Rick Simonson currently works full-time as President and Scientific Illustrator at Science Lab Studios, Inc. He has over twenty years of experience as a scientific illustrator and has developed his scientific knowledge through working in academia for twenty-four years. Rick has taught classes in both biology and illustration: a wide range of biology lecture and lab courses at the undergraduate level; scientific illustration courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, both in-person and online; and presentations and workshops on scientific illustration techniques and practices, at professional conferences. As a result of this combined expertise, he has been able to produce work that has been featured in scientific journals, magazines, textbooks, lab manuals, technical manuals, websites, and gallery exhibitions. www.scilabstudios.com