Born in New Jersey -- Mark Hansen is an activist, technologist, and phsyical/organics researcher. After living with environmental and human rights activists in the U.K. they studied at Rutgers to earn a degree in Anthropology, American Studies, and Visual Art. While in New Jersey, they worked on food and housing accessibility before learning programming to build tools that could counter corruption. Since then, they've worked worked globally with startups, non-profits, and governments to reduce suffering. Their work has been featured in Fast Company, TIME Magazine, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Y-Combinator. Currently, they are engineering microbial communities and researching open system bioengineering to reduce atmoshperic methane and fight climate change.