# Friederike Ernst

> Friederike Ernst is a Columbia and Stanford graduate, co-founder of Gnosis, Epicenter Podcast co-host, and former postdoctoral research fellow in low-dimensiona...

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**Friederike Ernst** is a Co-founder at [Gnosis](https://iq.wiki/wiki/gnosis) and a Co-host at [Epicenter Podcast](https://iq.wiki/wiki/epicenter-podcast). [\[1\]](#cite-id-wu94ovueo9)[\[2\]](#cite-id-qwmuerjttw)  
  
  
# Education  
  
Friederike Ernst is a graduate of Columbia and Stanford University. She studied Low-dimensional complex quantum systems and graduated from Stanford in 2017. [\[1\]](#cite-id-wu94ovueo9)  
  
# Career  
  
Friederike was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Columbia University and Stanford University from 2013 to 2016. [\[1\]](#cite-id-wu94ovueo9)  
  
In March 2017, she co-founded [Gnosis](https://iq.wiki/wiki/gnosis), a [decentralized autonomous organization (DAO)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/dao) that utilizes its products to guide decision-making on ecosystem development, support, and governance. [\[3\]](#cite-id-ytq9pafjkls)  
  
## Epicenter  
  
In October 2018, Friederike joined [Epicenter](https://iq.wiki/wiki/epicenter-podcast) as a co-host of the podcast. Epicenter Podcast focuses on the emergence of decentralized technologies. It delves into the realms of [Bitcoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin), [blockchains](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain), [cryptocurrencies](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency), and other distributed systems, exploring how networks reach consensus to create new, decentralized entities. [\[4\]](#cite-id-7qqi3j6alii)