Art & Science

Specializing in fine art photography and systematics during my undergraduate and graduate degrees have led to an evolving passion of using visual arts to communicate about biodiversity and make the mission of what we do as natural history museum professionals relatable.

Current Exhibit @Florida Museum: Inner Beauty: Skeletons Revealed from the Museums Fish Collection

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Photogrammetry at the FLMNH

Photogrammetry is a cost effective and flexible solution for creating high-resolution 3D models out of photographs for research and outreach. Using a three-camera photogrammetry system I built at the Florida Museum, we are now doing high-throughput scanning of natural history collection objects and making them publicly available on Sketchfab. 

 

oVert

Scanning tech for the NSF funded oVert TCN. oVert (open vertebrate) is providing high resolution CT scans for more than 20,000 fluid-preserved specimens representing around 80% of living genera of vertebrates. Scans are freely available for noncommercial use at MorphoSource.

Fishes of Thailand's Mae Klong River Drainage

Thailand is home to an incredibly rich diversity of freshwater fish, and in many parts of the country they're undocumented. We are preparing a book documenting this diversity in one of Thailand's major river drainages in the western part of the country. The book will feature live photos, distribution maps, and descriptions for more than 200 species.  ​​

Systematics of the Hill-stream loaches, Balitoridae

Research on the evolutionary relationships, taxonomy, and morphological adaptations of a diverse and wid​​ely distributed group of loaches found throughout southeast Asia. These fish are capable of walking like a tetrapod and includes the enigmatic cave angel fish, Cryptotora.

Fishes in the Fresh Waters of Florida (2013-2017)

Book photographer and coauthor contributing to over 150 field collections in Florida to produce more than 300 live fish images  for the book. Available for sale. 

All Cypriniformes Species Inventory (2011-2013)

Research and field tech documenting the diversity of Cypriniform fishes in Southeast Asia. Taken part in seven field seasons making over 200 field collections and imaging over 200 southeast Asian fish species. 

Photo by J. Pfeiffer

Photo by D. Boyd

Assembling Tree of Life, Mammals (2008-2011)

Photo by Jeff Gage/Florida Museum

Research assistant responsible for imaging and coding morphological characters of cranial, post-cranial, and soft-tissue anatomies for primates and close relatives. Resulting research published in the journal Science.