Zina Deretsky


Mongolian Calendar cover 2002	Mongolian Calendar Dictamnus dosycarpus 2002	Fig branch Airbrush and pencil Fall, 1999

Zina Deretsky
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Career Goal

Traditional and computer-based illustration in medicine and biology.

Education

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
Master of Arts in Medical and Biological Illustration, forthcoming May, 2001

Yale University
Bachelor of Arts in Art and Organismal Biology with distinction, May 1998

Work Experience

1998- 1999:
Entomological llustrator
Complutense University, Madrid
Illustration and research for monograph on Iberian lacewing species for Fulbright Grant.

1998 - 1997:
Botanical and Entomological Illustrator Intern
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
Technical pen and watercolor illustrations for publication in texts on lacewings and acanths.

1995 - 1998:
Curatorial Assistant
Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, CT
Maintained fossil plant material, data base work and illustration for visual guide to fossil plant types.

1996:
Field Assistant
Yale Paleobotanical Expedition, Elk Basin, WY
Megafloral collections in Campanian sediments (80 Million Years Ago) to record dynamics of angiosperm radiation.

1995:
Field Assistant
Cliff Swallow Behavior Study in Ogallala, NE
Mist netting, bird banding, recording data.

1993-1994:
Language Instructor
Berlitz International Language School, Palo Alto, CA
Taught Spanish, Russian and English. Trained and proficient at Berlitz Method.

Publications

Monserrat, V.J., Gamarra, P. & Deretsky, Z., 1999. The Neuropterological FAuna of the Houses
of the City of Madrid, Journal of Neuropterology Vol. 2, pp 35-44.

Monserrat, V.J. & Deretsky, Z., 1999. New Faunistical, Taxonomic and Systematic Data on
Brown Lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae). Jouranl of Neuropterology Vol. 2, pp 45-66.

Stange, L.A., 1999. A New Species of Eremoleon Banks from Costa Rica (Neuroptera:
Myrmeleontidae). Journal of Neuropterology Vol. 2, pp 5-10
Illustrations of male holotype (adult habitus, vertex and nota, face), p 6.

Special Skills

Ten years experience with traditional and digital rendering with expertise in:
Macintosh, and PC operating systems; Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Quark Xpress, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel software.
Fluency in Russian and Spanish. Written and oral comprehension in French.
Two years experience of Berlitz Method teaching Russian, English and Spanish.

Honors

Soros Fellowship for New Americans Finalist, (January, 2000).
Fulbright Grant Extension, Awarded to complete illustrated lacewing monograph in Madrid, Spain (June-August, 2000).
Fulbright Grant, Awarded to undertake illustrated lacewing monograph in Madrid, Spain (1998 - 1999).
Hitachi Fellowship, Four time recipient for summer research and illustration projects (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998).
Richter Scholarship, Two time recipient for summer research and illustration projects (1995, 1997).

Professional Associations

Association of Medical Illustrators
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
Botanical Society of America (Paleobotanical Section)
International Association of Neuropterologists
American Motorcycle Association

Hardcopy portfolio samples, references, and academic transcripts available upon request.

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