Shermin is the founder of Token Kitchen. She previously founded BlockchainHub Berlin and directed the Research Institute for Cryptoeconomics at the Vienna University of Economics. Shermin studied information systems in Vienna and filmmaking in Madrid. Under her pseudonym kamikat.se she has also published her creative works. An Austrian with Iranian roots, she now lives on an olive farm in Portugal, where she works at the intersection of technology, agriculture, art, and social science.