CEO
Ecodash.ai
Los Gatos, California
My journey started as a NASA planetary physicist, and progressed toward the study of biological and artificial intelligence, on which I published a Master of Science thesis in 2013. I saw a different future for AI, one where AI only learns to help people understand and improve our physical world for greatest beauty (and today, I would add "sustainability" and "ecological function" as priorities). This inspired founding of 3co.ai in 2017 to develop AI for 3D modeling of nature; Ecodash.ai in 2024 for ecological planting design; and a new NSF-funded AI model called DeepEarth (https://github.com/legel/deepearth) for planetary ecological intelligence.
GC-01: Game Changer: 3D Ecological Digital Twins for Planting Design
Sunday, October 12, 2025
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CT