I make things.
Then I analyze them.
Then I make them better.
Sometimes that's enough.

As a scientist, I hopped from hair chemistry to pesticide research to drug ADME before finding a sweet spot in the FT-ICR MS/Proteomics area, which leveraged my background in chemistry and biology. I got my PhD based on research focused on the development and application of new analytical biotechnologies. Postdoctorally, I became part of the Mass Spectrometry Surface Sampling and Imaging Center of the Organic and Biological Mass Spectrometry Group of the Chemical Science Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. I had the opportunity to make a commercial version of a tool I got involved with in early stages, so it was that I came to work as a Senior Scientist at Prosolia, working to make ambient Mass Spec chemical imaging technologies more accessible to the world at large.

Chemical imaging dovetails into scientific illustration, which gets me closer to regular illustration.

As an artist, I experimented with everything from print art to digital art to food art before finding a sweet spot in using Etch-A-Sketches to make compelling pictures. Putting an idea in someone else's head is satisfyingly invasive. I am also, at times, a powerpoint ranger and have been known to consult on communicating more effectively with slides. I like story-telling and being able to apply my weirder competencies to helping people learn new things. Sometimes that means running publications; sometimes that means welding demolition derby car safety structures. They're all "projects".