ILLUSTRATION PARTNERSHIPS
2020
Northern Arizona University, School of Earth and Sustainability
Flagstaff, Arizona.
Science visualizations to explain concepts and methods of a study of native fish abundance and growth trends in the Grand Canyon Colorado River
2019
Earthroots Field School, Big Oak Canyon
Trabuco Canyon, California
Series of drawings of organisms that use the school’s property as their home range, including oak trees, mountain lions, and owls, for the non-profit’s use in marketing.
2019
NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Salmonid Ecology Team
Santa Cruz, California
Illustrations of the science team’s tools, ecosystem, and field methods.
2019
Americorps Watershed Stewards Program
Trabuco Canyon, California
Illustrations for t-shirts for members, highlighting the efforts these members enact to help California’s endangered salmon.
2019
Vermilion Sea Institute, Vermilion Sea Field Station
Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California, Mexico
Black and white illustrations for marketing materials, highlighting the ecosystems and organisms the school works in and teaches about
2018
Franklin and Marshall College, School of Earth and Environment
Lancaster, PA
T-Shirt design and logo for the School of Earth and Environment, highlighting a soil profile and Pennsylvania forest ecosystem
2017
SCA Massachusetts Americorps
Hawley, MA
Mural created on the grounds of the Americorps groups’ headquarters, highlighting the western Massachusetts landscape, and designed to be interactive: I created a color-by-numbers style design, so members of this group could actively have a creative part of the mural.
2017
Earthroots Field School
Trabuco Canyon, California
Black and white illustrations for marketing materials, highlighting the ecosystems and organisms the school works in and teaches about
2016
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Creation of a “Scientific Field Guide of the Wildlife of the San Francisco Bay Area”, bound book for birding on the Berkeley campus, and natural science interactive installation
2014
Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary
Silverado, CA
Line illustrations of all plants on the Sanctuary’s property, formatted into plaques to be placed along trails for community education of local flora
ART SHOWS
2019
Fish tales: a night of art, science and fish, Santa Cruz-Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
Santa Cruz, CA
"Oncorhynchus kisutch", 16" x 80", oil on found wood; "The Blob", 36"x36", oil on canvas; "Redds on Redwood", 16" x 48", oil on found wood
2019
Climate Art Show, Earth Action Initiative
Berkeley, California.
"Mycorrhizae", 30" x 48", oil on canvas
2016-2018
Moffitt Library, University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California.
“Scientific Field Guide of the Wildlife of the San Francisco Bay Area”, bound book and installation
2016
Climate Art Show, Earth Action Initiative
Berkeley, California.
"Mycorrhizae", 30" x 48", oil on canvas
2015
'They See Me Rollin’ sculpture exhibition, Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Berkeley, California
“It's Lonely Out in Space”, 95"x42"x51"; Wood, metal, paint, dolly
2015
I’m Melting (California), Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Berkeley, California
“White Nose”, variable dimensions; paper clay, wood, clay, pebbles, sand
PUBLICATIONS
The Adventures of Franny the Flanny: A Fish's Journey Through the Grand Canyon. Children's Picture Book, Written and Illustrated by Lindsay E. Hansen. Published 22 April 2022.
2016, Matchbox Magazine, Issue #10
“Phosphorus”, 48”x 48”; oil on canvas
EDUCATION
2019 - present
Master of Science, Environmental Science and Policy
Northern Arizona University (in progress)
Thesis: Growth and primary productivity trends in flannelmouth suckers in the Grand Canyon portion of the Colorado River
2019 - present
Master of Science, Biology
Miami University of Ohio (in progress)
Thesis: Art and Illustration Efficacy in Inspiration and Communication in the Natural
May 2016
Bachelor of science (conservation and resources studies), and Bachelor of arts (Art Practice), University of california, berkeleyConservation Thesis: Methylmercury pollution history and implications for the San Francisco Bay
Art Capstone Project: Scientific field guide to the wildlife of the San Francisco Bay Area
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Graduate Teaching Assistant in Environmental Science and Policy, Flagstaff, AZ
Northern Arizona University
August 2019 - present
Taught college students in foundations in environmental science laboratory courses, with emphasis in scientific writing skills and field methods.
Americorps Member placed at NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA
California Conservation Corps Watershed Stewards Program in partnership with Americorps
October 2018 - August 2019
Assist with both upstream migrant trapping of salmonid adults and salmonid smolt outmigration trapping. Deploy coded wire tags (CWT) and passive integrated transponder s(PIT) on smolts to monitor smolt to adult survival and adult returns (escapement), and monitor PIT antenna arrays. Conduct juvenile snorkel surveys to document annual trends in juvenile coho and steelhead abundance in watersheds in Santa Cruz county. Compile data and work with volunteers and students to remove fish barriers in the watershed.
