I have written up a short and up-to-date bio for myself. If you are located at a point in the future past May 2009, please email me to check if it’s still current.

Michael Anissimov is a science/technology writer and consultant based in San Francisco. His blog, Accelerating Future, has received 3 million views since its founding in 2006, and was covered on G4.TV’s Attack of the Show and Wired.com. His posts have reached the front page of social news sites like Digg and Reddit.

In 2002, when still attending High School, Anissimov co-founded the non-profit Immortality Institute (imminst.org), a grassroots life extension advocacy organization. The non-profit was formed to tap into a new realization in the scientific community that stem cell research and regenerative medicine could be used over the next few decades to radically extend human life and health.

Anissimov is currently Fundraising Director for the Lifeboat Foundation (lifeboat.com), a non-profit devoted to studying and ameliorating catastrophic global risks from biotech, nanotech, AI/robotics, and other sources of danger. The Lifeboat Foundation’s advisory board includes hundreds of thought leaders in science and technology, including Nobel Laureates Sir Clive W.J. Granger and Eric S. Maskin.

Anissimov has worked with the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence and the Methuselah Foundation. In May 2007, Michael was profiled for Psychology Today magazine. He was quoted several times in Ray Kurzweil’s best-selling 2005 book, The Singularity is Near. He also serves on the board of directors of the World Transhumanist Association (transhumanism.org).

Visit Michael’s blog at acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog.