Publishing high-impact scientific research with a compelling digital experience.
Cell Press is a premier publisher of scientific research, best known for the journal Cell and a portfolio of titles spanning the life sciences and biomedicine. With a mission to accelerate discovery and share groundbreaking research, Cell Press plays a central role in global scientific communication.
While there, I managed the front-end design and content strategy for cell.com, leading initiatives that strengthened the site’s structure, user experience, and content delivery.
Later, I transitioned into data visualization, where I designed and developed projects that showcased key journal initiatives and translated complex scientific data into engaging visual stories. This selection of projects are data-rich, dynamic visualizations that explore a given topic in depth.
THE PAN-CANCER ATLAS
Project Summary: A scrollmation visualization presenting the Pan-Cancer Atlas from The Cancer Genome Atlas consortium.
Goal: Provide a compelling, cohesive visualization of the research articles included in the Atlas, organized into categories with flagship and companion papers.
Visualization approach: Immersive scrollytelling using shaded rings that join together to create a singular spectrum.
Tools: Shorthand
Project link: The Pan Cancer Atlas
Advancing Organoid Technology i3
Journal: Cell Stem Cell
Project Summary: An editorially curated visualization highlighting key publications from Cell Press and partner journals that have shaped advances in organoid technology.
Goal: Highlight the breadth of organoid models published in the Cell Press journal family and the impact those papers have had on the field.
Visualization approach: A clickable, interactive illustration that organizes the cumulative number of relevant papers by organ system and source.
Tools: Adobe Animate
Project link: https://www.cell.com/i3/cell-stem-cell/organoids
Related article: https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(19)30219-X
Neuron's Top 30 Over 30
Journal: Neuron
Project Summary: A visualization of the journal's 30 most cited primary research papers for every year over their first 30 years of publication.
Goal: Highlight the increasing diversity and perpetual dynamics of the broader field of neuroscience.
Visualization approach: An interactive stacked area chart showing the impact of papers over time. Users can drill down into research area, model system, publication year, and author.
Tools: d3.js
Project link: https://www.cell.com/i3/neuron/30over30
The International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
Journals: Chem, Trends in Chemistry, Joule, Matter, Cell Chemical Biology, Structure, iScience, and Trends in Biotechnology
Project Summary: An editorially curated collection of articles from Cell Press journals to commemorate the periodic table's 150th anniversary.
Goal: Showcase breakthrough research from across 8 Cell Press journals and the role various elements played in each.
Visualization approach: An interactive, clickable periodic table of elements organized by interest and relevancy into 11 elemental groupings.
Tools: d3.js
Project link: https://www.cell.com/i3/periodic-table-150th
STEM CELL REPORTS—The Impact of the First Five Years
Journal: Stem Cell Reports
Project Summary: A visualization of the the journal's publication citations patterns over it's first 5 years.
Goal: Showcase the impact of research published and explore how the growing body of research has evolved.
Visualization approach: An interactive stacked area chart showing the impact of papers over time. Users can drill down into stem cell type, organism, publication years, and authors.
Tools: d3.js
Project link: https://www.cell.com/i3/stem-cell-reports/impact-5-years
