Natasha CHAYAAMOR-HEIL is an architect who obtained a PhD in Biomimetic strategies for architectural design and innovation, funded by the Austria-Italy international doctoral program at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria (Angewandte Kunst Wien) and the University of Naples, Italy. Since 2015, she has been a full-time researcher at MAACC CNRS of the National School of Architecture Paris La Villette and an associated researcher at the Center for Ecology and Conservation Sciences of the National Museum of Natural History of Paris. Her research focuses on exploring innovative design methods and digital tools to transfer biological principles and implement them in various architectural design contexts. The journal Frontiers of Architectural Research has awarded a “Best paper” for her publication in 2021: Biology and Architecture: An ongoing hybridization of scientific knowledge and design practice by six architectural offices in France.