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Alan Dorin is a multidisciplinary researcher whose work spans artificial life, computational creativity, environmental sustainability, and the intersection of technology with natural systems. Based at Monash University, Dorin has made significant contributions to the field of Artificial Life (ALife), exploring questions about self-replication, machine evolution, and the philosophical boundaries of life itself, as reflected in works such as "What Is Artificial Life Today, and Where Should It Go?" and his historical survey "Rise of the Self-Replicators." His creative dimensions emerge through research like "Enriching Aesthetics with Artificial Life," demonstrating a rare fusion of scientific inquiry and artistic sensibility. Dorin has also engaged critically with urgent real-world challenges. His most-cited work, a 2022 scoping review on the carbon footprint of digital health interventions (92 citations), reveals a commitment to environmentally responsible technology deployment. His provocative essay "Averting Robo-Bees" (17 citations) warns against techno-fixes for ecological crises, advocating instead for preserving natural insect populations. More recently, he has turned attention to generative AI's relationship with ALife. Across these diverse contributions, Dorin consistently brings rigorous, ethically grounded thinking to some of the most pressing questions at the frontier of technology and nature.