Education
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA USA, 1998-2002
Bachelor of Science and Art in Fine Arts and Biological Sciences
Concentration in Electronic and Time-Based Media and Molecular Biology
 
Computer Applications
Maya Unlimited, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Vegas Video, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, 3D Studio Max, RasMol, UCSF Chimera, Sonic Foundry, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash

Areas of Expertise
Creation of abstract and realistic 3D environments, lighting and shading, particle effects, biological research including processes within molecular, cellular, and tissue structures, creative project management, production in custom video formats including high definition and full-dome, rendering, animation

Experience

Creative Director
9/2005-present
Regenerative Medicine Partnership in Education
Duquesne University
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Provide project organization, management, animations, videography, and research for an NIH-funded educational outreach grant.

Visiting Faculty
1/2007-11/2007
Immune System Project Class
Entertainment Technology Center
Carnegie Mellon University
700 Technology Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
During the spring semester of 2007 we developed a video game demo based upon concepts in evolutionary immunology and emergent immune function.

Videography and Animation
5/2006-11/2006
Rosetta@home Outreach Video
Baker Lab, Dept of Biochemistry, University of Washington
J Wing, Health Sciences Building
Seattle, WA 98195
Created a seven minute outreach video for the research group's Rosetta@home project, visualizing processes of transcription, translation, and protein folding, giving context to the protein folding distributed computing project


Creative Director/Animator
5/2001-9/2005
Tissue Engineering Planetarium Show
Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative
100 Technology Drive, 2nd Floor
Pittsburgh PA, 15219
I provided the majority of the 3D animation for an educational planetarium show on topics in tissue engineering and biomedical research. My role on the team also included an active part in concept development, storyboarding, script writing, and video editing, as well as post-production at the CarnegieScienceCenter.

Illustration
4/2005-5/2005
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Corporate Communications
200 Lothrop St
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Illustrated two page spread detailing the use of ventricular assist devices and adult stem cells in healing cardiac tissue after a heart attack.

Animation
1/2004, 4/2005-5/2005
Pittsburgh Development Center
of Magee-Womens Research Institute
Suite 2130
204 Craft Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Created two minute animation detailing somatic cell nuclear transfer for the head biologist in this research group.

Selected Presentations and Exhibitions

Effective fulldome biomedical and biology visualizations, March 28th, 2008
Immersive Vision; European Workshop in Immersive Cinema, Plymouth, UK

Simulation video game based on the immune system, co-produced with immersive planetarium movie,January 20th, 2007
Innovative Projects Session, Science & Society Conference, Boston, MA

Biology-art presentation of 3D work, September 2006
Forum Internacional de Investigadores Portugueses, Porto, Portugal

MUTATIONS, August 2006
The Banff Centre Banff, Alberta, Canada


References available upon request.