Lunar Eclipse 2022

This photograph is a time-lapse of the total lunar eclipse on May 15, 2022, taken in the Paradise Valley of the Yellowstone River in southwestern Montana just north of Yellowstone National Park. The moon rises in near-totality in the East, ascending like a firework above the Absaroka Range. 

Antiqua Vesicae

This photograph depicts the union of sun and earth in life through photosynthesis. Facilitated by solar energy, algae build silica frustules which eventually sink to the seafloor, becoming diatomaceous earth, the chalky substance which traces out the vesica piscis shape found in this image. Now available for purchase. 

St. Mary Lake in Glacier, Montana

A view of St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana. St. Mary Lake parks the transition from the great plains to the Rocky Mountains, in an abrupt 5,000-foot (1,500 m) altitude change. Little Chief Mountain rises above the west end of the lake. Now available for purchase.

Photo published in Astrobiology Magazine

One of my photographs was featured in this April 12, 2018 article in NASA’s Astrobiology Magazine: “Are viruses the new frontier for astrobiology?” The photo originally appeared in the Portland State Vanguard, in this short article and interview with accompanying photos and video about the research of Prof. Ken Stedman.

Portland State Society of Women Engineers

Last week I produced a video along with a couple of photos and a short news story for the Portland State Vanguard, available at this link. In this multimedia piece, local officers Katherine Flenniken, Moira Gion, and Becky Russo speak about the benefits that the group offers to students and the goals of their currentContinue reading “Portland State Society of Women Engineers”

Collaborative Life Sciences Building and Tilikum Crossing

My first video for the Portland State Vanguard is now available online at this link. In the video, Dr. Jason Podrabsky, chair of the biology department, speaks about the benefits that the new Collaborative Life Sciences Building (CLSB) benefits students in the biology department. One of the photos in the slideshow at the top ofContinue reading “Collaborative Life Sciences Building and Tilikum Crossing”