Science Instructor, Dana Point Ocean Institute, Dana Point, CA
Sep 2017 – Jun 2018
Taught students aged college through preschool on a variety of marine science topics, in laboratories and on a research vessel at sea. These topics include watershed pollution, ecosystem function, morphological identification, animal adaptations, dissections, and bioluminescence, among others. Deployed deep-sea research monitoring equipment, including a benthic trawl, vertical and horizontal plankton tows, gravity corer, and benthic mud grab.
Student Conservation Association Massachusetts Americorps Member, Hawley, MA
Oct 2016 – Aug 2017
Environmental education and science instructor for elementary and middle school students in a formal setting at underserved rural schools in Western Massachusetts for 5 months, and worked as a conservation steward for an additional 5 months, conducting high priority trail-building, habitat monitoring, and natural space restoration projects, leading crews, and working directly with contacts and stakeholders at Massachusetts state forests.
Field Biologist Intern, Institute for Bird Populations, Plumas National Forest, CA
May 2015 - Aug 2015
Sampled native bumble bee species populations, mist netted and bird banded target bird species, and recorded vegetation assessment data during avian point counts in watershed areas in the Moonlight Fire burned area of the northern Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.
Naturalist and Scientific Illustrator, Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary, Silverado, CA
May 2014 - Aug 2014
Taxonomically classified native plants within the sanctuary, led education lessons for high school student groups, and designed and illustrated leaf identification placards for native vegetation.
Assistant Science Instructor, Earthroots Field School, Trabuco Canyon, CA
May 2013 – Aug 2013
Assistant instructor for outdoor science education school and summer camp for children ages 5-18. Taught lessons including wilderness survival skills, wildlife identification, botany, and native history.
HONORS
Segal Americorps Education Award (1700 hours of volunteer service) (2017, 2019)
Dean’s List, UC Berkeley (2014)
Dean’s List, Semester at Sea (University of Virginia) (2014)
Semester at Sea Merit Scholarship Recipient (2014)
National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Member, (2013-2016)
National Society of Leadership and Success, Member (2013-2016)
Honor’s List, UC Berkeley (2012)
Laguna College of Art and Design Portfolio Development Scholarship Winner (2012)
SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS
2020
Northern Arizona University, School of Earth and Sustainability
Flagstaff, Arizona.
Science visualizations to explain concepts and methods of a study of native fish abundance and growth trends in the Grand Canyon Colorado River
2019
Earthroots Field School, Big Oak Canyon
Trabuco Canyon, California
Series of drawings of organisms that use the school’s property as their home range, including oak trees, mountain lions, and owls, for the non-profit’s use in marketing.
2019
NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Salmonid Ecology Team
Santa Cruz, California
Illustrations of the science team’s tools, ecosystem, and field methods.
2019
Americorps Watershed Stewards Program
Trabuco Canyon, California
Illustrations for t-shirts for members, highlighting the efforts these members enact to help California’s endangered salmon.
2019
Vermilion Sea Institute, Vermilion Sea Field Station
Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California, Mexico
Black and white illustrations for marketing materials, highlighting the ecosystems and organisms the school works in and teaches about
2018
Franklin and Marshall College, School of Earth and Environment
Lancaster, PA
T-Shirt design and logo for the School of Earth and Environment, highlighting a soil profile and Pennsylvania forest ecosystem
2017
SCA Massachusetts Americorps
Hawley, MA
Mural created on the grounds of the Americorps groups’ headquarters, highlighting the western Massachusetts landscape, and designed to be interactive: I created a color-by-numbers style design, so members of this group could actively have a creative part of the mural.
2017
Earthroots Field School
Trabuco Canyon, California
Black and white illustrations for marketing materials, highlighting the ecosystems and organisms the school works in and teaches about
2016
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Creation of a “Scientific Field Guide of the Wildlife of the San Francisco Bay Area”, bound book for birding on the Berkeley campus, and natural science interactive installation
2014
Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary
Silverado, CA
Line illustrations of all plants on the Sanctuary’s property, formatted into plaques to be placed along trails for community education of local flora
ART SHOWS
2019
Fish tales: a night of art, science and fish, Santa Cruz-Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
Santa Cruz, CA
"Oncorhynchus kisutch", 16" x 80", oil on found wood; "The Blob", 36"x36", oil on canvas; "Redds on Redwood", 16" x 48", oil on found wood
2019
Climate Art Show, Earth Action Initiative
Berkeley, California.
"Mycorrhizae", 30" x 48", oil on canvas
2016-2018
Moffitt Library, University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California.
“Scientific Field Guide of the Wildlife of the San Francisco Bay Area”, bound book and installation
2016
Climate Art Show, Earth Action Initiative
Berkeley, California.
"Mycorrhizae", 30" x 48", oil on canvas
2015
'They See Me Rollin’ sculpture exhibition, Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Berkeley, California
“It's Lonely Out in Space”, 95"x42"x51"; Wood, metal, paint, dolly
2015
I’m Melting (California), Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Berkeley, California
“White Nose”, variable dimensions; paper clay, wood, clay, pebbles, sand
PUBLICATIONS
The Adventures of Franny the Flanny: A Fish's Journey Through the Grand Canyon. Children's Picture Book, Written and Illustrated by Lindsay E. Hansen. Published 22 April 2022.
