Tracy is an award-winning photographer and graphic designer who is passionate about highlighting the beauty and importance of microbes and chemical compounds through visual art. With an M.S. in microbiology and 8 years of research experience, she has the technical skills to work with microbes and compounds and the ability to understand challenging scientific concepts. This allows her to produce unique photos, videos, and graphic designs that help to represent and promote ideas and information related to microbiology and chemistry.
Interests: science, sustainability, climate change
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2024 Stanford Arts Institute, Stanford University, Stanford CA
2024 K18, Biomimetic Hairscience Company, San Francisco CA
2024 Die Zeit, Weekly Newspaper & Magazine, Hamburg DE
2023 GT Vision, Microscope Supplier, Suffolk UK
2022-2023 The Beauty Chef, Organic Skin & Beauty Care, Double Bay NSW AU
2022 Olympus-Evident, Microscope & Imaging Systems Manufacturer, Tokyo JP
2021 Women’s Wear Daily- Beauty Inc, Fairchild Media, New York NY
2021 L'actualité, News & Current Events Magazine, Montreal CA
2021 Beekman 1802, Beauty & Artisan Goods, Schenectady NY
2021 It’s Nice That, Lucy Burton, London UK
2021 Chloé, Fashion House, Paris FR
2021 Creación Híbrida, Sandra Valdivia, Guadalajara Mexico
2019 Indigo Agriculture, Biotech Company, Boston MA
2019 Dorling Kindersley Limited, Publishing Company, London UK
2018 Nikon Small World, International & National Features
2017 Nikon Small World, International & National Features
2017 Cornell Fungi, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Awards
2021 NEMPET Visualizing Microbes Contest
2020 The Microbe Institute fellowship
2018 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition
2017 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition
Publications & Events
2024 Of Microbes & Mushrooms, Science & Sculpture, Stanford Arts Institute, Stanford CA
2024 Made with Microbes, Tracy Debenport & Anne A Madden, The Microbe Institute
2022 Storage of Cereal Grains and Their Products 5th Edition, Kurt A. Rosentrater, Woodhead Publishing and Cereals & Grains Association
2021 Microevolution in the pan-secondary metabolome of Aspergillus flavus and its potential macroevolutionary implications for filamentous Fungi, Drott et al., University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison WI
2021 Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA
2020 Microbial Sciences Initiative symposium, Art Presentation, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
2019 Explanatorium of Science, Dorling Kindersley Limited, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC
2019 Fitness Cost of Aflatoxin Production in Aspergillus flavus When Competing with Soil Microbes Could Maintain Balancing Selection. Milton T. Drott, Tracy Debenport, Steven A. Higgins, Daniel H. Buckley, Michael G. Milgroom. mBio Feb 2019, 10 (1) e02782-18; DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02782-18
2019 Science Talk '19, Poster Presentation, Portland OR
2018 Nikon Small World Exhibit, Group Exhibition, Touring Exhibit
2018 The Beauty of Molds, Fungi Magazine, Volume 11 No.4, ISSN1941-4943
2018 Microbe Farmers: How Fermentation Artisans are Bringing Peace to the War on Microbes, Max P. Sinsheimer, Duke University, Durham NC
2017 Gimme! Coffee, Solo Exhibition, Ithaca NY