Nick Houtman is director of research communications at OSU and edits Terra, a world of research and creativity at Oregon State University. He has experience in weekly and daily print journalism and university science writing. A native Californian, he lived in Wisconsin and Maine before arriving in Corvallis in 2005.
“My work Titled “Tondos” is based on looking at the Plankton rather than the Plankton itself, I just keep thinking of these scientists looking and looking through the microscope. My work is a mixed media piece, collage and paint and drawing.”
“My paintings are created in the intersections of science, philosophy and art.”
“I am not a formally trained artist. Instead, my education is in science, having received degrees in fisheries and microbiology at Oregon State.”
There are infinite possibilities when one uses the Earth and its progeny as sparks for creativity.
The Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry has been created through a collaboration of state, federal and private sector partners.
Facebook may be great for cute kitty videos and baby pictures, but who knew it could play a role in science? Brian Sidlauskas, an Oregon State University fish biologist, and his team used the popular social network to advance their study of biodiversity in a South American rain forest.