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Matteo Farinella

Matteo Farinella

cartoonist/illustratorUnited Kingdom
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Matteo Farinella

Matteo Farinella

cartoonist/illustratorUnited Kingdom
Professions
  • Illustrator
  • 3D Visualiser
  • Teacher
LevelJunior
About me
I have been working as a freelance illustrator/cartoonist since completing my PhD in Neuroscience in 2013. I specialize in science visualization, producing info-comics and illustrations. I am the author of Neurocomic, a graphic novel supported by the Wellcome Trust and published by Nobrow. I have also collaborated with high-profile scientific institutions such as UCL, Harvard, the Columbia School of Journalism and Rice University. Finally I am very passionate about education and public engagement and I am often invited to give lectures and host science communication events.
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Projects
  • Neurocomic
    NeurocomicGraphic novel about Neuroscience, funded by the Wellcome Trust (2012) and originally published by Nobrow (2013) and translated in 8 foreign languages.
  • UCL
    UCLIllustrations commissioned by University College London for its main homepage and for the Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences website.
  • Hoxton Window Project
    Hoxton Window ProjectI was invited to decorate the windows of Unit9 in Hoxton square.
  • Humanist Calendar 2015
    Humanist Calendar 2015Self published Humanist Calendar, celebrating the birthdays of some of the greatest scientists, inventors, thinkers and major achievements of human civilization (in collaboration with Undercurrent Design).
  • Columbia Journalism School
    Columbia Journalism SchoolIllustrations commissioned by Susan McGregor, from the Columbia Journalism School These panels aim to visualize in a simple way how packets of data are transmitted in a centralized versus a decentralized network. The full set was published as part of a paper about Digital Security For Journalists, which explains the difference between http and https, authentication, encryption and many other terms which are becoming increasingly relevant for all of us, not only for journalists.
  • HarvardX
    HarvardX
Work history
    Cartoonist & Illustrator
    Teaching Assistant
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    I worked as a teaching assistant for the first term of the newly founded UCL Arts and Sciences degree (BASc), tutoring students and giving seminars of the 'approaches to knowledge' course.
Skills
  • Visual Arts
  • Drawing
  • Cartoon
  • Illustration
  • Pen Ink
  • Illustrator
  • Office
  • Photoshop
Education
    Neuroscience PHD
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