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IDEAS & IMAGINED WORLDS
Understand the world.
Imagine another.
Exploring science, medicine and technology through an analytical lens. Creating worlds where imagination takes the lead.
CURIOSITY IS THE COMMON THREAD
From the systems that shape life to the worlds we bring to it.
60+
published articles
8
peer-reviewed publications
4
published novels
15+
years of writing experience
THE FICTION OF DAVID EKRUT
Step into another world.
Follow Elwin Escari into a world of elemental magic, and discover the stories beyond his journey.
Science & technology · Medicine & research · Ideas & evidence · Fantasy & fiction
SELECTED JOURNALISM
Questions worth exploring.
Photos by iStock / Getty Images Plus: popba
ENERGY · 850 BUSINESS MAGAZINE
Megajoule by Megajoule
A look into fusion research and the pursuit of a different energy future.
Photo Courtesy of FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
TECHNOLOGY · 850
From Science Fiction to Reality
Inside the research shaping advanced materials.
Photo by Dave Barfield / Lonely Fox Photo
BIOTECHNOLOGY · 850
QuarryBio Aids Development of Drugs and Treatments
The intersection of protein analysis, research and business.
Photo by Bill Lax courtesy of FSU Photography Services
INNOVATION · 850
Taking Tech to Market
How university research makes its way beyond the laboratory.
Photo by Stephen Bilenky / NationalMagLab
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · 850 BUSINESS MAGAZINE
AI is Taking Over
How researchers at the MagLab use machine learning to support scientific equipment and research.
AI-generated illustration
DATA & DECISIONS · 850 BUSINESS MAGAZINE
Data-Driven Solutions in the Age of Informed Intuition
An exploration of how businesses bring data and human judgment together to make decisions.
BEYOND THE PAGE
A world to explore.
Follow the coastlines, kingdoms and distant lands behind the stories.
MEET DAVID
A storyteller.
A researcher.
A curious mind.
David Ekrut is a novelist, journalist and college mathematics educator with a PhD in biomedical mathematics from Florida State University.
His work moves between scientific inquiry and imaginative storytelling, bringing complex subjects and unfamiliar worlds within reach.
David Ekrut, PhD · Ideas & imagined worlds
