Ainissa Ramirez received her doctorate in materials science from Stanford University and later served on the faculty of engineering at Yale University. She was recently the Chair of Technology and Society at the Library of Congress, as well as an Arthur Molella Distinguished Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C. Her latest book is The Alchemy of Us (MIT Press, 2021). Internet: http://www.ainissaramirez.com