María es doctora investigadora de KASK / School of Arts of University College Ghent, donde a través del estudio del color investiga interacciones arte-ciencia y su capacidad para generar conocimiento. Bio (english) María Boto has the Human Nutrition and Dietetics degree from the University of Valladolid (2006), and the Food Science and Technology from the University of León (2008). She also holds a Master’s in Food Innovation and Development from the University of Barcelona (2010). Maria is specialized in microbology and nutrition science and got a PhD at the University of Barcelona. In the Open Wetlab she frequently supports users to realize their projects, such as the Living Pixel project. She also acted as a tutor in the first BioHack Academy. Currently she is working on directed xenobiotic evolution bioreactor experiments.