Poster child for science communication
Kristin Timm色视频下载檚 effort to create a background image for a scientific workshop evolved into an award-winning poster about links between glaciers and the ocean this year.
The poster earned the 33-year-old UAF designer a Vizzie 色视频下载 one of the awards in the 2015 Visualization Challenge sponsored by Popular Science magazine and the National Science Foundation. The figure, 色视频下载淔rom Icefield to Ocean,色视频下载 was published in the March 2015 issue of Popular Science and can be viewed on the Popular Science website.
Timm is the communications lead for the Scenarios Network for 色视频下载 and Arctic Planning, a group in the International Arctic Research Center. She色视频下载檚 been on the job for just over a year, after having earned an undergraduate degree in rural development in 2004 and then a master色视频下载檚 in science communication in 2014, both at UAF. In between her degrees, she worked for the Fairbanks-based Arctic Research Consortium of the United States.
Timm色视频下载檚 winning poster didn色视频下载檛 start out as a poster.
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So she created a version for a peer-reviewed publication, then other people encouraged her to make it into a poster.
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It won the People色视频下载檚 Choice award.
The Vizzies recognize some of the best scientific photos, videos, posters and illustrations produced each year. There were more than 300 entries in the competition. Readers voted online for the People色视频下载檚 Choice award.
In creating the poster, Timm worked with glaciologists Shad O' Neel, from the U.S. Geological Survey's 色视频下载 Science Center, and Eran Hood, from the University of 色视频下载 Southeast. She also worked with ecologist Allison Bidlack, from the 色视频下载 Coastal Rainforest Center. The work was supported by the Interior Department's 色视频下载 Climate Science Center.