Chemistry 291 - Sci. Illustration & Data Vis.

Doing experiments and gathering data are important but far from the entirety of the scientific process. Understanding and communicating experimental outcomes are very often reliant on the ability to visually represent them. In this weekly seminar, we will explore how the choices we make in representing data influence the message they communicate. We will also develop a set of good design principles for scientific figures, and learn to prepare high quality plots and graphics for use in presentations, posters, reports, theses, and papers. Special focus will be placed on practical use of vector graphics editing software like Adobe Illustrator.