clear, expressive, and intentional visuals for research proposals, scientific publications, and outreach.
I combine my research background with visual storytelling to create graphical abstracts, conceptual frameworks, proposal illustrations, and publication‑ready visuals across diverse academic fields. My work helps scholars communicate complex ideas with clarity and impact.
Scientific Illustration for Research, Publications, and Proposals
These works include projects created during my time at Visuals in Science LAB as well as independent and collaborative visuals. The pieces below highlight projects in which I played a leading role.
GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
Poetic inquiry to explore the relational values of a transforming peat landscape
Client: Dr. Claudia Heindorf, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen.
Link: Journal People and Nature
My role: Project manager and creative lead. Main activities: Conceptualization, illustration, composition, and layout.
Conceptual Framework Illustration
One Health framework
Client: Center for Development Research (ZEF) University of Bonn, Funded by Ministry of Culture and Science of Nord-Rhein-Westphalia (MKW), through the NRW Graduate School One Health and Urban Transformation.
The urban settings are inspired by the four cities where the Graduate School research takes place: Accra, Ghana; Ahmedabad, India; Ruhr Metropolis, Germany; and São Paulo, Brazil.
My role: Contributor. Main activities: Co-design and illustration.
GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
Linking co-production of peat landscapes ecosystem services and human well-being under different future scenarios: A fuzzy cognitive mapping approach
Client: Dr. Claudia Heindorf, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen.
Link: Journal of Environmental Management
My role: Project manager and creative lead. Main activities: Conceptualization, illustration, composition, and layout.
IIllustrations for Scientific Article
Global scientific progress and shortfalls in biological control of the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda
Client: Dr. Kris Wyckhuys, Chrysalis Consulting.
Publication, Kris, A.G. W. et al. (2024) ‘Global scientific progress and shortfalls in biological control of the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda’, Biological Control, 191, 105460. doi
My role: Project manager and creative lead. Main activities: Research, conceptualization, and illustration
Visual Synthesis aND ILLUSTRATIONS for Research Publication AND INTERACTIVE PAGE
Drivers of land-use change and impact of land-use change on ecosystem services, biodiversity, and human wellbeing in north-eastern Madagascar.
Client: Dr. Dominic Martin, Wyss Academy for Nature, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
My role: Project co-manager and creative co-lead. Main activities: Join conceptualization, co-design, co-illustration, coloring, and composition.
Illustration for Scientific Article
Capitalizing on integrated landscape approaches for wildfire risk mitigation in the Mediterranean region
Client: Dr. Elsa Varela, Dr. Tobias Plieninger, Social-Ecological Interactions in Agricultural Systems, University of Göttingen and University of Kassel, Germany
Link: iScience
My role: conceptualization, illustration, and composition.
Conceptual FrameworK
Conceptual framework for voluntary sustainability standards (VSS)
Client: Wollni, M. Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen.
My role: Project manager and creative lead.
Main activities: Illustration and graphical design.
Visual Synthesis for Research Publication
Community-based stewardship of traditional irrigation systems in the Mediterranean region
Client: Dr. Tobias Plieninger, Social-Ecological Interactions in Agricultural Systems, University of Göttingen and University of Kassel, Germany
Link: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
My role: conceptualization, illustration, composition, and layout.
Illustrative material for practical course
Botanical Microscopy Model Drawings
Working sheet with microscopic scientific drawing and respective labeling.
Working sheet with scientific drawing and respective labeling.
Illustration used to support the lecture explanations.
Illustration type used for examinations.
Client: Dr. Anke Sirrenberg, Department of Crop Sciences
Division of Plant Diseases and Plant Protection, University of Göttingen.
My Role: visual design and illustration.
Produced high‑quality botanical microscopy model drawings informed by course content, replacing outdated illustrations and compiling them into a visual reference folder for students, created during a teaching support position at the university.
