Biography : Roger Malina is an art-science researcher, astronomer and editor. His UTD ArtSciLab, co-directed by Cassini Nazir, focuses on research that requires close collaboration between scientists and artists, in particular developing data exploration and data performance. The lab has developed a transdisciplinary apprenticeship program. Other research includes experimental publishing in collaboration with MIT Press and Leonardo/ISAST and OLATS. He is former director of the Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille Provence (OAMP) in Marseille. He was the PI of the NASA EUVE satellite which mapped the whole sky for the first time in the extreme ultraviolet. He is the Executive Editor of the Leonardo Publications at MIT Press, including the new arteca.mit.edu art science technology platform. Roger Malina obtained his BS in physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972, and his PhD in Astronomy from the University of California, Berkeley in 1979. He has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the Ars Electronica Golden Nica for the Leonardo Community of Villages.