Maximus Thaler is a Ph.d candidate in evolutionary biology at Binghamton University. Their research focuses on organismality and biological definitions of self – a biosemiotic approach to the evolution of cooperation. Maximus is a founding member of the Cambium Research Institute – a collaborative scholarly community. They have written a cookbook on dumpster diving, and has founded of two food justice cooperatives – The Gleaners Kitchen (a dumpster fueled mobile catering service) and The Genome Collective (a collective house in Binghamton NY).
