I am a transdisciplinary designer and researcher. I recently finished my PhD in architecture from the Technical University of Graz, where I specialised in digital and biological technologies to build biohybrid structures that support human and nonhuman life forms. My PhD research centred around developing a mycelial beehive, a significant innovation within the FET-EU project HIVEOPOLIS. This work was also the principal subject of my dissertation and was detailed in six out of my seven published papers. 

While pursuing my doctoral studies, I was employed as a researcher at the University of Graz' Artificial Life Lab, under the Institute of Biology. As part of the COLIBRI team (Complexity of Life Basic Research and Innovation), I engaged in ethology and biology research and complex modelling, expanding on methodologies and design philosophies that intersect honeybee biology, hive design, biofabrication with bioplastics and mycelium, and computational modelling.

I hold a master’s degree in computation in architecture from the Royal Danish Academy’s CITA Studio. My master’s work involved advanced material design techniques, particularly fused filament deposition, aimed at rethinking architectural spaces to accommodate non-human species. 

Furthering my commitment to transdisciplinary and multispecies collaboration, I co-initiated the annual I.N.S.E.C.T. Summercamp in 2022. This initiative is in its 3rd year and through a co-creative and inclusive approach it also promotes biohybrid design methodologies across both academic and non-academic communities.