Veena Vijayakumar is the Program Director of Biodesign Challenge. She studied Art History and Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and received an MA in Museum Studies from San Francisco State University. Veena has focused on audience development and public programming at museums such as The Exploratorium and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Her research, programs, and writing highlight the value of interdisciplinary education, namely its potential to make learning richer and more accessible to non-expert audiences.