Approaches for Science Illustration and Communication

Mark Roughley is a Reader in Interdisciplinary Digital Visualisation at Liverpool School of Art & Design, Liverpool John Moores University, and is a researcher in the Face Lab research group that explores faces and art-science applications. Mark trained as an illustrator (BA(Hons)) and subsequently as a medical artist (MSc). He is a professional member of the Institute of Medical Illustrators (UK), a Section Editor for the Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).

Mark specializes in visualising anatomy through 3D data acquisition, modelling and fabrication. His research focuses on the affordances that 3D digital technologies allow for both digital and haptic interaction with anatomical and cultural artefacts. He has published widely in relation to medical illustration and 3D facial depiction of people from the past.