Visual systems for early-stage NASA missions
Early-stage missions have no brand, no budget, and one shot to convince a review panel they're worth funding. I’ve highlighted some projects that makes the case for the flight projects of the future.
Role: Visual Designer, Lead
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Identity for Next-gen Climate Intelligence
Carbon-I is proposing a revolutionary Phase A mission concept to measure critical greenhouse gases and model the global carbon cycle with high-resolution land imaging and atmospheric spectroscopy.
In 2023, we launched Carbon-I’s mission identity. I later led the visualization effort supporting a series of high-stakes NASA proposal reviews, translating complex engineering, budget, and operational plans into clear visual narratives. We leveraged presentation templates, science figures, and a scalable design system to communicate mission feasibility with clarity and confidence in an interdisciplinary team of 40+ technical experts.
Identity for Next-gen Climate Intelligence
Carbon-I is proposing a revolutionary Phase A mission concept to measure critical greenhouse gases and model the global carbon cycle with high-resolution land imaging and atmospheric spectroscopy.
In 2023, we launched Carbon-I’s mission identity. I later led the visualization effort supporting a series of high-stakes NASA proposal reviews, translating complex engineering, budget, and operational plans into clear visual narratives. We leveraged presentation templates, science figures, and a scalable design system to communicate mission feasibility with clarity and confidence in an interdisciplinary team of 40+ technical experts.
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Modernizing Spectral Data Communication
EMIT maps Earth’s airborne mineral dust — enabling scientists to investigate climate, ecosystems, and the global carbon cycle on a deeper level. In anticipation of EMIT’s 2026 Senior Review, we redesigned EMIT’s logo and color story, modernizing the mission’s look for the critical evaluation cycle. I also constructed technical review documents, presentation templates, and rebuilt key visualizations, de-risking the mission’s measurements story.
Note: EMIT’s secret sauce is full-spectrum mineral signatures, so the updated identity integrates the rainbow spectral palette with intention, driving credible and brand-forward data narratives.
Modernizing Spectral Data Communication
EMIT maps Earth’s airborne mineral dust — enabling scientists to investigate climate, ecosystems, and the global carbon cycle on a deeper level. In anticipation of EMIT’s 2026 Senior Review, we redesigned EMIT’s logo and color story, modernizing the mission’s look for the critical evaluation cycle. I also constructed technical review documents, presentation templates, and rebuilt key visualizations, de-risking the mission’s measurements story.
Note: EMIT’s secret sauce is full-spectrum mineral signatures, so the updated identity integrates the rainbow spectral palette with intention, driving credible and brand-forward data narratives.
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High-density Information Design for Juno EM2
Juno is NASA’s most distant planetary orbiter, and it is still providing insights on Jupiter and the origins of our solar system. Working with established mission branding and legacy best practices, my mission was to drive cohesion across the extended mission proposal’s technical science figures. I constructed clear schematics with rigid constraints by piloting novel layouts —guiding reviewers through research-dense narratives of the mission’s science goals.
Designs implemented in 2025.
High-density Information Design for Juno EM2
Juno is NASA’s most distant planetary orbiter, and it is still providing insights on Jupiter and the origins of our solar system. Working with established mission branding and legacy best practices, my mission was to drive cohesion across the extended mission proposal’s technical science figures. I constructed clear schematics with rigid constraints by piloting novel layouts —guiding reviewers through research-dense narratives of the mission’s science goals.
Designs implemented in 2025.
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Operational Tools for Safety-Critical Training
NASA/JPL’s technical manufacturing training center used outdated course templates that failed to reflect NASA’s commitment safety and cutting-edge engineering. I worked closely with technical instructors to audit cleanroom training workflows, reduce inefficiencies, and ensure seamless transitions to new products. I created new course templates and teaching aids for quality, consistent, and trusted manufacturing training.
Course designs implemented in 2024.
Course designs implemented in 2024.
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Visualizing Early Planetary Systems
Visualizing Early Planetary Systems
I worked with NASA/JPL’s EVE (Early eVolution Explorer) concept team to visualize the mission’s investigation of early planetary evolution. Our work unified the concept’s core investigative themes within a keystone graphic, visualizing the temporal framework of the young solar system, linking star, planet, disk, and flare activity into one cohesive story.
