SCIENCE ILLUSTRATION
Science communication work through thoughtful graphic design and illustration.
Breakthrough Listen & SETI Projects
BLC1 Science Article Illustration
Signal Verification Flowchart
BLC1 - Breakthrough Listen's First "Signal of Interest": Verification Flowchart
SETI Drift Rate Distribution Graphic
Science article graphic showing a variety of imagined planetary systems with different orbital periods, inclinations and eccentricities, from which aliens might be transmitting radio signals.
SETI Ellipsoid Technique - Basic Animation
SETI Ellipsoid Technique - Ellipsoid Animation
An animation of how the a series of signals would travel and how the SETI ellipsoid grows over time.
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
ML Data Patterns Graphic
Machine learning can detect patterns and connections in data that other tools can miss.
ML MRI Analysis Graphic
Broad researchers trained a machine learning algorithm to analyze heart MRI images for signs of increased disease risk.
ML Redesigning Experiments Graphic
Machine learning can help researchers gain greater insight from their experiments.
ML Applications Graphic
New machine learning tools are being developed to tackle a variety of challenges in biomedical research.
Genome Blueprint Metaphore Graphic
Cell Illustration
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
UV Optic Fibers Graphic
Application and logo graphic for the Ultriviolet Fiber Optics development that LASP and the University of Bath are collaborating on
DYNAGLO Logo
SASAFRAS Proposal Logo
DYNAGLO Cover Page
Diffraction Gratings Logo
Logo graphic for the diffraction gratings project
BUFALO Logo
Logo for the BUFALO proposed cubesat project
CSTARS Logo
SUMO Logo
INFUSE Logo
MOBIUS Logo
Shock Fronts Graphic
Cygnus Loop shock fronts in UV
Image Slicer Graphic
INFUSE image slicer explanation diagram
Colorado Scholars of Art and Astrophysics
Hoag's Object - Ring Galaxy
An odd looking 'donut' galaxy with most of the structure away from the center. Another ring galaxy can be seen past Hoag's Object. Part of a postcard series focused on cosmic curiosities
HD80606b
This planet obrits on a highly eccentric path super heating the planet as it passes by and emmitting more light than we expected. Part of a postcard series focused on cosmic curiosities
WD1145-017b - Necroplanet
A planet orbiting a white dwarf star is being torn apart over time. Part of a postcard series focused on cosmic curiosities.
Kepler 51 b, c & d - Super Puffs
This system has 3 'super puff' planets which have sizes comparable to jupiter and masses less than that of Earth. Part of a postcard series focused on cosmic curiosities.
The Oldest Star in the Universe
Somewhere out there, a small M-Dwarf star has survived for billions of years burning slowly through its fuel. Part of a postcard series focused on cosmic curiosities.
Iapetus
The 3rd largest moon of Saturn which has a mysteriously large equitorial ridge, and a very distinctive two-toned surface. Part of a postcard series focused on cosmic curiosities.
The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
The microwave radiation that permiates all of space, faintly glowing in the background. Part of a postcard series focused on cosmic curiosities.
PSRB0531+21
The pulsar at the center of the Crab Nebula. Part of a postcard series focused on cosmic curiosities.
Astronomy Independent Study
Backyard Astronomy Comic: Moon Phases Issue
A comic issue devoted to explaining how the phases of the moon work from an astronomical and first person view point. The comic goes through every phase and the related position of the sun, moon and earth, as well as some of the terminology.
Check out the rest of the comic in the linked google drive folder below
Astronomy Graphics Library
The Astronomy Graphics Library is a free to use graphics library filled with small illustrations with the goal of providing high quality graphics options for teaching professionals to pull from for their teaching needs. With so many specific astronomy topics, analogies, and needs, it can be difficult to find appropriate, accurate and helpful teaching tools. The Astronomy Graphics Library strives to fill that gap with cute and specific illustrations open for anyone to use.
Check out the rest of the library in the linked google drive folder below
Astronomy Literature Illustrations
The last project as part of this independent study is about reading relevant astronomy papers and discussing them to produce an overarching illustration that gets at some of the key science takeaways while appealing to a broader audience using a fun, paper-cut style.
Energy Budgets for Terrestrial Extrasolar Planets (Shields, Bitz, Palubski)
This illustration represents the various paths that energy can take to and from a planet via long and short wavelength radiation given a star of a certain size/luminocity. As some of the incoming energy may be reflected from the atmosphere or surface, or absorbed, or reradiated, this illustration expands on some of the figures from the paper in order to best show how these paths can be taken.
Misc. Infographics
Extremophile Mobile Infographic
A digital media project to create an infographic in a mobile environment that had a home page and easily discoverable content within sections. My project was developed around the topic of extremophiles, tiny life living in extreme environments around the planet as an example of astrobiology both on our planet and beyond!
Atmospheric Source and Loss Diagram
A stylized diagram illustrating most of the atmospheric source and loss processes in planetary science.