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To: Jeffrey Epsteinfieevacation©gmail.com] From: Barnaby Marsh Sent: Thur 5/7/2009 10:13:31 PM Subject: RE: Dear Jeff: I finally heard from Chuck Harper, who is visiting anthropological sites in South Africa at the moment and has been a little hard to reach. Regarding Eastern Europe, not too much luck- these are the names I got, and I don't know any of them, so probably not too useful: • Enn Kasak, Associate professor of philosophy of science, PhD, Tallinn University, Estonia ennk@tlu.ee] • loana-Carmen Popescu, Ph. D. Organic Chemistry Center "Constantin Nenitescu" from Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania Ipopescujoana_carmen@yahoo.com] • Dr. lulian Rusu [rusu_iulian@hotmail.com) Professor at Technical University Iasi, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry • Stefan Trausan-Matu, Professor, 'Politehnica" University of Bucharest, Computer Science Department, Bucharest, Romania: and Principal researcher, Romanian Academy Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Bucharest, Romania Itrausan@cs.pubso httplAvww. racai.ro/—trausanl Chuck suggested Tegmark at MIT, and I think that we might be able to do something related to a new grants competition programs that look at creativity, innovation, and efficiency in the context of biological membranes, but the question is who arc the people? EFTA_R1_01517115 EFTA02442244 By the way I had a quick follow-up chat with Krauss in Arizona- what he is doing is important, and I have encouraged him to think about long-term directions/strategies (bigger than simply raising the endowment and convening famous people, which is only a start). I'll reconnect with him soon. Bamaby EFTA_R1_01517116 EFTA02442245