Dr. Claire Isabel Webb directs the Future Humans program at the Berggruen Institute, where she explores the radical scientific transformations shaping life, mind, and outer space. A historian and theorist, her work bridges the history of biology and space exploration, speculative science, and experimental art and storytelling. Webb earned her PhD from MIT in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society (HASTS). As founder and director of Future Humans, she leads projects bridging science, philosophy, technology, and art, including Próxima Kosmos, Future Wunderkammer, and Vaster Than Empires. Since 2023, she has also been the convenor of a Berggruen Institute workshop on the philosophy and future of consciousness.