I started working as a preceptor at MAPH in 2014 and have since received my PhD from the Committee on Social Thought here at Chicago. My dissertation, “Technocratic Evolution: Experimental Naturalism and American Biopower around 1900,” assesses the impact of evolutionary science and the technologies of industrial capitalism on modern American culture and the politics of nature. My current writing projects include a literary and cultural history of the microorganism from the late nineteenth century to the present and an essay on the biopolitics of classical American pragmatism. My broader research interests are in science and technology studies, biopolitical theory, critical theory, and the history of philosophy. I was born in Szczecin, Poland, but can probably be best described as a Californian. Before coming to Chicago, I earned a BA in philosophy and history from the University of California, Berkeley. My favorite author is Marcel Proust, my favorite filmmaker is Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and the only sport I halfway play is tennis. I go to the movies as much as possible.