Kimberly Martens, M.A.M.S.

Title:	Professor, Illustration
Division:	School of Art and Design
Office Location:	Jack Arends Building 414K
Office Phone:	815-753-1473
Office Fax:	815-753-7701
Email:	kmartens@niu.edu
Websites	MartensBiovisualization.com

Education

• M.A.M.S., University of Illinois-Chicago
• Certified Medical Illustrator (CMI)

Current Research

• Medical and Scientific Illustration for publication in medical journals
• Patient education materials
• Pharmaceutical and biotechnology advertising and marketing
• Surgical atlases
• College-level textbooks
• Research articles and presentations by scientists, doctors and physicians

Courses Taught

• ARTS 327 Beginning Illustration
• ARTS 339 Beginning Scientific Illustration
• ARTS 340 Intermediate Scientific Illustration
• ARTS 437 Intermediate Illustration
• ARTS 438 Advanced Illustration
• ARTS 439 & 440 Advanced Scientific Illustration
• ARTS 215 Fundamentals of Graphic Design
• ARTS 448 Vector Applications for Illustrators
• ARTS 406 Senior Project

Illustration Clients

• American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
• Frontline Medical Communications
• Restorsea, Inc., Allergan, American Medical Association
• TEDMED conference, WH Freeman Worth and Co., Ogilvy CommonHealth
• Mosby, Elsevier Health Sciences
• Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Abelson Taylor
• Rodale Press
• Pearson Education
• Philips Healthcare
• The North American Spine Society
• Merck Pharmaceuticals
• Amgen
• MGI Pharma

Selected Works