Cristian Hernandez-Blick is a researcher, writer, and visual artist. He holds a BFA in Critical and Cultural Practices from Emily Carr University of Art + Design and an MA in Science and Technology Studies from the University of British Columbia. His graduate research explored historical and philosophical dimensions of teleology as they relate to debates over the metaphysics and epistemology of life and machines in biology and cybernetics. Cristian currently serves as the Head of Program for Interspecies Internet, an organization working to promote and advance the study of nonhuman animal communication, intelligence, ethics, and welfare. He works periodically as a seminar instructor at Emily Carr University, occasionally creates abstract digital illustrations, dabbles in front-end web design, and previously co-founded a small, experimental, alt-comics press named DDOOGG.

His current research interests include historical and philosophical perspectives on teleology, purposiveness, agency, autonomy, communication, intelligence, psychology, and sentience in biological systems.