Dr. Beatrice Steinert is a developmental biologist, science and technology studies (STS) scholar, artist, and educator. Her research looks at the processes that dynamically shape invertebrate embryos (morphogenesis) and the visual culture of studying these microscopic phenomena since the end of the nineteenth century. Along with her interdisciplinary collaborators, she seeks to demonstrate ways of embracing complexity in the life sciences as well as making scientific research more accessible and engaging. She is a co-founder of the collaborative project Unfiguring, which explores how the arts can transform contemporary STEM.

Dr. Steinert received a joint PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and History of Science from Harvard University, where she worked with Dr. Cassandra Extavour and Dr. Peter Galison. She has been the recipient of fellowships from the National Science Foundation (GRFP) and James S. McDonnell Foundation as well as Imagine Science Films and Science Sandbox’s Symbiosis Program.

She is currently a Provost’s STEM Postdoctoral Fellow at Brown.