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The ORIGINS Project Foundation is a non-profit charitable corporation led by Lawrence M. Krauss, with a governing board of directors, and an external advisory board including Nobel Laureates, award-winning authors, distinguished scientists, artists, and business people.
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Lawrence Krauss is a theoretical physicist and author. He is president of The Origins Project Foundation, and host of The Origins Podcast. His research interests include the origin and evolution of the universe and the structure of matter. He founded and directed The Origins Project at ASU 2008-2018, and has held distinguished positions at other universities and research institutions in America, Canada, Switzerland, Australia and Britain. He has written over 600 publications and 12 books. His latest book, The War on Science was released in April 2025. He has written for magazines and newspapers, appears on radio and television, and has received many awards for his scientific work and his contributions to the public understanding of science around the world. His newest book, a memoir entitled It’s All Relative, will appear in April 2027.
Jannis Keller is a strategy professional and entrepreneur based in Basel, Switzerland. He has worked on strategy and transformation at a large multinational and has co-founded two businesses. He holds an MSc in Business & Economics and a BA in Business, Economics and Philosophy from the University of Basel, complemented by studies in evolutionary biology. A long-standing fascination with the origins of the universe and the hard sciences drew him to the Origins Project Foundation.
