Matthew J. Lutz is a behavioral ecologist and architect/designer, born in Philadelphia, PA, and based in Berlin. His work focuses on the complex patterns and structures that emerge through collective behavior in biological, human, and artificial systems. He holds a Master’s in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University and a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University, where he studied the self-assembled structures of Eciton army ants. Recently he has continued this scientific work as a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, while also developing and collaborating on creative projects at the intersection of art, science, and computation. Beyond self-assembly, his current research interests include the self-organizing architectures of termite mounds, and applying insights from social insects to the design of non-predatory, “friendly,” AI systems and resilient human infrastructures.

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