Hear interdisciplinary artist Audrey Rangel Aquirre and I discuss futures at the intersection of art, biology, and society in the recording of the latest session in the BIOfutures series.

In interview with Maria Franzoni discussing issues including innovating against the odds, sustainability innovation, working beyond silos, the future of events and more.

Honoured to have been made a fellow of the Design Research Society, I gave a short interview on my research and practice, and on how society membership can help design researchers to find new funding, publishing, and networking opportunities.

Professors Without Borders interview on issues impacting women and girls in STEM for International Day of Women and Girls in Science Day 2022.

A member of the finalist jury of The Rookies awards since 2016, sharing the news that Virtual Fashion has been added to the awards’ categories. The seminal awards for launching the careers of emerging talent in the fields of visual effects, animation, games, virtual reality, motion graphics, and 3D visualisation across film, product and architecture visualisation, and more, the new category invites students, graduates, and industry juniors creating all genres of virtual fashion to enter.

Footage from BIOfutures Instagram IG session on 9th February 2022, hosted by Aterre Society and featuring Prof. Claudia Pasquero, Maria Kuptsova, and I in conversation on biomaterials, biodesign, biocomputing, and more.

Having joined the Synthetic Landscape Lab final jury sessions last week, sharing the link to the footage for those interested to see the pioneering works that some of the research centre’s students have been working on this past year.

Had the pleasure of joining peers inc. Prof. Claudia Pasquero, Dr. Marco Poletto, Prof. Rachel Armstrong, Terezia Greskova and Korbinian Enzinger for the final jury session of Synthetic Landscape Lab courses exploring ecological intelligence through the fusion of processes and systems human, animal, microbiological, technological and digital. Having been live-streamed on YouTube.com, you can view the session recording here and below.

In the latest edition of The BioChemist journal, former British science minister, STEM expert and champion, Ian Taylor of PlanIT Ventures shares his thoughts on critical policy, budget, and other changes needed to help Britain's science industries thrive. Read his article, which includes thoughts from peers in the scientific field including Sir Paul Nurse and myself here…

Save the Date: Join Prof. Dr. Claudia Pasquero - professor for Landscape Architecture at the Synthetic Landscape Lab and Head of Institute at IOUD, Maria Kuptsova - research associate and doctoral student at the lab, and I as we explore Biofutures on Instagram Live at 17:30 BST on 09 / 02 / 2022. The first in a series of sessions with leaders from fields including biodesign, biomaterials, biocomputing, biomimetics, and more, this first session will centre on futures at the interface of human and non-human environments. Hosted by Aterre Society, the session is drop-in and no RSVP is required. Follow @melissasterry on Instagram for updates on the sessions.