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How do you create scientists? Allow children to explore, observe, question and experiment with the world around them, says Jennifer Austin, associate professor of instruction, whose mosaic, “Science is Me,” features her daughter Zoe Austin at multiple sites of science inspiration. These include the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin Nature and Science Center, Blue Hole, Violet Crown, UT’s Physics, Math and Astronomy building, the UT Turtle Pond, various campus spots linked to UT Girl Day, Westcave Preserve, Muleshoe Bend, the Blanton Museum, Bracken Cave, South Padre Island, the Science Mill, Pedernales Falls State Park, Reelfoot Lake State Park, after getting her first COVID-19 vaccine, Girl Scout Camp Texlake, Girl Scout Camp Hazlewood, Zooming with ‘Marie Curie,’ Colorado, the family’s home and the family’s yard. The mosaic was created using Mosaically with the target image being a DNA knot from Zoe’s mother’s dissertation “DNA Knotting: Occurrences, Consequences, & Resolution.”

Credit:
Dr. Jennifer Austin
Department of Mathematics