Dr. Dmitry A. Kukuruznyak is the director of research and development at the Animate Condensed Matter Company, where he develops non-biological materials that reproduce the function of biological neural networks. They are used to make lifelike brains for autonomous weapons and autonomous means of production. Before joining the company, he was a research scientist at the Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Germany), Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Germany), and National Institute for Materials Science (Japan).
He received BSc in physics from St. Petersburg State University (Russia), MSc degree in physics from the University of Miami (USA), and PhD degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Washington (USA).
His research contributes to the foundations of physics of life, autonomous behavior and physical artificial intelligence. Dr. Kukuruznyak is a scientific entrepreneur who takes scientific research to the marketplace. He has a rare ability to integrate science and business perspectives and to transform advanced research into commercial innovation.
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