Sema Sgaier is a scientist and visual artist. She has a PhD and M.Sc. in Developmental Genetics from New York University and an M.A in Neuroscience from Brown University. She has employed cutting edge genetic technologies to discover the 3D assembly of the brain and worked in large-scale public health programs. Most recently, she has been working in HIV/AIDS prevention programming in India.

Trained at the International Center for Photography in New York, her photo work has been published in several journals. She lived in many countries- Libya, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, USA, Canada and most recently in India. The cultural kaleidoscope of her life has fired a persistent yearning for discovery through art and science.