Daniel Szumski is a civil engineer and independent scholar whose research interest is free energy in biological and chemical systems. He works in low energy physics, extending existing theories of heat and free energy to non-equilibrium and far-from-equilibrium energy systems. This work is all theoretical. His day job is as a self employed civil engineer. His hobbies include making fine Bordeaux style wines, wood carving, and gardening. He lives with his daughter Danielle in Davis, California.