About Me
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Purple belt under Rodrigo Vaghi.
- IBJJF No Gi Purple Belt World Championship 2025 — Silver Medalist
- IBJJF Gi Purple Belt Pan American Championship 2025 — Bronze Medalist
- CXBJJ St Louis Invitational 6 2025 — Winner
- IBJJF Chicago Spring 2024 — 3x Gold (Gi Heavy, Gi Open, No-Gi Open)
- IBJJF St. Louis 2024 — 4x Gold
- IBJJF Memphis 2024 — 4x Gold
Pro League Network
Max has competed on the Pro League Network appearing on ESPN Ocho and Friday Night Fights for sports like CarJitsu, Coffin Wars, and Ultimate Tire Wrestling.
Combat Sports
Max is a member of the "League of Distinguished Gentlemen" having achieved victory in SuitJitsu.
Dance
Dream Palace
A collaborative visual media project focused on using SOA technology including A.I. and VR to tell stories.
Treats on The Treadmill
My band. Lead vocals and guitar.
Painting
Very much an amateur but enjoy painting from time to time.
Blog
Short Stories
Recommended Reading
Fiction
- Seven Moons of Maali Almeida — Shehan Karunatilaka
- The Hunchback of Notre-Dame — Victor Hugo
- The Odyssey — Homer
- The Three-Body Problem — Liu Cixin
- Cat's Cradle — Kurt Vonnegut
Non-Fiction
- Manufacturing Consent — Noam Chomsky
- Man's Search for Meaning — Viktor Frankl
- Anarchy and Christianity — Leo Tolstoy
- Hacking Darwin — Jamie Metzl
- Permanent Record — Edward Snowden
- The Black Swan — Nassim Taleb
- The Road to Wigan Pier — George Orwell
Coding Projects
Research
White Papers
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2026
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2026
Publications
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bioRxiv, 2025
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iScience, 2022
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021
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Scientific Reports, 2021
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BMC Molecular and Cell Biology, 2020
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BMC Bioinformatics, 2020
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Biological Procedures Online, 2019
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IEEE Third International Conference on Data Science in Cyberspace (DSC), 2018
CV
Coming soon.