I'm a neuroscientist by training, and directs a laboratory at the Riken Institute in Japan (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RGBSG7EAAAAJ&hl=en). I've worked with the Harmony founding team since back in 2018, and conduct research with them about using decentralized finance protocols for social change (https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.14312). I also help organize an online course by paying students to learn how to build products with zero-knowledge proof technology (zku.one)