Rutgers University
PROJECTS 2022
Mycomelanin Transducer of NJ
James Negri, Corey Robinson, Fadwa Hadid, Kaleigh Bennett, Reyne Bennett
In response to radioactive waste in New Jersey, this project proposes using fungi with high melanin content to sequester radioactive particles within the soil.
Instructor 2022
Elizabeth Demaray
Elizabeth Demaray builds listening stations for birds that play human music, cultures lichen on the sides of skyscrapers in New York City, and fabricates floraborgs––robotic supports that allow potted plants to freely navigate in a domestic environment. Demaray is currently an Associate Professor of Fine Arts and the head of the sculpture concentration at Rutgers University, Camden where she teaches classes in sculpture, physical computing, art/sci collaboration, and eco-art. On the Rutgers New Brunswick campus, she is an advisor at the Art and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, which is a platform for the artistic use of machine learning and computer vision.