Kas Houthuijs is in his natural habitat on the edge of art and science on the emerging fields of bioart and biodesign. With a scientific background in Neurobiology and Biomedical sciences he has shifted his focus towards the arts and design. He is coordinator of BioHack Academy at Waag and he works on various projects within the European consortium of Hybrid Lab Network. He has a love for education and worked as a teacher at University of Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and now teaches the BioLab for Designers as a course at he HKU University of the Arts Utrecht

Kas loves interdisciplinarity and to ignite a sense of wonder through collaboration between different research fields. Asking the question if the variety of visions can be connected to enhance our relation to the world and all its inhabitants.