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Science Art
I previously worked at JILA as an art director/digital media specialist. JILA is a leading scientific research institute located in Boulder that focuses on quantum physics and astrophysics. I worked closely with the scientists (a.k.a. Fellows), researchers, grad students, and other JILA staff in developing visual media and projects that helps communicate their scientific research. I also helped coordinate projects with other research institutes such as NIST.
The eclectic nature of science at JILA allowed me work in a wide range of digital media which includes illustration, animation, print, video, photography, 3D development, and web. I used these various digital mediums to help communicate scientific concepts to varied audience which can be scientist from all over the world, news media, children, and the average person.
Working in a environment like JILA appealed to me as an artist because I am constantly surrounded by brilliant minds, cutting edge technology, and the latest research. One of my main goals is to find new imagery and ways of representing data and research concepts both conceptually and abstractly.
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Physics Today [Cover Image]
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2010
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Chris Greene Group
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I worked closely with JILA Fellow Chris Greene with the data for the cover image and I used Seth Rittenhouse's POV-Ray data files. I was asked to take Seth's data models and render them for the concept of "four cobralike forms representing one view of a wavefunction for a collision between two weakly bound dimers composed of fermionic atoms".
At the beginning I was working with POV-Ray's script files and I was getting some good results (I was running it on both the PC and Mac environments), and then I decided I need to incorporate Maya in this work flow which meant I needed to export/convert the model data. I used 3DWin software to export the model data to Maya from POV-Ray. The final rendering that Physics Today selected was hybrid of mutliple renderings using POV-Ray and Maya.
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Physics Today (March 2010 Volume 63, Issue 3, pp. 8-80 )
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Journal of Physical Chemistry A [Cover Image]
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2010
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Mathias Weber Group
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I worked closely with JILA Fellow Mathias Weber with the data for the cover image. The concept for this cover was "vibrational excitation of CH stretches in nitromethane anions leads to vibrational autodetachment. The photoelectron spectra of autodetachment processes encode the underlying dynamics"
I started this project opening the data in a program called MOLDEN. MOLDEN allowed me to view the simulations/animations that Mathias had collected. Unfortunately MOLDEN's rendering environment was a bit dated and the quality I desired was going to be difficult with MOLDEN. So I switched to gOpenMole for modeling and rendering the data. I performed multilple layer renderings with gOpenMole of the molecule structure to allow me the most visual control. I then used Illustrator and Indesign for the layout.
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
(April 1, 2010 Vol 114, Iss 12 Pgs 4017-4470)
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition [Cover Image]
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2009
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Carl Lineberger Group
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I worked closely with JILA Fellow Carl Lineberger and Takatoshi Ichino (at University of Texas) in designing the cover image. My first cover for this international journal.
I work in extreme close communication with the Fellow(s) and all the researchers involved all the way through project until it is finally submitted. This project is an excellent example how I led project with a team of remote researchers with a deadline of 3-4 days. Carl was in Europe during the project and Takatoshi was in Austin, Texas. I carefully figured out my work flow process and how we were all going to stay connected and work through this (via extensive active Email threads and cell phone calls).
The process was more complex with the work flow process and commuincations. I modeled the (3D) molecules from data with GaussView, and I modeled the energy surface plots from various math equations with GNUplot (which is Linux based software). I then took the model pieces (vectors) combine them in final layout for print using Adobes' Illustrator, Photoshop, and Indesign.
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Angewandte Chemie Intl. Ed. (26 Oct 2009, Vol 48, issue 45, 8381)
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CPL cover - Cavity-enhanced direct frequency comb spectroscopy
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2009
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Chmeical Physics Letters cover
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Jun Ye Group
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I worked closely with Mike Thorpe from the Jun Ye Group in designing the cover image. Mike showed me some his figures and graphics he worked on and we figured out a combination of elements that we wanted to emphasize. The covers of CPL tend to have a wide range of graphics that can be really just technical graphs and dense figures usually submitted by the researchers themselves. I thought this would be a good opportunity to make an image with some simple schematic elegance and design that also uses actual end result data. The resulting image data is depicting the interactions of the C2H2.
I used Maya to model the C2H2 at different angles and to get the correct lighting on the molecules. I used Illustrator for the line work and then Photoshop to compile the image together and put on the finishing touches (lighting, texture, etc).
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Chemical Physics Letters (Vol 468, Issue 1-3, pgs 1-106, 13 Jan 2009)
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Science cover and figs - N2O4 Probed Using High Harmonic Generation
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Science & Technology Review cover - N204 Cover Image
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Science News Cover - Dense Gas of Ultracold 'Polar' Molecules
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2008
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National Science Foundation, Science News cover, NIST, and JILA
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Jun Ye Group
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Debbie Jin Group
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I was asked create an illustration that explains the process of Fellow Jun Ye’s and Fellow Debbie Jin's Ultracold 'Polar' Molecules. I was originally just working with Kang-Kuen Ni, Jun Ye, and Debbie Jin, and then some people at NIST heard I was making some graphics for this scientific breakthrough, so it turned out to be collaborative effort with NIST as well. Jun and Debbie wanted the the graphic for their own presentations and press releases. NIST wanted an illustration that could be used for the news press release that would be easily understood by the general public. The project turned out to be a pretty big effort that involved multiple graphics with some tight deadlines.