2016, Matchbox Magazine, Issue #10
“Phosphorus”, 48”x 48”; oil on canvas
EDUCATION
2019 - present
Master of Science, Environmental Science and Policy
Northern Arizona University (in progress)
Thesis: Growth and primary productivity trends in flannelmouth suckers in the Grand Canyon portion of the Colorado River
2019 - present
Master of Science, Biology
Miami University of Ohio (in progress)
Thesis: Art and Illustration Efficacy in Inspiration and Communication in the Natural
May 2016
Bachelor of science (conservation and resources studies), and Bachelor of arts (Art Practice), University of california, berkeleyConservation Thesis: Methylmercury pollution history and implications for the San Francisco Bay
Art Capstone Project: Scientific field guide to the wildlife of the San Francisco Bay Area
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Graduate Teaching Assistant in Environmental Science and Policy, Flagstaff, AZ
Northern Arizona University
August 2019 - present
Taught college students in foundations in environmental science laboratory courses, with emphasis in scientific writing skills and field methods.
Americorps Member placed at NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA
California Conservation Corps Watershed Stewards Program in partnership with Americorps
October 2018 - August 2019
Assist with both upstream migrant trapping of salmonid adults and salmonid smolt outmigration trapping. Deploy coded wire tags (CWT) and passive integrated transponder s(PIT) on smolts to monitor smolt to adult survival and adult returns (escapement), and monitor PIT antenna arrays. Conduct juvenile snorkel surveys to document annual trends in juvenile coho and steelhead abundance in watersheds in Santa Cruz county. Compile data and work with volunteers and students to remove fish barriers in the watershed.
Science Instructor, Dana Point Ocean Institute, Dana Point, CA
Sep 2017 – Jun 2018
Taught students aged college through preschool on a variety of marine science topics, in laboratories and on a research vessel at sea. These topics include watershed pollution, ecosystem function, morphological identification, animal adaptations, dissections, and bioluminescence, among others. Deployed deep-sea research monitoring equipment, including a benthic trawl, vertical and horizontal plankton tows, gravity corer, and benthic mud grab.
Student Conservation Association Massachusetts Americorps Member, Hawley, MA
Oct 2016 – Aug 2017
Environmental education and science instructor for elementary and middle school students in a formal setting at underserved rural schools in Western Massachusetts for 5 months, and worked as a conservation steward for an additional 5 months, conducting high priority trail-building, habitat monitoring, and natural space restoration projects, leading crews, and working directly with contacts and stakeholders at Massachusetts state forests.
Field Biologist Intern, Institute for Bird Populations, Plumas National Forest, CA
May 2015 - Aug 2015
Sampled native bumble bee species populations, mist netted and bird banded target bird species, and recorded vegetation assessment data during avian point counts in watershed areas in the Moonlight Fire burned area of the northern Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.
Naturalist and Scientific Illustrator, Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary, Silverado, CA
May 2014 - Aug 2014
Taxonomically classified native plants within the sanctuary, led education lessons for high school student groups, and designed and illustrated leaf identification placards for native vegetation.
Assistant Science Instructor, Earthroots Field School, Trabuco Canyon, CA
May 2013 – Aug 2013
Assistant instructor for outdoor science education school and summer camp for children ages 5-18. Taught lessons including wilderness survival skills, wildlife identification, botany, and native history.
HONORS
Segal Americorps Education Award (1700 hours of volunteer service) (2017, 2019)
Dean’s List, UC Berkeley (2014)
Dean’s List, Semester at Sea (University of Virginia) (2014)
Semester at Sea Merit Scholarship Recipient (2014)
National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Member, (2013-2016)
National Society of Leadership and Success, Member (2013-2016)
Honor’s List, UC Berkeley (2012)
Laguna College of Art and Design Portfolio Development Scholarship Winner (2012)
SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS
- GIS Certificate, UC Davis (2020)
- Swiftwater Rescue (Sierra Rescue) (2018)
- Wilderness First Aid (Sierra Rescue) (2018)
- American CPR Training (2018)
- Wilderness First Responder (AERIE Backcountry Medicine) (2017)
- American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR Certified (2017)
- PADI Open Water SCUBA Diver (2016)
- Trained in Grip Hoist and Rigging
- Field research methods:
- Snorkel surveys, whale shark sexing. mist netting, bird banding, salmon spawner surveys
- Experience with:
- ArcGIS, QGIS, Google Earth
- Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and Illustrator
- Microsoft Office, Microsoft and Mac Operating Systems
- Writing literary reviews and research papers
- Data collection and working in burned areas and watersheds (vegetation/habitat assessments)
- Leading field crews, trail building and forest management
