Jen Christiansen is an American author, data illustrator, and a senior graphics editor for Scientific American . [1] She has published many books on her work which include her insight on collaboration and the visualization spectrum. [2]
Christiansen earned an undergraduate degree in Geology and Studio Art [3] at Smith College. [4] Afterwards, she continued her education at a one-year natural science illustration graduate program at the University of California Santa Cruz. [3]
Ed Bell (director of the Scientific American) met Christiansen on a visit he took to the University of California, Santa Cruz's program.
In 1996, Christiansen took an internship at the Scientific American in which she learned about publishing for about 8 months.
Directly after her internship, Christiansen was placed as the assistant art director for about 2 years. [3]
Afterwards, Christiansen moved to Washington DC [4] to become the assistant art director at National Geographic in 1998 [5] for a few years. [3]
For the following 4 years, Christiansen then took on freelancing as a science communicator [4] where she often took on work for the Scientific American.
She returned to the Scientific American in 2007 where she now focuses on print and large features as the senior graphics editor. [4] She also reviews the magazines text and determines how to translate it into visuals while also critiquing the text from time to time. [5]
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Edward Rolf Tufte, sometimes known as "ET", is an American statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University. He is noted for his writings on information design and as a pioneer in the field of data visualization.
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Donna J. Cox is an American artist and scientist, Michael Aiken Endowed Chair; Professor of Art + Design; Director, Advanced Visualization Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC); Director, Visualization and Experimental Technologies at National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA); and Director, edream. She is a recognized pioneer in computer art and scientific visualization.
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Thomas Albert "Tom" DeFanti is an American computer graphics researcher and pioneer. His work has ranged from early computer animation, to scientific visualization, virtual reality, and grid computing. He is a distinguished professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a research scientist at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2).
The Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) is an interdisciplinary research lab and graduate studies program at the University of Illinois at Chicago, bringing together faculty, students and staff primarily from the Art and Computer Science departments of UIC. The primary areas of research are in computer graphics, visualization, virtual and augmented reality, advanced networking, and media art. Graduates of EVL either earn a Masters or Doctoral degree in Computer Science.
Patrick M. Hanrahan is an American computer graphics researcher, the Canon USA Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering in the Computer Graphics Laboratory at Stanford University. His research focuses on rendering algorithms, graphics processing units, as well as scientific illustration and visualization. He has received numerous awards, including the 2019 Turing Award.
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