Joana Ricou

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Resume

Showcase projects:

A new symbol for evolution: the Spiral of Life >>

Evolutionary connections between metabolism and the immune system: Our Cells, Our Selves the movie >>

Regenerative Medicine Partnership in Education
For more information on the Partnership in Education, please visit www.sepa.duq.edu >>

Darwin2009: Exploration is Never Extinct
For more information on Darwin2009, please visit www.sepa.duq.edu/darwin >>

Science Education Partnership Award
This project is a Science Education Partnership Award, granted by the National Center for Resource Research, a component of the National Institutes of Health. This grant us is led by John A. Pollock at Duquesne University.

Duquesne University

S C I E N C E & Art   Experience

Art Director/Lead Art
Duquesne University, 2007-present
Regenerative Medicine Partnership for Life
Graphic Artist, June 2006 - 2007
Tissue Engineering for Life, May 2005 - May 2006
STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

• Darwin2009: Exploration is Never Extinct! www.sepa.duq.edu/darwin

• Public art and exhibit design for museum and public institutions

• Development of innovative education tools, including on-line resources, curriculum for classrooms, games, video games and ESL tools; evolution curriculum integrated into 25 Pittsburgh Public Schools. See curriculum and games

• Co-producer of video games at Entertainment Technology Center, at Carnegie Mellon University

• Print design, marketing and education products

• Web design, development and editing; development of interactive educational tools for different audiences. Including main web site: www.sepa.duq.edu, and the Lab: www.sepa.duq.edu/thelab

• DVD authoring and distribution

• Concept art, storyboarding and screenwriting for animated movies

• Collaborated with the Carnegie Science Center, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Children’s Museum, National Aviary, Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquariums, Phipps Conservatory and Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center

• Team management

D E S I G N & Communication

Design Consultancy - Web design
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University, 2008
Publish date August 2008

ICTI - Program in Applied Mathematics
Carnegie Mellon University, 2007
http://icti.math.cmu.edu/index.html

Modern Methods of Variation
Irene Fonseca and Giovanni Leoni , 2007
http://www.math.cmu.edu/~leoni/book1

Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative
Pittsburgh, PA
September, 2006 - 08
www.ptei.org
• Responsible for SEO, maintenance

School of Computer Science Career Center
and
Mellon College of Science Career Center

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
June - August 2006
• Developed two web sites for career orientation purposes.
School of Computer Science Career Center
Mellon College of Science Career Center

Derek Wahila
Pittsburgh, April-May 2006

• Assisted in coding a web site in CSS/HTML.
Peter Margittai web site

Sinuate Marketing
Boston, March-April 2006 (remote)

• Created and implemented website for a financial group SUISSE FINANCE (AMERICA)
Suisse Finance web site

Center for Arts Management and Technology (CAMT)
Pittsburgh, PA, March 2006 - September 2006

• Integrated coldfusion into HTML pages, to suit existing websites  
• Worked on three projects with CAMT (Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Hawaiian Artist Roster)

Opera Theater of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, February 2006
• Re-designed the web site for a striking dramatic effect
• Implemented a new web site within two weeks to showcase the 2006 season of shows.

Web Designer
Internship with Patrick Meagher, NY, NY
June 2005

• www.shartshop.org
• Implemented web site from Patrick Meagher's design
• Worked in colaboration in conceptualization.

Web Designer
Engineered Tissue Mechanics Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA
April, 2005 - January 2006

• Created lab presentation poster
• Designed and implemented new web site
• http://www.pitt.edu/~msacks/etml.html

Web Designer
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
August 2004 - present
• www.contemporarycraft.org
• Independently programmed website from existing design
• Produced a guidebook for website branding and updating

Minority Science Outreach Facilitator
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

January 2004 – May 2004
• Re-designed MSOP website to provide a more dynamic interaction with prospective students, teachers
and parents
• www.cmu.edu/MSOP

Outreach Assistant/ Graphic Layout Assistant
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, Summer 2004

• Introduced, developed and designed a tour guide for gallery visitors
• Designed the layout of a “Suggested Reading” pamphlet

Art staff
The Tartan, Carnegie Mellon University Newspaper, Pittsburgh PA January 2003, November 2003

• Created illustration work to accompany articles