… and thank you for visiting the research web page of Michelle H. Downey. I am currently a 2nd-year graduate student enrolled in the Ph.D. program of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Rice University.

The title of this site refers to a 1981 photo-art piece by the artist Barbara Kruger. I consider myself a non-practicing artist and a scientist-in-practice. I am always on the lookout for sources of inspiration, and I believe the arts are important in this regard.

If you also look for the intersection of art and science in daily life, I hope you will enjoy reading about my (scientific) work on these pages. Please feel free to contact me with any questions!

More free-form (and sporadic) ideas can be found on my blog.