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Take a little browse around if you feel like it. Give me a shout if you’d like to collaborate, write code with me, have coffee, paint together, go plant shopping, or just to say hi!

About

I’m Michelle Weirathmueller. I have a PhD in oceanography and a background in underwater acoustics and signal processing. In my work with JASCO Applied Sciences, I explored the world of animal movement modeling and underwater noise exposure assessments. I love digging into complex datasets and turning them into intuitive graphics and interactive visualizations to make insights accessible to everyone.

When I’m not working on underwater acoustics, I’m collaborating with fellow scientists and educators on Project EDDIE, creating fun classroom modules and animations to teach geological and environmental concepts.

With my background in science, engineering, and illustration, I’m your go-to person for for projects that involve quantitative analysis, software development, science communication – or all of the above!

Professional skills

A brief summary

01

Data cleaning

Is there anything more satisfying than cleaning up and organizing a giant, messy dataset?

02

Data analysis

Oh but then there’s the part where you take the nice dataset and figure out what it all means. (I WILL take the FFT, don’t think I won’t)

03

Data visualization

What’s that saying… a graphic is worth a thousand numbers? Or a bazillion numbers? Either way – I’ll make it pretty and informative.

04

Programming/Development

If I’m writing code all day long, it is a great day. (Python, R, Matlab, Java, and more recently – Dart and Flutter)

05

Science communication

Ditching jargon and making science understandable since 2005.

06

Illustration

Technical, scientific, and just-for-fun illustration. Vector and raster goodness, whether it’s for a wedding invitation, a logo, a greenhouse gas infographic, or a travel poster – I’m your gal.

Art and illustration

Comics, travel posters, science communication, and more!

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My focus

Science, Data, and Art

I love to dig into messy data – clean it up and figure out what it all means by plotting and looking for trends and clusters and outliers. There’s nothing more satisfying than figuring out what it means and then explaining it so that it just “clicks” – using graphs, illustrations, comics, or anything in between!