Karolina Sulich

Karolina Sulich is an interdisciplinary researcher, program maker, and biodesigner with computational biology skills, working across genomics and metagenomics, sustainability, management, and research-driven design. An alumna of NYU Tandon’s Integrated Design and Media program and a Fulbright Fellow, she is interested in synthetic biology and biotechnology and in how advances in these fields will shape everyday life. Since 2015, she has connected art and science by translating complex scientific ideas into public-facing formats and cultural work, alongside experience in project management.

Karolina is an Adjunct Professor in Integrated Design and Media at NYU Tandon School of Engineering and a Research Affiliate with the Laboratory of Living Interfaces, where she is engaged in the Gowanus Canal project. Her work focuses on environmental sensing and remediation, including a LAMP-PCR based biosensor concept for heavy metal detection inspired by the canal, as well as related projects in microbial heritage and hydrogel-based bioremediation. She previously taught biodesign at SWPS School of Form in Warsaw and served as a teaching assistant for MIT Media Lab’s “How to Grow (Almost) Anything.” She has contributed to global synthetic biology education through a Nature Biotechnology publication and maintains an active writing practice at the interface of science, culture, and emerging biotechnologies.

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