Cristian Hernandez-Blick is an MA student in the graduate program of
Science and Technology Studies
at the University of British Columbia. His research interests involve philosophical issues related to
biological agency
and
autonomy,
synthetic morphology,
biological
robotics,
autopoiesis
and the relationship between organisms, artifacts, and
teleology. He occasionally works as a
seminar instructor at Emily Carr University and is currently
the Head of Program at
Interspecies Internet,
an organization working to promote and advance the study of nonhuman animal communication, cognition, behaviour, and
welfare. He also creates
abstract digital illustrations,
dabbles in
front-end web design,
and previously co-founded a small, alt-comics press named
DDOOGG.