About the Presenter

Daisy Chung is an award-winning science illustrator and designer originally from Taiwan and New Zealand. She currently works as a Graphics Journalist at Reuters Graphics creating illustrative interactive explainer stories and infographic designs, with a focused interest in environmental and biological topics.

Previously, she was the Data Visual Designer at Surgo Ventures creating data-driven visual stories addressing global health and social issues. She is a former Creative Director at wikiHow and Graphics Editor at National Geographic Magazine, where she worked with a collaborative team to engage very different groups of audience with complex information through art, storytelling and information design.

In 2020, She and fellow Taiwanese, Julia Janicki, initiated the “Taiwan data stories”, a collaborative using multimedia to engage the global audience with Taiwan culture that is often overlooked in a more Western-dominated media landscape.

Daisy holds a Graduate Certificate in Science Illustration from California State University, Monterey Bay (2015), and a BA in Biological Sciences and Visual Arts at Rice University, Houston TX.  Daisy aims to make science more accessible to a broader audience with art. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Scientific American, Reuters, National Geographic, Rice Magazine, Cell Press, The Journal of Neuroscience, and various science and educational platforms.

Her graphics have won awards including the Society for News Design, Malofiej, the pudding cup, The Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards, and the Information is Beautiful. When not drawing, you can find Daisy hiking, climbing rocks, harness-training her cat, and finding different uses for sourdough starters. She is currently based in Sunnyvale, CA.