**Andrew Adamatzky**

Andrew is a Professor of Unconventional Computing and Director of the Unconventional Computing Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. He conducts research in molecular computing, reaction-diffusion computing, collision-based computing, cellular automata, slime mould computing, massive parallel computation, applied mathematics, complexity, nature-inspired optimisation, collective intelligence and robotics, bionics, computational psychology, non-linear science, novel hardware, and future and emergent computation. He has authored seven books, the most notable being *Reaction-Diffusion Computing*, *Dynamics of Crow Minds*, and *Physarum Machines*, and he has edited 22 books in computing, the most notable being *Collision-Based Computing*, *Game of Life Cellular Automata*, and *Memristor Networks*. He has also produced a series of influential artworks published in the atlas *Silence of Slime Mould*. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of "J of Cellular Automata" and "J of Unconventional Computing", and the Editor-in-Chief of "J Parallel, Emergent, Distributed Systems" and "Parallel Processing Letters".

### **Han A. B. W ¨osten**

Han holds the position of chair in Microbiology within the Department of Biology at Utrecht University.

Han has over 30 years of experience researching and teaching microbiology, with a focus on fungal growth and development. He combines fundamental questions on how fungi disperse and colonize substrates in nature with applied research in how to implement this knowledge to enable the switch to a sustainable economy. In particular, he is interested in the use of fungi to create novel foods, to degrade toxic pollutants, and to use fungi to produce sustainable materials such as construction materials and leather and textile-like materials.

Han's research focus has been pursued in the context of projects funded by Utrecht University, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Novo Nordisk Fonden, and three EU-funded projects: *Fungal Architectures*, *MY-FI*, and *Fungateria*.

### **Phil Ayres**

Phil is Professor of Bio-hybrid Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy, the chair for Biohybrid Architecture—situated within the Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA), Institute for Architecture and Technology (IBT).

Phil has over 20 years of experience researching and teaching within architecture, with a sustained focus on the critical and creative use of technology to drive innovation within design and production practices contributing to the built environment. His practice-based research include architectural design, digital technologies, material systems, bio-technologies, and bio-fabrication.

Phil's current research focus lies within the conceptualisation, design, and production of novel bio-hybrid architectural systems that couple technical and living complexes, together with the development of complimentary design environments. His research focus has been pursued in the context of two EU-funded Future and Emerging Technology (FET) projects, *Flora Robotica* and *Fungal Architectures* and continues with the recently granted EU-funded EIC Pathfinder project *Fungateria*, for which Phil acts as coordinator.
