Angelo Vermeulen's work proposes a bio-inspired design approach to deal with the unpredictability inherent to interstellar travel.
11 Facts About Angelo Vermeulen
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Angelo Vermeulen is a Senior TED Fellow and was selected in 2017 as one of the Top 5 Tech Pioneers from Belgium by the newspaper De Tijd.
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In 1998 Vermeulen completed his PhD on mouthpart deformities in non-biting midge larvae at the biology department of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.
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Angelo Vermeulen left Belgium to work in London as a photographer together with Nick Waplington.
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Angelo Vermeulen held positions at LUCA School of Visual Arts in Ghent and Die Angewandte in Vienna and has been faculty at universities across Europe, the US, and Southeast Asia.
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In 2011 Angelo Vermeulen started research on advanced concepts for interstellar exploration at Systems Engineering and Simulation at Delft University of Technology.
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Angelo Vermeulen is co-founder of Space Ecologies Art and Design, a transdisciplinary and cross-cultural collective of artists, scientists, engineers and activists.
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Angelo Vermeulen started the first edition of Seeker in response to the Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology award he won in 2012.
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Several months before the opening of the exhibition, Angelo Vermeulen launched an open call for ideas and participation on Seeker.
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Angelo Vermeulen was crew commander of a four-month Mars simulation mission.
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In September - October 2015, Angelo Vermeulen exhibited a selection of art photos he made when he was commander on a HI-SEAS mission at the Dome of Visions in Stockholm.