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Matej Vakula is an artist examining the role of ethics and aesthetics in emerging biotechnologies, particularly in the field of artificial intelligence. He studies the ethical implications of computation, nanotechnologies, biology, tissue printing, and their intersections with culture and nature. He collaborates with the Center for Molecular Imaging and Nanotechnologies at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the Advanced Science Research Center at the City University of New York. Currently, he is an ABD Ph.D. candidate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Matej has worked as a research assistant at IBM's Cognitive Immersive Systems Laboratory and has been a part of Brooklyn’s Rensselaer BAT Lab at the Center for Biology and Interdisciplinary Studies, as well as the Genspace community bio lab. In 2009, he was awarded a Fulbright fellowship and worked as an artist in residence at the SciArt Center in New York City. His art has been published and exhibited internationally in venues such as the Ars Electronica and the Sixth Prague Biennale, among others. His research has been published in the Technoetic Arts Journal, and his work titled 'Dark Design' was part of the final selection for Ars Electronica’s Golden Nica in the Artificial Intelligence & Life Art category in 2023.