A nonprofit research initiative applying rigorous inquiry and methodological discipline to the hardest questions — uncovering what is verifiably true.
To determine what is verifiably true — and whether new forms of insight can be translated into practical benefit for humanity.
The Synexis Project was founded on the premise that some of the most consequential questions about human cognition and natural phenomena have remained unstudied not because they lack scientific merit, but because the infrastructure to study them rigorously did not previously exist.
Advances in sensor technology, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and large-scale pattern analysis have changed that. It is now possible to collect and evaluate enormous volumes of data across multiple independent domains simultaneously — and to apply the same pre-registration standards, null-result transparency, and statistical discipline that govern the most credible scientific work.
That is what The Synexis Project was built to do. Not to advocate for any particular conclusion, but to find out what is actually there — and to be rigorous enough that the answer, whatever it is, can be trusted.
Joseph Tulloss (JT) is a retired United States Air Force officer, B-2 Instructor Pilot, graduate of the USAF Weapons School, Special Technical Operations Expert and current commercial airline pilot. His career has been built on applied analytical rigor: threat assessment, systems thinking, special operations and high-consequence decision-making under uncertainty.
He founded The Synexis Project from a conviction that the same methodological standards that govern aviation and military operations can be brought to bear on questions science has rarely approached at scale. He serves as Research Director, with primary responsibility for study design, pre-registration integrity, and research infrastructure.
Timothy Gallaudet is a retired Rear Admiral and former Acting Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), where he led the agency's science, operations, and policy functions across ocean, atmosphere, and climate domains. A career Navy oceanographer, he brings deep expertise in environmental monitoring, geophysical systems, and the translation of scientific research into operational and policy impact. He serves as Senior Advisor to The Synexis Project.
Charles Tulloss brings decades of experience in signal systems engineering developed across a long career at Bell Laboratories and BellSouth. His background in signal detection, systems analysis, and technical infrastructure provides critical perspective on the geophysical and environmental data streams at the core of Synexis research. He serves as Technical Advisor with a focus on signal systems methodology and analytical framework integrity.
Every hypothesis, analytic protocol, and success criterion is defined and locked to the Open Science Framework before any data is examined. No exceptions. No post-hoc reframing.
All pipeline code, analysis scripts, and data schemas are version-controlled and publicly accessible on GitHub. Full commit history. Anyone can audit the work.
Null results receive identical documentation and publication treatment as positive findings. The goal is to find out what is true — not to confirm what we hoped to find.
We welcome research partnerships, institutional collaboration, and advisory inquiries.