "The conceptualization of time in computing" summary, detailed outline, August 2011

SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
Article: "Conference summary" SynBio 5.0, June 2011, Synbio revolution: biology is the engineering medium

PREDICTION MARKETS
Workshop: "Prediction markets trading simulation" at Singularity University, July 2011

CITIZEN SCIENCE
Invited talk: "Blueprint for citizen science applied healthspan engineering" OSCON, July 2011

ANTI-AGING
Article: "Conference summary" 40th Annual American Aging Association Meeting, June 2011, summary, popular article, journal article.
Invited talk: "Translational anti-aging skin research: linking personal genome profiling to product research opportunities" LVMH Recherche Symposium, October 2011

STEM CELL RESEARCH
Article: "Steady advance of stem cell therapies" summary, journal article, October 2011

"Mi qualia no es su qualia" ... Today, I am in Silicon Valley working on DIYgenomics.