I originally made the rendering to be submitted for the front cover of Science for Jun Ye's and Debbie Jin's article, but it unfortunately was not selected. Well I'm glad it was used for Science News cover instead (feature article "Physicists Hot for Ultracold" by Laura Sanders). For a complete listing of the sites that used my visual, please check my CV. For further details about my production of the artwork please check out my blog postings Dense Gas of Ultracold 'Polar' Molecules and Science News front cover
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Science News (20 December 2008,Vol 174, No. 13)
NIST press release
National Science Foundation
Research.gov Article
Joint Quantum Institute article
CU News Release article
e! Science News article
Science Daily article
EurekAlert article
PhysOrg news article
First Science News article
JILA's research highlight article
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Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
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SQUID(s) (superconducting quantum interference devices)
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2009
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Konrad Lehnert Group
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I worked closely with Manuel Castellanos-Beltran from the Konrad Lehnert Group on this project. Manuel came to me a few weeks later and he told me that NSF was interviewing him and Konrad about their research. He was asking me about making a visual that would explain their research to a wider audience.
Konrad and Manuel already had some pretty nice looking SEM images of the SQUID(s), so Manuel mentioned that an artist conception rendering of SQUID(s) might be a good thing for the NSF article. The SEM images of the SQUID(s) are interesting pictures, but they are kinda hard to interpret the actual shape and structure of the SQUID(s) themselves. So I proposed to make isometric illustration of the SQUID(s) which would see the shapes and pieces of the SQUIDs. I did all the line work in Illustrator using the SSR Method and then used Photoshop for the final touches. I kept my colors palette to greens and blues to relate more to the original SEM images.
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National Science Foundation
Research.gov
Nanotechnology Now
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JILA Photography 2007-2009
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2007-2009
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Experimental setups, location shoots, portraits, etc
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I do a wide range of photography at JILA which includes doing technical photos to portraits. I have selected a few photos between the years of 2007-2009 that I have been taking at JILA and various other locations such as NIST (in Boulder).
I tend to shoot with Cannon DSLR cameras. My personal camera is a Cannon 20D (and I hope to upgrade to a 40D at some point). At work I use a Canon Rebel XT DSLR and a light rig setup. I am embarrassed to mentioned that I am forced to use a Rebel XT, but I manage to get the quality results (its just takes more work and adjustments than the Cannon D series).
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Feshbach Resonances in Soft X-ray–Induced O2 Dissociation
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OSEP Industry Fair Poster
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2008
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Optical Science and Engineering Program (OSEP)
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Ricki who helps runs the OSEP came to me to ask if I would make the Industry Fair Poster. She explained she wanted to attract as much attention from potential grad students and post docs as possible at JILA and around CU's campus. So I created the art work and designed the layout of the poster.
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Strontium Atomic Clock
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2008
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Science Express, NIST, CU News, and JILA
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I was asked develop and create an animation that explains how Jun Ye’s strontium atomic clock works. NIST wanted an animation that could be used for the news media that would be easily understood by the public. NIST also asked me edit the press release footage.
This was a very important project both because of the attention the scientific community that Jun Ye was getting for his research and establishing stronger co-op on projects with NIST and JILA.
The figures and animations are published on the NIST’s website, Science Express, United States of America Department of Commerce website.
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NIST news article
Science Express article
Department of Commerce news story
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X-ray Excitation
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Henry Kapteyn & Margaret Murnane Groups
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I worked very closely with Dr. Arvinder Sandhu and Etienne Gagnon on developing figures and cover art for Science Magazine. I had a week to develop a cover image using Maya as my 3D tool set.
My image was not selected for the front cover since Science magazine already used an attosecond science cover image in their previously issue. Apparently its Science’s policy not to run similar research subjects on their front covers consecutively. Even though it was not selected for the front cover image, it was printed on an inside page.
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JILA's research highlight article
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DNA: Force Scale
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Tom Perkins Group
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The object of this image was to make a cover image that portrays tiny forces measurable via optical trap (atomic force microscopy). I worked with Tom Perkins who was doing research on the idea of using a double helix of DNA that acts as “spring” to measure the atomic forces. I imagined that best way to portray this scientific concept to a general audience was to design a compare and contrast metaphor to that of a traditional force spring scale that you would find in a physics class in a high school classroom.
I invited Jay Fittipaldi to work remotely with me on a few 3D components. He model the apple using Zbrush while I modeled and rendered everything else using Maya, Photoshop, and Illustrator. The team play with Jay helped me expand my experience with the Maya and Zbrush production pipeline.
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Casimir-Polder Force
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Eric Cornell Group
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This illustration and animation was designed to show how the casimir-polder force works on a quantum atomic level to a general audience.
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Attosecond Science & Coherent X-rays
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DNA Laser Trap Schemes
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