Is the president of Foresight Institute. Writes, gives lectures, briefs the press and organizes conferences on powerful emerging technologies. Serves as an interface between technologists and the broader public, including business and policymakers. Has co-authored "Unbounding the Future: the Nanotechnology Revolution". Has also coined the revolutionary term "Open Source software".

A nanotechnolgy researcher, Alcor Director (Cryonics), principal fellow of Zyvex, advisor to the Foresight Institute, executive editor of the journal Nanotechnology and co-inventor of public key cryptography. Also a former research scientist at Xerox PARC.

Professor of theoretical condensed matter physics at Michigan State University. Is actively involved in research of fundamental properties of nanostructured materials using advanced numerical techniques.