Francisco Javier Fernández Gallardo (or Fran Gallardo) is an artist, engineer, and cultural “thingker” whose background includes studies in biochemistry, computing, and spatial systems engineering. He is an active member of the Environmental Art Activism movement, and his work primarily explores the ecology of interfaces between social, environmental, and technological systems. He develops culturally embedded systems, critically speculating on the place of technology and science in ecology. He is a PhD candidate at the School of Geography and the New Media Art and Technology Lab, both at Queen Mary University of London.