KAREN INGRAM is a designer, artist and creative director who uses her skill set to promote scientific awareness. Ingram is currently working with Natalie Kuldell on visual elements for Biobuilder (to be released April 2015). Ingram is a co-organizer of Brooklyn science cabaret, The Empiricist League, and is a board member of SXSW Interactive. She was an instructor on the subject of creative strategy for NYU SHERP’s pilot Entrepreneurial Science Journalism course. Her work has appeared in publications including titles from Die Gestalten (Berlin), Scientific American and The FWA, where she was named a “Digital Pioneer.” As a 2015 Synthetic Biology LEAP (Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program) fellow, Karen is recognized as an emerging leader in the synbio community.