Samuel Arbesman

Samuel Arbesman is a complexity scientist and writer, whose writing has appeared in such outlets as Wired, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic. He is also the award-winning author of The Magic of Code, Overcomplicated, and The Half-Life of Facts. Over the course of nearly eleven years as Lux's Scientist in Residence, he explored the frontier of science and technology and worked with companies and founders in such areas as open science, tools for thought, artificial intelligence, and infusing computation into everything from biology to manufacturing. As a venture partner at Lux, he continues to provide strategic advice on this scientific and technological frontier.

In addition, Samuel teaches at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management and is a Research Fellow at The Long Now Foundation. Previously, Samuel was a Senior Scholar in Research and Policy at The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and a Research Fellow in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. He completed a PhD in computational biology at Cornell University and earned a BA in computer science and biology at Brandeis University.