Estelle Cruz is an architect and PhD in ecology from the Museum of Natural History of Paris. She has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Arts and Science departments of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok and investigated representations of nature in Thai comics. Estelle is also a member and associate researcher at CEEBIOS, the Center for Studies and Expertise in Biomimicry in Paris, and the MAP-Aria laboratory at ENSAL - École d'Architecture de Lyon, France.

Currently, Estelle is creating a comic sciences book as an artist and researcher in ecology. This comic book is realized in collaboration with Paris Cité ITODYS and supported by CNRS-MITI, and addresses the challenges of ecological research in Southeast Asia. Fifty percent of her artistic income is dedicated to supporting biodiversity conservation in Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand.