Science Photography: Communicating Research through Photos

Abstract

"Scientists need to communicate more, especially [about] the implications of our work," states Molly Mehling, assistant professor of ecology and sustainability at Chatham University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a member of the North American Nature Photography Association's College Scholarship Committee. The Faces of Biology Photo Contest Enlightening the public and policymakers to what science actually looks like was one of the goals of the Faces of Biology Photo Contest, organized by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). The contest, which ran in the fall of 2011, encouraged researchers and students to showcase the varied forms that biological research can take, whether in a lab, the field, a natural history collection, or a classroom.