Daniel Cloud, Ph.D. in Philosophy, Columbia University (2006). His dissertation, "Schrödinger's Crystal," explored Erwin Schrödinger's theory of the nature of life and its connection to issues in contemporary theoretical biology. Before coming to Princeton, he spent some time as a post-doc at Stuart Kauffman's lab at the University of Alberta at Calgary making models of gene regulatory networks in cancer cells. At Princeton, he has been working on a book, tentatively titled 'Something from Nothing', about some of the ways we've tried to explain life's complexity, and what the explanations tell us about ourselves. He also has taught two courses on the philosophy of biology - one a general survey, and one an exploration of our various answers to the question 'What is life?' - and has participated in teaching both the ancient and the modern halves of Princeton's core humanities course. His professional interests include the philosophy of biology and the social sciences, conservation biology, the philosophy of economics, political philosophy and political theory. He is a founding partner of Firebird Fund Management, and has given speeches or written or co-authored articles for organizations as diverse as the Conference Board, the Journal of Theoretical Biology, Grant's Interest Rate Observer, and (in a censored form) Shanghai Daily.