Scientific Illustration
Mann Library Elevator Decal
I created a drawing based on the concept of convergent evolution, and it was selected by Mann Library at Cornell University to become a decal for the elevator doors. The idea behind the piece is that convergent evolution allows species that are in no way related genetically to have the same features because of the similar selective pressures they face in their environment. I chose to illustrate this concept with different animals (and a seed) that all have some form of wings. You can see how the same types of shapes have developed and I find it so interesting that this has evolved independently so many times.
Read about it here!
https://mann.library.cornell.edu/announcing-our-2023-elevator-art-contest-winners
24 Species in Catatonk Creek
This past summer, I conducted research using stable isotope analysis on 24 different species of fish from Catatonk Creek in Candor, New York. These 24 species existed at different points over the past 100 years and many of them coexisted and interacted. I handled each species and was able to take note of their specific traits. I then created these images in water color and colored pencil to illustrate the morphological differences across each species. I used the illustrations on the research poster that I brought to and presented at the Ecological Society of America's annual conference.
Variation in Emerald Doves Graphic
This graphic highlights the morphological differences in the species of Emerald doves, as well as variation in the sexes. The illustrations were completed in watercolor and colored pencil, the species distribution map was coded in R and the graphic was put together using Adobe Illustrator.
