Dr Thora Arnardottir

Senior Research Assistant

Department: Applied Sciences

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Key Publications

Enhanced production of bacterial cellulose with a mesh dispenser vessel‑based bioreactor, Loh, J., Arnardottir, T., Gilmour, K., Zhang, M., Dade-Robertson, M. 1 Mar 2025, In: Cellulose
Living Construction with EmbryOME 2, Dade-Robertson, M., Arnardottir, T., Ozkan, D., Hoenerloh, A., Birch, E., Wang, C., Tsim, L., Gilmour, K., Zhang, M. 12 Feb 2025
Exploring the Interplay of Biological Science, Sensory Engagement, and Material Probing, Arnardottir, T., Dade-Robertson, M. 19 Jun 2024
Living Manufacture: Engineered Living Fabrication (ELF) for Next-Gen Biomaterials, Dade-Robertson, M., Arnardottir, T., Gilmour, K., Zhang, M., Tsim, L. 6 Nov 2024
Contribution Statement, Crawford, A., Becket, R., Vanucchi, J., Swackhamer, M., Diniz, N., Li, L., Bulman, L., Campbell, L., Ozkan, D., Arnardottir, T. 28 Oct 2023, Habits of the Anthropocene: scarcity and abundance in a post-material economy proceedings of the 43rd annual conference of the association for computer aided design in architecture volume iii: proceedings book two, Mount Pleasant, US, Acadia Publishing Company
Living Morphogenesis Bacteria-Driven Form Exploration through Aeration Scaffolding, Hoenerloh, A., Arnardottir, T., Bridgens, B., Dade-Robertson, M. 28 Oct 2023, Habits of the Anthropocene: scarcity and abundance in a post-material economy: proceedings of the 43rd annual conference of the association for computer aided design in architecture volume 2: proceedings book one, Mount Pleasant, US, Acadia Publishing Company
Turbulent Casting: Bacterial Expression in Mineralized Structures, Arnardottir, T., Dade-Robertson, M., Mitrani, H., Zhang, M., Christgen, B. 12 Aug 2021, ACADIA 2020 Distributed Proximities: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture

Professional Activity

Invited talk: [In]Formation. Managing Complexity in Design and Fabrication with Living Systems 2024
Examination: Towards Fungi-mediated self-healing concrete: An interdisciplinary explorative study on the survival and biomineralization of fungal species in cementitious environments. 2024
Invited talk: Information 2024
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: ACADIA 2023 2023

Qualifications

Architecture PhD March 05 2024
Architecture MA (Hons)
Architecture BA (Hons)

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