A Brownbag Lunch with
Dr Chris Adami, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics & Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University.
Wednesday October 22, 2025, 12-1 PM EDT
In-Person CAS 405 and on Zoom
Please Register HERE
Light refreshments will be provided.
Chris Adami has done innovative work in applying evolutionary methods and game theory to complex phenomena, social issues, cognitive issues, and artificial life. He often writes in non-technical ways for broader audiences, and his contributions regularly appear in Nature. The brownbag lunch talk explores the systemic nature of inequality in a highly abstract framework to isolate critical factors that drive inequality but are often not considered in the public discourse. Chris will translate these concepts into non-formal intuitive language in his talk. The short paper a is work in progress and its underlying ideas will allow ample time for discussion.
Dr Adami is a computational biologist with a focus on theoretical, experimental and computational Darwinian evolution, studying how biological systems evolve from the simplest molecules to the most complex structures such as the human brain.
He is professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics as well as Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University, he uses mathematics and computation to understand how simple rules can give rise to the most complex systems and behaviors.
Chris has pioneered the application of methods from information theory to the study of evolution, and spearheaded the development of Avida, an Artificial Life simulator that uses mutating and adapting computer viruses as a tool for investigating evolutionary biology.