My name is Matthias; I’m trained in electrical engineering, entrepreneurship, and corporate finance; I worked in senior executive positions in Europe (where I had built and restructured telecommunication companies) and as a serial founder. I take courses in Technical Physics (with an emphasis on non-linear dynamics, optimal control, complexity theory) and some in astrophysics and cosmology. My research interests are in von Neumann Self-replication, Prediction Models, and Complex Economics (at present: thermodynamics applied to economics). Lately, togehter with some fellow Alumni of the International Space University, we are running a space podcast show, deconstructing how humankind can become multi-planetary from first principles.