Professor Michael Lamport Commons
Role: Pioneer and Inspirational
Michael Lamport Commons was born in 1939 in Los Angeles and grew up in Hollywood. Commons holds two B.A.s from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), one in mathematics, the other in psychology. He earned his M.A., and M.Phil. and in 1973 received his Ph.D., in psychology, from Columbia University. Currently, he is Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School), and Director of the Dare Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts. e-mail: commonsmlc@gmail.com
Sofia Ribeirinho Leite, PhD
Role: Founder, Coordinator and Lead Researcher
Domains: Theory, Validation & Application
Sofia Leite is majored in clinical psychology and body psychotherapy techniques. She did her Master in Cognitive Neuroscience in 2012, worked at Microsoft PT in Human-Computer Interfaces, and did a PhD in Biomedical Engineering in 2019 at University of Porto with a Fulbright Research grant at Harvard Medical School. Sofia is the Vice-President of Dare Institute. She is a Dancer and Poetry Reading Performer. e-mail: sofiarsleite@gmail.com.
Dr. Aiden Thornton
Role: Lead Researcher
Domain: Theory, Measurement & Application
Aiden Thornton holds an interdisciplinary PhD in leadership, complexity, and cognition. Aiden currently serves as the Inaugural Menzies Senior Research Fellow in Leadership and Complexity at the Australian National University’s School of Cybernetics. He co-leads the ANU Complexity Leadership Lab and his work spans the theory, measurement, research, education, and practice of complexity leadership. e-mail: aiden@aidenmathornton.com
Professor Bruno Mota
Role: Principal Researcher
Domain: Validation
Bruno Mota has a graduation and Master in Physics at UFMG, PhD in Physics (cosmic topology), and Postdoc in comparative neuroanatomy at CCS/UFRJ. Bruno is a Professor at the Physics Institute at UFRJ since 2013, and the director of the Laboratory of Theoretical Biology and Experimental Mathematics, at the Physics Institute, UFRJ. He is a Cyclist and Cook. e-mail: wronski@gmail.com
Professor António Ramos da Silva
Role: Principal Researcher
Domain: Application
António Ramos da Silva has a degree in mechanical engineering, a Master in automation and a Ph.D. in Mechanical engineering from the University of Porto. He is an auxiliar Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Automation at FEUP, an integrated Researcher at the Biomechanics group from INEGI, integrated at LAETA – Associated Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aeronautics. The main areas of interest are Automation, Evolutionary Neural Networks, Learning Models, Dynamic Modeling of Systems and Automatic Control. He is also a Cyclist and Carpenter. e-mail: antoniojoseramossilva@gmail.com