Intelligently

designed(?)

about us

"a collective intelligence of convergence"

addy
founder | researcher | lead organizer | designer
BS in neuroscience @ FAU

bio:
- researching and building solutions with the fundamental components of biological and computer systems through olfaction, memory, language, and synesthesia
- neuroscience and mathematics of design and its language (across all senses)
- unconventional methods of improving vision, hearing, and touch
- interested in learning why unconventional dietary lifestyles seem to improve health, as well as why it does or does not scale in the population throughout time
- running a project on how humans can maintain awareness during sleep and altered states, and how the altered logic of these states can be beneficial for divergent thinking
- building community of interdisciplinary talent through polyMath, cognitiveHackathon, thinkerSpace, and mindSpace
- building on my idea that art, music, and math are a cognitive science

misha
graduate researcher | community organizer
BS in mathematics @ FAU
first-year law student @ UM Law School

bio:
- to be announced

Dan
researcher | science writer | community organizer
PHD in Physics @ Stony Brook
scientific advisor @ ekkolapto

bio:
- working on AI for healthcare and radiology
- data scientist @ mass general brigham
- interested in how to understand reality better through metascience and proper allocations of funding
- community organizer for interdisciplinary AI, longevity, and physics events across Massachusetts

dom
graduate researcher | BS in math @ UC Davis

bio:
- interested in understanding cognition and perception through mathematics, similar to the Free Energy Principle
- currently building a project on how different languages interpret math concepts
- my most unconventional idea is that everything is agentic. this seems to be common at ekkolapto!

Michael
PHD(c) in physics | graduate researcher
Florida Atlantic University

bio:
- i’m a physicist who is primarily interested in classical vacuum General Relativity(GR) and Complex Systems. In 2023, I discovered a new class of structures in GR which I call dimensional collapsars. my research suggests that our universe is itself a dimensional collapsar in a higher dimensional universe. my research into these structures and KKT suggests that they can explain what dark energy, dark matter, and the universe’s inflationary epoch

nicholas
high school researcher
Vanguard High School

bio:
- interest in quantum mechanics (mainly string theory), general relativity, and nuclear physics
- winner of ekkolapto's august cognitiveHackathon for "The Application of the Free Energy Principle on Cold Fusion with Bose-Einstein Condensates at Temperatures Approaching Absolute-Zero"

jon
graduate researcher

bio:
- understanding how math as a formal system maps onto reality through metamathematics
- i think philosophy is undervalued and if given the chance, philosophers are able to connect dots many others miss due to highly specialized training in their fields
- currently trying to understand tautochrone curves

ayan
undergraduate/high-school researcher
Wilkes Honors College @ Florida Atlantic University

bio:
- won 3rd place for best demo during ekkolapto's august cognitiveHackathon
- i'm a dual-enrolled high school student at FAU's Wilkes Honors College, majoring in Data Analytics
- graduating with both my high school diploma and bachelor’s degree in 2025. my work focuses on AI, machine learning, and bioinformatics, with a current project exploring gene expression. i'm passionate about using technology to solve complex challenges and drive innovation across various fields. recently, i’ve been exploring unconventional ideas like applying artificial immune systems (AIS) to enhance data security and adapt to evolving threats, reflecting my commitment to pioneering new approaches in STEM

emma
graduate researcher | BS in neuroscience @ Florida Atlantic University

bio:
- awarded ekkolapto's polyMath Fellowship to build my BCI
- aspiring biomedical engineering PhD student
- i'm passionate about exploring novel methods of communication using various neural signal processing techniques, as well as computational cognitive neurophysiology

sofia
graduate researcher | AB in physics
Princeton University

bio:
- developing new ways of treating prosopagnosia through neurophysics
- considered studying law but consciousness was more stimulating for me

Anton
design cognition researcher & community organizer

bio:
- creating new ways of using 3d-printers for design and art
- running experiments on how artistic experiences and their respective design modify cognitive systems, particularly humans and AI
- i am STEM oriented but place significant value on great design as a driver of functional innovation and human agency

arav
high school researcher & community organizer
Pine Crest School | Marjory Stoneman Douglas

bio:
- president of the Children's Board for the Sindhi Association of Florida
- organizer of ekkolapto's hackathons and conferences throughout the USA
- my current project revolves around understanding currency dynamics through complexity science

danyal
undergraduate researcher & community organizer
Pine Crest School | University of Chicago

bio:
- econ @ UChicago
- modeling financial markets as a complex system
- organizer of ekkolapto's hackathons and conferences throughout the USA

adam
graduate researcher
BS in chemical and biomolecular engineering @ Johns Hopkins University

bio:
- interested in understanding cellular replication and respiration through a math and physics perspective
- one of my controversial thoughts? ray peat was insightful but did not have the right training to tie everything together, yet his incorporation of philosophy into health and nutrition was a large inspiration for me

george
undergraduate researcher
BS in physics @ UT Austin

bio:
- univalent foundations of mathematics
- dissolving mind body dualism